This paper deals with the challenge of modeling the performance of planned ultrabroadband access networks while maintaining technological neutrality and accuracy in measurable quality. We highlight the importance of such modeling also for addressing public funding policies compared to models mainly based on the maximum nominal speed of the access networks, taking also into account the widespread use of measurement tools like "speed test" that have influenced the perceived quality by end-users. We present a performance modelling approach based on the extension of well-known traffic models that accurately characterizes the performance of broadband access networks. We also show how the presented model has been validated with data from two network operators and has been applied to address the recent Italian public interventions for the development of ultrabroadband access networks in market failure areas.

翻译：本文探讨了在保持技术中立性和可测质量准确性的前提下，对规划中的超宽带接入网络性能进行建模的挑战。我们强调了此类建模在公共资助政策制定中的重要性——相较于主要基于接入网络最大标称速率的传统模型，本模型同时考虑了诸如“速度测试”等测量工具的广泛应用对终端用户感知质量的影响。我们提出了一种基于经典流量模型扩展的性能建模方法，能够准确刻画宽带接入网络的性能特征。进一步地，我们展示了该模型如何通过两家网络运营商的实际数据进行验证，并应用于近期意大利针对市场失灵区域超宽带接入网络建设的公共干预政策中。