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Optimal Expansion of Fiber-Optic Telecommunications Networks in Metropolitan Areas

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  • Louis Anthony Cox

    (U S WEST Advanced Technologies, Science and Technology, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder, Colorado 80303)

  • Warren E. Kuehner

    (U S WEST Spectrum Enterprises, 9785 Maroon Circle, Englewood, Colorado 80112)

  • Scott H. Parrish

    (U S WEST Advanced Technologies, Science and Technology, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder, Colorado 80303)

  • Yuping Qiu

    (U S WEST Advanced Technologies, Science and Technology, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder, Colorado 80303)

Abstract

Interoffice fiber-optic networks are already a multi-million dollar business for U S WEST Communications, with rapid expansion anticipated for the rest of the decade. U S WEST's operations research modeling group developed a mixed-integer programming model to help plan the least-cost expansion of interoffice fiber-optic networks in major metropolitan areas throughout the 14 midwestern states in U S WEST's territory. The model augments previous telecommunications planning tools by developing explicit optimal expansion plans for multi-year planning horizons. It was tested successfully in 1991 on network and demographic data from Colorado Springs, Colorado. An outgrowth of the model is now being used to design and plan the growth of fiber-optical ring networks in Seattle, Denver, Minneapolis, and other major metropolitan areas throughout U S WEST's region.

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  • Louis Anthony Cox & Warren E. Kuehner & Scott H. Parrish & Yuping Qiu, 1993. "Optimal Expansion of Fiber-Optic Telecommunications Networks in Metropolitan Areas," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 23(2), pages 35-48, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:23:y:1993:i:2:p:35-48
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.23.2.35
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    1. Pablo Cortes & Jesus Muñuzuri & Luis Onieva & Juan Larrañeta & Juan M. Vozmediano & Jose C. Alarcon, 2006. "Andalucía Assesses the Investment Needed to Deploy a Fiber-Optic Network," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 36(2), pages 105-117, April.
    2. Luss, Hanan & Rosenwein, Moshe B., 1997. "Operations Research applications: Opportunities and accomplishments," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 97(2), pages 220-244, March.

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