Assessment of CAPEX and OPEX for Media Services in Cloud Enabled 5G Networks
Ioannis M. Neokosmidis, Theodoros Rokkas, Pietro Paglierani, Claudio Meani, Karim M. Nasr, Klaus Moessner, Pouria Sayyad Khodashenas · 2019
A techno economic analysis for a C-RAN architecture in a Crowded Events (CE) offering immersive video services (IVS) is presented. The analysis shows that investments for an IVS in CE relying on edge cloud resources are viable with an expected payback period of 6.5 years.