Paper Info
Title
Self-Management for Unified Heterogeneous Radio Access Networks
Abstract
The development of self-management solutions for (multi-technology, multi-layer) mobile communication networks is driven by their increasing operational complexity. Initial stand-alone SON (Self-Organizing Networks) solutions are already available, but are not sufficient to handle the networks of tomorrow. In this paper we present our approach at developing a unified management framework that integrates the existing and future advanced SON functions across several radio access technologies. The envisioned self-management system comprises (i) an integrated SON management system, in charge of policy transformation/supervision and conflict detection/handling; (ii) advanced multi-RAT/layer SON functions; and (iii) a Decision Support System providing measurement-based assistance for residual operational tasks, such as timely recommendations for targeted new site deployments.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/VTCSpring.2013.6692748
Vehicular Technology Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
decision support systems,mobile computing,mobility management (mobile radio),radio access networks,self-organising feature maps,advanced multi-RAT,conflict detection,conflict handling,decision support system,measurement-based assistance,multi-technology networks,multilayer mobile communication networks,operational complexity,policy supervision,policy transformation,residual operational tasks,self-management system,self-organizing networks,site deployments,stand-alone SON solutions,unified heterogeneous radio access networks
Mobile computing,Radio access,Multi layer,Computer science,Self-management,Decision support system,Computer network,Information society,Management system,Mobile telephony
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1550-2252
3
0.42
References 
Authors
6
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Litjens, R.130.42
Gunnarsson, F.2385.09
Sayrac, B.3171.68
Spaey, K.4131.11