Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 3     Key points of consideration for cost-effective, sustainable optical fibre backhaul solutions    
        3.1     System overview         
        3.2     Optical cables
        3.3     Transmission equipment          
        3.4     Cable laying    
 4     Best practices for cost-effective optical fibre backhaul solution         
        4.1     Optical cables
        4.2     Transmission equipment          
        4.3     Cable laying    
        4.4     Comparison of cable construction costs             
Appendix I – The relationship between the metrics in ITU-T L.1700 and the best practice solution    
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