The benefits of SON in LTE

[ahmedtaha]

this is a doc from 4G America.

CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 GOALS OF THISWHITE PAPER............................................................................................... 4
1.2 TECHNOLOGY AND MARKET DRIVERS FOR SON .................................................................... 4
1.3 REASONS FOR AUTOMATION ............................................................................................... 5
2 3GPP EVOLUTION AND SON.......................................................................................................... 5
2.1 LTE SON HIGH-LEVEL SCOPE AND TIMELINE .......................................................................... 5
2.2 SON DEVELOPMENT IN NGMN.............................................................................................. 7
3 KEY LTE RELEASE 8 AND RELEASE 9 SON FEATURES........................................................................ 8
3.1 BASE STATION SELF-CONFIGURATION................................................................................... 8
3.1.1 BENEFITS ...................................................................................................................... 8
3.1.2 DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................ 8
3.1.3 SELF-CONFIGURATION ACTIONS.................................................................................... 9
3.1.4 SELF-CONFIGURATION STATUS IN 3GPP........................................................................10
3.2 AUTOMATIC NEIGHBOR RELATION (ANR) ............................................................................10
3.2.1 BENEFITS .....................................................................................................................11
3.2.2 DESCRIPTION...............................................................................................................11
3.2.3 NEIGHBOR RELATION DISCOVERY.................................................................................12
3.2.4 ANR ACTIONS ..............................................................................................................12
3.3 TRACKING AREA PLANNING.................................................................................................13
3.3.1 BENEFITS .....................................................................................................................13
3.4 PCI PLANNING.....................................................................................................................14
3.4.1 BENEFITS .....................................................................................................................15
3.5 LOAD BALANCING ...............................................................................................................15
3.5.1 BENEFITS .....................................................................................................................16