Research Article

Infrastructure Sharing as an Opportunity to Promote Competition in Local Access Networks

Table 10

Technical assumptions.

Technical parametersValue

Downstream rate (Mbps) per OLT port622
Upstream rate (Mbps) per OLT port155
Number of OLT ports per Card08
Number of OLT card slots per OLT Chassis16
Primary split04
Secondary split08
Feeder cable type (Optical Cable)24 Fiber
Distribution cable type8 Fiber
Capacity per optical cable (Mbps)1000
Distance between optical repeater (km)5
Max. ONUs per OLT port64
Max. nodeB per RNC100
Max. capacity per RNC (Mbps)250

LTE (evolved node B)
Maximum DS capacity per ONU (Mbps)2000
Number of sectors per NodeB3
Maximum number of TRX per sector6
Max. Base Station range—radius (km)1.0
Downstream TRX capacity (Mbps)20.00
Upstream TRX capacity (Mbps)0.512