Redesigning the UK broadband network by Monte Carlo simulation
W. Lee (University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland) and K. Mueller (Point Topic Ltd)
The UK telecommunications network consists of over 5000 exchanges that are used to deliver broadband and communication services. This infrastructure is rapidly becoming inadequate due to demand for bandwidth hungry internet services like high definition television. One solution that is currently being considered is to upgrade the network using fibre-optic cables. We attempt to determine the most profitable way to upgrade the network. Since this is a combinatorial problem we use simulated annealing to find the optimal upgraded network.