Techno-economic modelling of wireless network and industry architectures (original) (raw)

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Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 23/2012 © Timo Smura ISBN 978-952-60-4524-5 (printed) ISBN 978-952-60-4525-2 (pdf)

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  1. Techno-economic modelling evaluates wireless network and industry architectures for feasibility analysis.
  2. Wireless networks utilize diverse radio access technologies impacting coverage, capacity, and costs.
  3. The dissertation identifies a research gap in analyzing alternative industry architectures in telecom.
  4. Results from three studies reveal profitability varies greatly across deployment scenarios and market conditions.
  5. Sensitivity analysis underscores the importance of variable assumptions in techno-economic models.

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  1. 2.6 Discounted cash flow analysis .........................................
  2. 2.7 Sensitivity analysis ...........................................................
  3. 3 Method development ...................................................................
  4. Results from techno-economic modelling studies ................
  5. 1 Fixed WiMAX network deployments ...........................................
  6. 2 Virtual operator models ...............................................................
  7. 3 DVB-H -based mobile television .................................................
  8. 4 Summary of techno-economic modelling studies ........................
  9. Results from method development ...................................... 5.1 Methods for measuring and analysing mobile service usage.......
  10. 1.1 Framework for analysing the usage of mobile services ...
  11. 1.2 Evaluation of mobile data services usage in Finland .......
  12. 2 Approach for forecasting the diffusion of product features .........
  13. 3 Scenario planning for techno-economic modelling .....................
  14. 4 Summary of method development work ......................................
  15. Discussion and conclusions .................................................
  16. 1 Summary of contributions ...........................................................
  17. 2 Limitations of the research ..........................................................
  18. 3 Suggestions for further research ..................................................
  19. References ............................................................................... v
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  21. -4. Scrapping bonus scenario, Panels (a) and (b)
  22. -4. Mean lif etime increase / decrease by 6 months, Panels (c) and (d)
  23. -4. Mean lif etime increase / decrease by 12 months, Panels (c) and (d) References
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