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               <dc:title>Broadband services virtual operator for bitstream open-access networks: business case and infrastructure</dc:title>
               <dc:creator>Oskarsson, Asgeir Thor</dc:creator>
               <dc:subject>Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Telemàtica i xarxes d'ordinadors::Xarxes de banda ampla</dc:subject>
               <dc:subject>Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Telecomunicació òptica::Fibra òptica</dc:subject>
               <dc:subject>Broadband communication systems</dc:subject>
               <dc:subject>Optical fiber subscriber loops</dc:subject>
               <dc:subject>Xarxes d'acces òptiques</dc:subject>
               <dc:subject>PON</dc:subject>
               <dc:subject>Telecomunicació de banda ampla, Sistemes de</dc:subject>
               <dc:subject>Fibres òptiques -- Sistemes de comunicació</dc:subject>
               <dc:description>The aim of this thesis is to study the technical and business model for the creation of a virtual operator for bitstream access networks in Catalonia, in the&#xd;
modality of carrier’s carrier.&#xd;
The substrate for this project is Xarxa Oberta network. Xarxa Oberta is a project which is under way at present and that will ultimately provide a backbone network connecting all municipalities in Catalonia. Open access networks are being deployed across Spain to provide access to broadband&#xd;
services where this was previously either not possible or not competitive.&#xd;
Additionally, multiple access networks are already deployed which currently&#xd;
subcontract interconnection and advanced services from third parties.&#xd;
Xarxa Oberta offers the opportunity to create a bitstream virtual operator that&#xd;
offers its services to local service providers in several access networks across&#xd;
Catalonia.&#xd;
The technical model uses both Fiber to the Home (FTTH) and Hybrid Fibre-Coax (HFC) technologies to develop a reference model for access network deployments, including both existing and open access network operators as potential customers. A complete open source stack is proposed to deploy&#xd;
Network Management System (NMS) and Operation and Business Support Systems (OSS/BSS). The infrastructure is defined, including equipment selection and deployment.&#xd;
A business plan is detailed to analyse the viability of the project. The key activities, resources, channels, costs, revenues, etc are presented in detail.&#xd;
This business plan serves as a basis for the business model, which studies the economic viability of the operator.&#xd;
Various scenarios are studied, each with different values for the main parameters (such as network size, number of networks, etc.). The results of these models give a structured view of the viability of the business for this virtual operator.</dc:description>
               <dc:date>2011-05-09</dc:date>
               <dc:type>Master thesis</dc:type>
               <dc:rights>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/es/</dc:rights>
               <dc:rights>Open Access</dc:rights>
               <dc:rights>Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Spain</dc:rights>
               <dc:publisher>Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya</dc:publisher>
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