This paper is concerned with analytical models and methods for reliability planning, optimization, and operation of telecommunication networks. The difference between classical models of reliability and models developed here is that the last ones take into account the economy is often an...

Telecommunication networks are characterised by a complex group of intermediaries and each one of them faces two types of operational costs: transmission costs and delivery cost. This scheme allows the operator to evaluate the market structure and to perform the telecommunication service. The...