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Describing in greater detail the possible technologies that may be used in the access network,
as well as the rest of the planes of the NGN communications architecture, transport network and
service planes is beyond the scope of this document. Figure 12 describes a high-level taxonomy
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of the access network so that the interested reader or municipal manager can identify the main
technologies available to interconnect devices and terminals with telecommunication networks.
In this sense, the capillary network has been defined to include a set of physical and logical
resources that allow the connection of devices with one another and/or with another resource
(Gateway) that consolidates the data of the devices and acts as a gateway with the network. The
wired network enables the direct connection of the devices with the communications network.
And finally, the wireless network performs functions similar to the wired network but makes use of
the electromagnetic spectrum.

Although a high-level taxonomy of the access network makes it possible to identify the different
technologies available to establish the HTC and MTC relationships, the choice of one or the other
technology will largely depend on different aspects such as investment capability and socio-
economic context.

• Coverage offered by fixed and mobile telecommunications operators.

• Deployment costs, recurring operating costs.
• Device requirements: bandwidth, traffic profile, power consumption.

• Type of service: real-time (mission-critical), uni/bidirectional, availability, reliability.

• Security and privacy.

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