A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Alternative Guided Media for the Backbone Cable Plant Portion of the Base Information Transfer System

Abstract

The Base Information Transfer System (BITS) and the Telephone Modernization Plan (TMP) will upgrade the backbone cable plant of the telephone system on Navy bases. Using a hypothetical Navy base and its existing twisted- pair wire network, this paper analyzes the unique costs of optical fiber and twisted-pair wire for four installation options: immediate installation of optical fiber; time-phased installation of optical fiber; time-phased installation of twisted-pair wire in trenches; and time-phased installation of twisted-pair wire in existing conduit. The cost analysis indicates that the lowest cost option is twisted-pair wire installed in conduit. However, the cost- effectiveness analysis concludes that time-phased installation of optical fiber is the best alternative dure to its performance characteristics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA242688

Entities

People

  • Vernon M. Skelly

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Systems
  • Communications Protocols
  • Computer Communications
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Data Transmission
  • Digital Communications
  • Electronic Components
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Transfer
  • Laser Diodes
  • Local Area Networks
  • Materials
  • Optical Fibers
  • Refractive Index
  • Telephone Systems
  • Video Teleconferencing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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