Design choices in fibre optic its telecommunications networks

摘要

Designing a fiber optic communications network for Intelligent Transportation systems (ITS) can be an overwhelming responsibility for decision-on-makes without previous experience in the field of communications network design. There arenonetheless basic guidelines which, if followed, can help to ensure that the proper choices are made in assessing and selecting the appropriate network design. The following paper proposes a basic framework with guidelines that serve to facilitate fiberoptic communications network design for traffic engineers and end-users. The three key elements of this framework can be summarized as follows;·Developing a set of criteria that must be addressed by the chosen fiber optic communications network design; and·Understanding the basic network design architecture options available;·Selecting the network architecture that best addresses the established list of criteria.This paper addresses each of these elements in turn.