Effectiveness of Microducts as Alternative to Deploying Optical Cables to Support Smart Infrastructure

Abstract

As one of the components smart city, ICT Infrastructure must be effective and efficient and currently fiber-optic network is the best for that. Problems arise when fiber optic installations in urban areas become chaotic and disorganized, resulting in a negative effect on the aesthetics of the city, on the use of utility lines and especially on future maintenance. Currently, subducts are the famous method to lay fiber optics and become a standard in Indonesia. Many providers or ISPs deploy their fiber optics, and it makes the utility lines complete. Therefore, many cities in the developed world have switched to microducts technology. This technology provides efficiency, especially in terms of implementation, both cost and physical dimensions. In this study, we prove that microducts are more effective than solutions subduct. Comparing the physical, capacity, cost and installation between microduct and subduct, we also gather information from some network providers and ISP about the effectiveness of microduct. And it has been proven that microducts are very effective and efficient and can be classified as a solution for smart infrastructure