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Self-Optimizing Networks
Benefits of SON in HSPA and LTE Networks

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Self-organisation is a process where the organisation (constraint, redundancy) of a system spontaneously increases, that is, without this increase being controlled by the environment or an encompassing or otherwise external system (Heylighen, 2009).
Within the vision of SON the operators have defined the most relevant use cases for the automation of operational tasks: typically, those tasks that require significant manual effort, or tasks that are highly complex in nature, and are therefore prone to error. NGMN presented these use cases to the vendor industry, and 3GPP standardisation bodies were requested to develop and stan dardise respective selforganising solutions (3GPP TR32.500, 2011).

What is SON ?

With LTE we have a great opportunity to bring the value of SON into our networks. But the potential and ambition clearly includes legacy networks NGMN: Next Generation Mobile Networks such as UMTS and GSM also.
3GPP : 3rd Generation Partnership Project

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Why SON ?
Why has the vision of self-organising networks gained importance in our industry? There are two obvious drivers: cost reduction and increasing complexity.

Network operators urgently need much more automation in order to efficiently manage large networks consisting of tens of thousands of base stations with hundreds of settings each. Optimising several network layers providing a multitude of customer services with high service quality would be highly complex and labour intensive, and therefore would be very costly without the mechanisms and intelligence in our networks to organise themselves.

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SON : The new way of optimization

Data Collection
Existing Approaches Reactive, rare, manual and very partial

Analysis
Manual and labor intensive, relying on high expertise

Implementation
Manual

Feedback
Manual validation or customer complaints

Cycle takes days to weeks only one size fits all optimization possible

SON

Proactive, frequent, automatic and comprehensive

Automatic, in real time

Automatic optimization, in near real time

Instant, focused and continuous

Cycle takes minutes dynamic optimization, based on changing conditions

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SON affects the entire life cycle RNPO

Radio Planning and Optimization life cycle
RAN dimensioning RF propagation modeling Planning cell sites locations Planning sites configurations Supporting sites rollout process Predictions of expected QoS for services, devices, locations Evaluation of changes, new products, devices, services etc. New sites integration, commissioning and initial tuning Site swapping Site reparenting Cluster performance verification and acceptance Network expansions integration Performance KPI monitoring and improvement Data Post processing Troubleshooting Tuning of RAN software and hardware parameters Optimizing RAN resources efficiency Network Benchmarking

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SON affects the entire life cycle RNPO

In the life cycle of a mobile communication network there are many important reasons to carry out performance measurement for different applications. The main goal of the network operator is to achieve profit. Therefore, it is very essential to have many subscribers, good network quality, and low costs. The usage of performance measurement supports many tasks and processes under these aspects. With the help of performance monitoring, it is possible to collect information on: networks traffic intensity.
traffic distribution (if it is spread out evenly, or concentrated in certain spots). events happening in certain spots of the network (and how often do they occur). planning efficiency (that is, if the instructions are fulfilled, or are there any additional changes needed). locations where frequent failures are reported. subscriber behavior (if it corresponds with the assumed model).

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SON affects the entire life cycle RNPO

The operator is able to supervise the performance capacity and quality of his network and increase the subscriber's satisfaction. Performance monitoring is mainly used for: Supervision of quality, capacity and performance Verification of network planning and optimization Forecasts for future network planning Error detection and correction Troubleshooting

Implementing services and features

Customer behavior identification

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SON and KPI

KPIs are basic network quality indicators for offer processing and field acceptance tests.
In order to prove that the performance of an operating network matches the targeted quality, field acceptance tests are carried out. As multiple factors may influence the performance of an operational network, detailed conditions, under which network KPIs are valid, must be specified and agreed upon. These include system performance, network planning and dimensioning, measurement campaign planning and parameterization. LTE system architecture was designed to meet the following major goals. [3GPP25.913]: Improved system capacity & coverage High user data rates (peak upload and download rates) Reduced latency (one-way delay and RTT) Simplified architecture, IP based transport infrastructure Superior user experience Seamless connection to legacy networks (GSM, UMTS, 3GPP2/CDMA)

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SON and KPI

KPIs are basic network quality indicators for offer processing and field acceptance tests.
In order to prove that the performance of an operating network matches the targeted quality, field acceptance tests are carried out. As multiple factors may influence the performance of an operational network, detailed conditions, under which network KPIs are valid, must be specified and agreed upon. These include system performance, network planning and dimensioning, measurement campaign planning and parameterization. LTE system architecture was designed to meet the following major goals. [3GPP25.913]: Improved system capacity & coverage High user data rates (peak upload and download rates) Reduced latency (one-way delay and RTT) Simplified architecture, IP based transport infrastructure Superior user experience Seamless connection to legacy networks (GSM, UMTS, 3GPP2/CDMA)

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SON: KPI Categories

ITU QoS Category [ITU-T.E800] Accessibility Reliability 3GPP KPI Category [3GPP32.410 and 3GPP32.450] Accessibility Reliability Accessibility Reliability Service accessibility, e.g. Attach, or EPS Bearer Setup Request success rates. Once established, the reliability of the service, e.g. VoIP call, or EPS bearer drop rates. Promise to deliver the service with a certain quality, level of conformance. E.g. cell throughput, or user data rates, packet delay. Relationship between service up and down times, e.g. cell, or LTE network availability Different mobility related metrics, e.g. hand-over success or drop rates, latencies. Terminology Used Meaning for LTE Field Network Performance

Integrity Availability not defined

Throughput, Latency Availability Mobility

Throughput, Latency not used Mobility

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Relationship between SON functions and network parameters

Performance Management PM

Configuration Management

CM

Coverage Capacity Availability Reliability

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SON Self-Optimization Cycle

Roadmap for SON standardisation in 3GPP

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Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT)

The SON idea

ANR LB P&P MRO CCO

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RACHO

Synchronization and Coordination OSS Ericsson

Multi RAN Vendors

ALU ZTE

Huawei

NSN

Cisco

Multi RAN Technologies

GSM UMTS / HSPA

Femto

Small-Cells

LTE / A-LTE

Multiple Technologies & Vendors Offering

ANR : Automatic Neighbor Relation LB : Load Balancing P&P : Plug and Play MRO: Mobility Robustness / Handover Optimization CCO : Coverage and Capacity Optimization RACH-O : Random Access Channel (RACH) Optimization

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c-SON : a common e2e platform

Centralized SON architecture Common platform providing end to end RAN management solution

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SON ARCHITECTURE ALTERNATIVES

Different SON architecture approaches: Centralized (left), Distributed (center) and Hybrid (right).

SON : Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR)

Improves KPI. Brings operational efficiency. Adapts to network changes.

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All in real Time !

Henry Vasquez

SON : Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR)

Improves KPI. Brings operational efficiency. Adapts to network changes.

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All in real Time !

Henry Vasquez

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Improve QoS - Accessibility KPI. Increases revenues (more calls and data traffic. Save site expansions.

SON :

All in real Time Load Balancing !

Henry Vasquez

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SON : Plug & Play

When adding new cells to the Network, Plug & Play creates a complete neighbor list for the new sites based on the configured physical distance around the current cell and the azimuth of the neighboring cells. This initial neighbor list gives the cell an initial group of adjacent cells for HO from day one. Further optimization of the neighbor list will be done by the Intra-frequency and Interfrequency neighbor relations modules of the ANR when the site goes live.

Plug & Play in Action

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Benefits of SON - CONCLUSIONS

Overall, there is no silver bullet, but rather, an optimal architecture that can simultaneously provide the best possible performance and simplicity. It is expected that over the next few years, SON will possibly evolve towards hybridization to manage the tremendous complexity. Some SON use cases deemed too complicated will necessitate a supervisory entity at the OSS, which itself can be multi-vendor, while other SON use cases, fueled by the industrys IOT efforts, will be implemented without an OSS involvement. The SON space continues to be dynamic and deviations from such an architectural pattern may be influenced by dynamically changing market developments. Improve KPIs. Save CAPEX and OPEX. Dynamic adaptation to demand.

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Benefits of SON - CONCLUSIONS

Operator requirements SON features

Automation of NW optimization Closed loop / Feedback system

Real Time Visibility

Short action cycles Vendor agnostic Technology agnostic Scalability

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