Challenges and practical implementation of self-organizing networks in LTE/LTE-Advanced systems

Author

Marwangi, M.M.S. ; Fisal, N. ; Yusof, S.K.S. ; Rashid, Rozeha A. ; Ghafar, Aimi S A ; Saparudin, Faiz A. ; Katiran, N.

Author_Institution

Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Telecommun. Technol., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

14-16 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Self-organizing network/s (SON) was promoted by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN). SON has been introduced since in 3GPP Release-8, Release-9 and currently included in Release-10 framework as an excellent solution that promises improvements and market potential for future wireless networks. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview on SON in advanced wireless networks such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced systems. Although SON promises several advantages for both network operators and users, there are still challenges in implementing SON network in reality. Therefore, this paper addresses those possible challenges, discusses about SON implementation in inter-cell interference of cross-tier networks and provides future trends of the research area.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; cellular radio; mobile computing; self-organising feature maps; 3GPP Release-10; 3GPP Release-8; 3GPP Release-9; LTE-LTE advanced system; SON network; crosstier network; intercell interference; long term evolution; market potential; next generation mobile networks; self-organizing network; third generation partnership project; wireless networks; Conferences; Femtocell networks; Femtocells; Interference; Optimization; Power control; LTE-Advanced; Rel-8; Rel-9; Self-Organizing Network/s (SON); challenges; inter-cell interference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology and Multimedia (ICIM), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0988-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMU.2011.6122748

Filename

6122748