Design principles for consolidated Digital Twin of a Telecommunication Tower

Abstract

This paper elaborates the conceptual definition and use scenario for the proposed Digital Twin of a Telecommunication Tower-a complex civil infrastructure object that is widely used in every cellular mobile communication network. Given the multiple facets of telecommunication tower as built structure, mobile network node and source of strong electromagnetic emissions, it needs to be represented by diverse functional components and models. Accordingly, the paper proposes the implementation principles, service ecosystem, and the functional software architecture for such consolidated Digital Twin of a Telecommunication Tower.