%0 Electronic Chapter %T Transmission networks %K planning issues %K mobile network %K residential business users %K access network %K operational issues %K synchronous digital hierarchy networks %K network operators %K PDH networks %K transmission nodes %K microwave radio %K business customers %K core transmission network %K switched telephony network %K plesiochronous digital hierarchy networks %K broadband access %K regulatory issues %K small business users %K optical fibre %K SDH networks %K data networks %K ubiquitous copper local loop network %K broadband technology %K core transmission stations %B Understanding Telecommunications Networks, (2nd Edition) %D 2017 %I Institution of Engineering and Technology %P 107-137 %R doi:10.1049/PBTE071E_ch5 %S Telecommunications %U https://digital-library.theiet.org/;jsessionid=gm6wvih3dqu6.x-iet-live-01content/books/10.1049/pbte071e_ch5