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Connectivity Planning Platform Developer Documentation

Background

The Connectivity Planning Platform is a suite of models designed for the analysis of telecommunication infrastructure data and to plan the connectivity of Points of Interest (POIs). The models hosted on this platform include:

  • Proximity: to assess the proximity of POIs to ICT infrastructure
  • Coverage: to assess the coverage status for POIs (including 3G, 4G, 5G)
  • Demand: to estimate the number of internet users at each POI and the required throughput
  • Visibility: to assess the feasibility of point-to-point microwave links that require line-of-sight visibility
  • Fiber Path: to simulate the optimal fiber path connecting POIs to transmission nodes
  • Cost Model: to evaluate the cost (capital and operational expenditures) of deploying connectivity solutions
  • Technology Assignment: to select the mix of technologies (among fiber, point-to-area, point-to-point and satellite) that maximize operator revenues, under budgetary and technological constraints

This documentation serves as a guide to developers of the Connectivity Planning Platform, providing insights into its functionality and application.

How to read this documentation?

This documentation is aimed at a technical audience, including those who will fine-tune models to suit their analysis needs and those who wish to contribute to the development of the platform.

Many of the tools in this platform are inter-related. The outputs of some models are required to run dependent models. For an overview of the end-to-end analysis workflow and the model dependencies, start with the Model Integration Framework then read about the individual models.