Research Article
Low Latency 5G IP Transmission Backhaul Network Architecture: A Techno-Economic Analysis
Table 1
TCO parameter indispensable variables for IP backhauling.
| Parameter | Cost descriptions | Values |
| | Annual interest rate | (2.5–7.5) % | | Repayment pan of a site in years | (2–20) Annually | | Cost of spine router (NCS 6k) | $(3,000–5,000) | | Cost of ISR router 4331 | $(1,000–7,000) | | Cost of firewall router (NCS 500) | $5,000 | | Core network router (ASR920) | $9,000 | | Cost of leaf router (Nexus9000) | $5,000 | | Cost of Cisco ASR9001 | $ 3,500 | | Cost of the agg. router (ASR903) | $3,000 | | Cost of PAN router (ASR 920) | $9,000 | | Cost of IP RAN router (ASR900x) | $3,000 | | Cost Cisco ASR9000v | $2,950 | | Software defined | $12,000 | | Cost of energy for IP network | $900 | | Site implementation cost | $(200–1,200) | | Energy cost for the core network | $[(800 to 1,200) | | Operations cost | $(1,000–2,100) | | Cost of site security | $(100 −500) | | Site preventive maintenance | $(100–300) | | Cost of renting | $(100–1,500) |
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