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ASelfOrganizingNetwork(SON)isanautomationtechnologydesignedtomaketheplanning,configuration,
management,optimizationandhealingofmobileradioaccessnetworkssimplerandfaster.SONfunctionalityand
behaviorhasbeendefinedandspecifiedingenerallyacceptedmobileindustryrecommendationsproducedby
organizationssuchas3GPP(3rdGenerationPartnershipProject)andtheNGMN(NextGenerationMobile
Networks).
SONhasbeencodifiedwithin3GPPRelease8andsubsequentspecificationsinaseriesofstandardsincluding
36.902,[1]aswellaspublicwhitepapersoutliningusecasesfromtheNGMN.[2]Thefirsttechnologymakinguse
ofSONfeatureswillbeLongTermEvolution(LTE),butthetechnologyhasalsobeenretrofittedtoolderradio
accesstechnologiessuchasUniversalMobileTelecommunicationsSystem(UMTS).TheLTEspecification
inherentlysupportsSONfeatureslikeAutomaticNeighborRelation(ANR)detection,whichisthe3GPPLTERel.
8flagshipfeature.[3]
Newlyaddedbasestationsshouldbeselfconfiguredinlinewitha"plugandplay"paradigmwhilealloperational
basestationswillregularlyselfoptimizeparametersandalgorithmicbehaviorinresponsetoobservednetwork
performanceandradioconditions.Furthermore,selfhealingmechanismscanbetriggeredtotemporarily
compensateforadetectedequipmentoutage,whileawaitingamorepermanentsolution.

Contents
1 SONarchitecturaltypes
1.1 DistributedSON
1.2 CentralizedSON
1.3 HybridSON
2 SONsubfunctions
2.1 Selfconfigurationfunctions
2.2 Selfoptimizationfunctions
2.3 Selfhealingfunctions
3 IntroductionofSON
4 References
5 Literature
6 Externallinks

SONarchitecturaltypes
Selforganizingnetworksarecommonlydividedintothreemajorarchitecturaltypes.

DistributedSON
InthistypeofSON(DSON),functionsaredistributedamongthenetworkelementsattheedgeofthenetwork,
typicallytheENodeBelements.Thisimpliesacertaindegreeoflocalizationoffunctionalityandisnormally
suppliedbythenetworkequipmentvendormanufacturingtheradiocell.

CentralizedSON
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IncentralizedSON(CSON),functionismoretypicallyconcentratedclosertohigherordernetworknodesorthe
networkOSS,toallowabroaderoverviewofmoreedgeelementsandcoordinationofe.g.loadacrossawide
geographicarea.Duetotheneedtointerworkwithcellssuppliedbydifferentequipmentvendors,CSONsystems
aremoretypicallysuppliedby3rdparties.

HybridSON
HybridSONisamixofcentralizedanddistributedSON,combiningelementsofeachinahybridsolution.

SONsubfunctions
Selforganizingnetworkfunctionalitiesarecommonlydividedintothreemajorsubfunctionalgroups,each
containingawiderangeofdecomposedusecases.

Selfconfigurationfunctions
Selfconfigurationstrivestowardsthe"plugandplay"paradigminthewaythatnewbasestationsshall
automaticallybeconfiguredandintegratedintothenetwork.Thismeansbothconnectivityestablishment,and
downloadofconfigurationparametersaresoftware.Selfconfigurationistypicallysuppliedaspartofthesoftware
deliverywitheachradiocellbyequipmentvendors.Whenanewbasestationisintroducedintothenetworkand
poweredon,itgetsimmediatelyrecognizedandregisteredbythenetwork.Theneighboringbasestationsthen
automaticallyadjusttheirtechnicalparameters(suchasemissionpower,antennatilt,etc.)inordertoprovidethe
requiredcoverageandcapacity,and,inthesametime,avoidtheinterference.

Selfoptimizationfunctions
Everybasestationcontainshundredsofconfigurationparametersthatcontrolvariousaspectsofthecellsite.Each
ofthesecanbealteredtochangenetworkbehavior,basedonobservationsofboththebasestationitselfand
measurementsatthemobilestationorhandset.OneofthefirstSONfeaturesestablishesneighborrelations
automatically(ANR)whileothersoptimizerandomaccessparametersormobilityrobustnessintermsofhandover
oscillations.Averyillustrativeusecaseistheautomaticswitchoffofapercentofbasestationsduringthenight
hours.Theneighboringbasestationwouldthenreconfiguretheirparametersinordertokeeptheentirearea
coveredbythesignal.Incaseofasuddengrowthinconnectivitydemandforanyreason,the"sleeping"base
stations"wakeup"almostinstantaneously.Thismechanismleadstosignificantenergysavingsforoperators.

Selfhealingfunctions
Whensomenodesinthenetworkbecomeinoperative,selfhealingmechanismsaimatreducingtheimpactsfrom
thefailure,forexamplebyadjustingparametersandalgorithmsinadjacentcellssothatothernodescansupport
theusersthatweresupportedbythefailingnode.Inlegacynetworks,thefailingbasestationsareattimeshardto
identifyandasignificantamountoftimeandresourcesisrequiredtofixit.ThisfunctionofSONpermitstospot
suchafailingbasestationsimmediatelyinordertotakefurthermeasures,andensurenoorinsignificant
degradationofservicefortheusers.

IntroductionofSON
SelforganizingNetworksfeaturesarebeingintroducedgraduallywiththearrivalofnew4Gsystemsinradio
accessnetworks,allowingfortheimpactofpotentialteethingtroublestobelimitedandgraduallyincreasing
confidence.Selfoptimizationmechanismsinmobileradioaccessnetworkscanbeseentohavesomesimilarities
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toautomatedtradingalgorithmsinfinancialmarkets.SONhasalsobeenretrofittedtoexisting3Gnetworkstohelp
reducecostandimproveservicereliability.
TheMobileWorldCongresstradeconferencein2009sawthefirstmajorannouncementsofSONfunctionalityfor
LTEmobilenetworks.FirstdeploymentsoccurredinJapanandUSAduring2009/10.[4]
Thefirstcommerciallivetestofoneoftheofficial3GPPSONfunctionswasheld12NovemberbyTeliaSonera
andEricsson.[5]ItverifiedtheAutomaticNeighborRelations(ANR)featureinpartsofacommerciallydeployed
networkinSweden,usingamobileforacommercialchipsetvendor.ANRautomaticallysetsupneighborrelations
basedonactualradioconditions.

References
1.3GPP(http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/specs/htmlinfo/36902.htm)
2.NGMNDownloads(http://www.ngmn.org/uploads/media/NGMN_Use_Cases_related_to_Self_Organising_Network__Ov
erall_Description.pdf)
3.Nomor(http://www.nomor.de/home/technology/whitepapers/selforganizingnetworksinlongtermevolution)
4.DallasNews(http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DNlte_21bus.ART0.State.Edition1.4c4b776.ht
ml)
5.SelfOrganizingNetworksolutiontestedinliveLTENetwork(http://www.ericsson.com/news/101119_lte_network_24421
8599_c)

Literature
C.Brunner,D.Flore:GenerationofPathlossandInterferenceMapsasSONEnablerinDeployedUMTS
Networks.(http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjaGJydW5uZXJ8Z3g
6NTRjYjZlODJmNzRhZDRhOQ)In:ProceedingsofIEEEVehicularTechnologyConf.(VTCSpring'09).
Barcelona,Spain,April2009

Externallinks
3GPP(http://www.3gpp.org)
NGMN(http://www.ngmn.org)
NomorResearch:WhitePaper"SelfOrganizingNetworks(SON)in3GPPLongTermEvolution"(http://w
ww.nomor.de/home/technology/whitepapers/selforganizingnetworksinlongtermevolution)
SelfOrganizingNetworks,SON,tutorial(http://www.radioelectronics.com/info/cellulartelecomms/selforg
anisingnetworksson/basicstutorial.php)coveringselfconfiguration,optimizationandhealing
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