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March 6, 2023
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An Open Framework for the Assessment of 5G Business Cases and Investments

Publicated to: IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE. 61 (2): 44-50 - 2023-02-01 61(2), DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.001.2200304

Authors:

Darzanos, G; Kalogiros, C; Stamoulis, GD; Hallingby, HK; Frias, Z
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Affiliations

Athens Univ Econ & Business, Athens, Greece - Author
Athens Univ Econ & Business, Dept Informat, Athens, Greece - Author
Athens University of Economics and Business - Author
Telenor ASA - Author
Telenor ASA, Fornebu, Norway - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
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Abstract

Beyond technological advances, 5G aims to establish an open innovation ecosystem with a wide variety of stakeholders and a plethora of new business opportunities. Mobile network operators, digital service providers, communication service providers, and vertical service providers are among the actor roles that co-create and deliver novel 5G-empowered applications. The variety of business relationships in the 5G ecosystem leads to multiple potential value network configurations and business models. In this article, we introduce a framework that enables the assessment of 5G business cases through the techno-economic analysis of alternative value network configurations, business models, cost and revenue structures, infrastructure deployments, and market conditions. The implementation of the framework is enabled by the open 360 Business Model Evaluation tool, which allows the assessment of 5G business cases from different perspectives: per actor business model evaluation, holistic cost-benefit evaluation, and upscaling and replication evaluation. We illustrate the use of our framework assessing the 5G experimentation as a service business case, motivated by the 5G-VINNI experimentation platform.
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Keywords

5g mobile communicationanalytical modelsbiological system modelingcomplexity theorycostsecosystemsCostTechnological innovation

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 20/353, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Electrical & Electronic. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-27:

  • Google Scholar: 3
  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 4
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-27:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 24 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/87176/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 127
  • Downloads: 3
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Greece; Norway.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (FRIAS BARROSO, ZORAIDA).

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