Low Latency 5G IP Transmission Backhaul Network Architecture: A Techno-Economic Analysis

Table 1

TCO parameter indispensable variables for IP backhauling.

Parameter	Cost descriptions	Values
	Annual interest rate	(2.5–7.5) %
	Repayment pan of a site in years	(2–20) Annually
	Cost of spine router (NCS 6k)	$(3,000–5,000)
	Cost of ISR router 4331	$(1,000–7,000)
	Cost of firewall router (NCS 500)	$5,000
	Core network router (ASR920)	$9,000
	Cost of leaf router (Nexus9000)	$5,000
	Cost of Cisco ASR9001	$ 3,500
	Cost of the agg. router (ASR903)	$3,000
	Cost of PAN router (ASR 920)	$9,000
	Cost of IP RAN router (ASR900x)	$3,000
	Cost Cisco ASR9000v	$2,950
	Software defined	$12,000
	Cost of energy for IP network	$900
	Site implementation cost	$(200–1,200)
	Energy cost for the core network	$[(800 to 1,200)
	Operations cost	$(1,000–2,100)
	Cost of site security	$(100 −500)
	Site preventive maintenance	$(100–300)
	Cost of renting	$(100–1,500)