Business analysis of self-organisation in future mobile networks

In the context of telecommunications networks, the concept of self-organisation implies the introduction of functionalities that lead to the automation of network operational tasks and reduce the need for manual intervention. By introducing Self-Organising Networks (SON) and their self-x functionalities several technical and business gains are expected: increase of spectral efficiency, provision of DSA mechanisms and enhancement of radio resource management, improvement of QoS and QoE, lower cost of ownership, reduction of OPEX and increase of service value. In order to assess the trade-off between costs and benefits of future investments in SON, this paper intends to qualify the impact of each self-x functionality in the business of operators, as well as identify the requirements and the value delivered to the various actors of the value network.