Published on 20.08.2018 | Last updated on 19.11.2024
Self-Organizing Networks (SON) aim at the automation of network parameters. The goal is to make the planning, configuration, management, optimization and healing of mobile radio access networks simpler and faster, as well as more cost efficient.
Mobility Robustness Optimization (MRO) aims at automatic detection and correction of handover parameters, either at a local (cell or cell-pair level) or global (network) scope. The design of SON algorithms can be a complex task due to multiple related configuration parameters, the heterogeneous nature of network deployments, UE mobilities and load.
Magister Solutions has designed and implemented a simulation framework called Self-Organizing Simulator 3 (SonS3) in a joint project with Elisa Corporation. Elisa is a major Finnish network operator, which also offers its own SON solution called Elisa SON. It makes use of real network data to enable an accurate performance analysis of mobility-related SON use cases.
The project results are presented in an article called “SonS3: A Network Data Driven Simulation Framework for Mobility Robustness Optimization” by Frans Laakso, Jani Puttonen, Janne Kurjenniemi, Biying Wang, Di Zhang, Furqan Ahmed and Jarno Niemelä. The article was presented at the IEEE VTC 2018 conference (http://www.ieeevtc.org/vtc2018fall/) in August 2018 in Chicago, the USA.
