Operational troubleshooting-enabled coordination in self-organizing networks

Christoph Frenzel, Tsvetko Tsvetkov, Henning Sanneck, Bernhard Bauer, Georg Carle

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Abstract

A Self-Organizing Network (SON) performs automated network management through the coordinated execution of autonomous functions, each aiming to achieve a specific objective like the optimization of a network Key Performance Indicator (KPI) value. However, there are situations in which a SON function cannot achieve its objective which can lead to disturbed SON operation and inferior performance. We present a SON Operational Troubleshooting (SONOT) SON function that is able to detect such problematic situations and trigger respective countermeasures. Thereby, it can exploit regular SON functions as probes in order to improve problem detection. Simulations show that the tight integration of the SONOT function with SON coordination provides means to automatically overcome the problems and improve overall network performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMobile Networks and Management - 6th International Conference, MONAMI 2014, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsRamón Agüero, Andreas Timm-Giel, Rossitza Goleva, Thomas Zinner, Phuoc Tran-Gia
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages149-162
Number of pages14
ISBN (Electronic)9783319162911
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Event6th International ICST Conference on Mobile Networks and Management, MONAMI 2014 - Würzburg, Germany
Duration: 22 Sep 201424 Sep 2014

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Volume141
ISSN (Print)1867-8211

Conference

Conference6th International ICST Conference on Mobile Networks and Management, MONAMI 2014
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityWürzburg
Period22/09/1424/09/14

Keywords

  • SON coordination
  • SON operation
  • Self-Organizing Network
  • Troubleshooting

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