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Self Organizing Networks (SON): Challenges And Market Opportunities For LTE And Beyond, Second Edition

Publisher Name » Mind Commerce Publishing
Published Date » 2012-09-26
No. Of Pages » 161

The Fourth Generation (4G) of cellular communications based on the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard promises much great network capacity. This greater supply of bandwidth will stimulate the development, implementation and operation of many new applications, each with very unique quality of service, bandwidth, and performance needs. It will be a much more complex network and this will facilitate a need for improved operations and OSS. A key driver for improving OSS for 4G systems, the so called Self Organizing Network (SON) has been introduced as part of the 3GPP LTE network framework. SON is expected to be deployed over time and ultimately have a dramatically positive effect on network operations and OSS.

This research evaluates SON capabilities, vendors, and solutions. It analyzes the function of SON relative to LTE and evaluates the benefits of deployment and operation.

The report also discusses the future of SON beyond 4G. This research includes a forecast for overall OSS/BSS revenue from 2011 through 2016.

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Target Audience:
  • Mobile network operators
  • Wireless infrastructure providers
  • OSS/BSS vendors and service providers
  • LTE application developers and service integrators
  • Managed service providers and service bureau organizations
Table of Contents:

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  8

2.0 INTRODUCTION 9

3.0 THE EVOLUTION OF WIRELESS AND MOBILE NETWORK  11
3.1 OVERVIEW 11
3.2 ADVANTAGES OF WIRELESS NETWORKS 11
3.2.1  POPULARITY  11
3.2.2  MOBILITY 11
3.2.3  EASE OF DEPLOYMENT  12
3.3 FIRST GENERATION OF MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS (1G) 12
3.4 SECOND GENERATION MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS (2G)   14
3.4.1  SIM 16
3.4.2  SPEECH CODING  16
3.4.3  AUTHENTICATIONS AND SECURITY IN GSM NETWORKS 16
3.4.4  WAP (WIRELESS APPLICANT PROTOCOL)  16
3.4.5  MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS THIRD GENERATION   17
3.4.6  CHARACTERISTICS OF 3G SYSTEMS  17
3.4.7  THE EVOLUTION OF THE 3G SYSTEM 19
3.4.8  APPLICATIONS IN 3G SYSTEM   19
3.4.9  SUMMARY 19
3.5 MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 4TH GENERATION AND LTE  20
3.5.1  TARGET OF 4G SYSTEM  20
3.5.2  APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES OF 4G SYSTEM   21
3.5.3  TELE PRESENCE 21
3.5.4  INFORMATION ACCESS 21
3.5.5  INTER-MACHINE COMMUNICATION   21
3.5.6  INTELLIGENT SHOPPING  21
3.5.7  LOCATION-BASED SERVICES 21
3.5.8  LBS IN GENERAL  22
3.5.9  TECHNIQUES  23
3.5.10 CELL ID-BASED LOCATION  24
3.5.11 TERMINAL-BASED LOCATION TECHNIQUES 25
3.5.12 GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)   26
3.5.13 GPS DISADVANTAGES   26
3.5.14 LOCATION ARCHITECTURE AND INTERFACES   27
3.5.15 PROTOCOLS BASED ON PLAIN-TEXT XML  28
3.5.16 ROAMING LOCATION PROTOCOL (RLP) 29
3.5.17 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MLP AND RLP  30
3.5.18 ADDING LOCATION VALUE 31
3.5.19 APPLICATIONS AND CONTENT   32
3.5.20 GAMING   33
3.5.21 GLOBALIZATION OF PRODUCTS 35
3.5.22 COMMUNICATING APPLIANCES  35
3.5.23 STANDARDIZATION DIVERSIFICATION 35
3.5.24 SUMMARY 36

4.0 LONG TERM EVOLUTION AND SELF ORGANIZING NETWORKS   37
4.1 INTRODUCTION 37
4.2 FUTURE TRENDS  38
4.3 EVOLUTION OF THE TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY TO 2016 39
4.4 FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES FOR A UNIVERSAL RADIO ENVIRONMENT 41
4.4.1  FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES FOR A UNIVERSAL RADIO ENVIRONMENT TDD SYSTEM 42
4.4.2  FEATURES OF FUTURE TDD SYSTEM   42
4.4.3  CHALLENGES OF THE TDD SYSTEM 43
4.4.4  THE UPCOMING TECHNOLOGY OF TDD SYSTEM 43
4.4.5  TDD TOPOLOGY 44
4.5 RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (RAN)  44
4.5.1  CONTROL PLANE AND USER PLANE 45
4.5.2  PEAK DATA RATE 45
4.6 MULTIPLE ACCESS METHODS  46
4.6.1  OFDM MODULATION   46
4.6.2  RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE  47

5.0 EVOLVED PACKET CORE (EPC) 50
5.1 THE BENEFITS OF EPC FOR BOTH END USER AND OPERATORS  53
5.1.1  ARCHITECTURE OF EPC  54
5.1.2  USER EQUIPMENT (UE) 56
5.1.3  RADIO NETWORKS AND EPC   58
5.2 EPC DEPLOYMENT CASES 61
5.3 INSTALLING CASES 61
5.3.1  FIRST SCENARIO  61
5.3.2  SECOND SCENARIO   65
5.4 THIRD SCENARIO 66
5.4.1  FIFTH SCENARIO  68
5.5 FUTURE TRENDS  68

6.0 SELF ORGANIZING NETWORKS  70
6.1 INTRODUCTION 70
6.1.1  ARCHITECTURE OF SON 70
6.1.2  IEEE 802.16 72
6.1.3  NGMN STANDARDS FOR SON 73
6.1.4  SON CATEGORIES AND CASES 73
6.1.5  DISTRIBUTED/SELF-ORGANIZING (DSO) 75
6.1.6  COOPERATIVE RELAYING (CR) IN SON 75
6.1.7  FEEDBACK OVERHEAD IN SON 75
6.1.8  CODEBOOK-BASED PRE-CODING IN SON  76
6.1.9  FEEDBACK DELAY IN SON 76
6.2 INSTALLING SON 76
6.3 STAGES OF INSTALLING SON  77
6.3.1  SELF CONFIGURATION  77
6.3.2  SELF OPTIMIZATION   77
6.3.3  SELF HEALING 78
6.3.4  PROBLEMS WITH SELF HEALING 78
6.3.5  INSTALLING PHASES   78
6.3.6  CENTRALIZED SON  79
6.3.7  DISTRUSTED SON   79
6.3.8  LOCALIZED SON 80
6.3.9  HYBRID SON   80
6.3.10 LTE RELEASE OF SON   81
6.3.11 AUTOMATIC NEIGHBOR RELATION (ANR)   82
6.3.12 INSTALLING ANR 82
6.3.13 LOAD BALANCING IN SON  85
6.3.14 MOBILITY ROBUSTNESS OPTIMIZATION (MRO)  86
6.4 DISTRIBUTED CLUSTERING IN SON  87
6.5 THE BENEFITS OF SON AND THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENTS (ROI)   88
6.5.1  ICIC ENHANCEMENT   91
6.5.2  ANTENNA PARAMETERS AND COST REDUCTION AND ANTENNA TILT  91
6.5.3  ELECTRICAL TILT 93
6.5.4  MECHANICAL TILT  95
6.5.5  INSTALLING ANTENNA TILT AND ITS PARAMETERS  96
6.6 FEATURES AND ROI OF THE ANTENNA TILTS 96
6.6.1  DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM (DAS) AND HOW TO OVERCOME THE ISSUES OF PERFORMANCE STATISTICS TO A SPECIFIC DAS NODE COVERAGE AREA 96
6.6.2  ENERGY SAVING 98
6.6.3  FUTURE OF THE SON IN FEMTOCELLS  99
6.6.4  ROI OF THE FEMTOCELLS 101
6.7 SMARTER SELF ORGANIZING NETWORKS 103
6.8 RECOMMENDATIONS AND METHODS FOR OPERATORS TO DEPLOY LTE APPLICATIONS   104
6.9 WORLDWIDE LTE DEPLOYMENT 105
6.9.1  LTE DEPLOYMENT PLANS BY COMPANY 105
6.10 LTE DEPLOYMENT PLANS BY REGION   107
6.10.1 THE US MARKET  107
6.10.2 THE MEXICAN MARKET 110
6.10.3 THE CANADIAN MARKET 110
6.10.4 THE PUERTO RICAN MARKET  110
6.10.5 THE COLOMBIAN MARKET  110
6.10.6 CHILE MARKET  111
6.10.7 THE BRAZILIAN MARKET  111

7.0 SON PROVIDERS  112
7.1.1  INTRODUCTION 112
7.1.2  MARKETS OF SELF ORGANIZING NETWORKS AND MARKET DRIVERS 114
7.2 EARLY ADOPTION OF SON 114
7.2.1  OPTIMI 114
7.2.2  SELF-PLANNING, SELF-OPTIMIZATION AND SELF-HEALING FOR 2G, 3G AND LTE NETWORKS VIA OPTIMI 115
7.2.3  OPTIMI'S CLIENTS 115
7.2.4  ERICSSON BUYS OPTIMI 115
7.2.5  SWOT ANALYSIS FOR OPTIMI   116
7.2.6  FEEDBACK FROM TELECOMS WHO USED OPTIMI SON SOLUTIONS 116
7.2.7  IS OPTIMI THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR YOU? 118
7.2.8  HOW MANY CLIENT IS WORKING WITH OPTIMI TO PROVIDE SON SOLUTIONS   118
7.3 ALCATEL-LUCENT   118
7.3.2  ALCATEL LUCENT SWOT ANALYSIS 120
7.3.3  ALCATEL LUCENT SON SOLUTIONS  121
7.3.4  ERICSSON VS ALCATEL   122
7.4 ERICSSON 122
7.4.1  MISSION/VISION   122
7.4.2  SERVICES   122
7.4.3  STRATEGY  123
7.4.4  ACTIVITIES 123
7.4.5  FINANCIAL SUMMERY   123
7.4.6  ERICSSON SUBSIDIARIES IN EUROPE   123
7.4.7  ERICSSON IN THE REST OF THE WORLD   126
7.4.8  ERICSSON SWOT ANALYSIS 127
7.4.9  ERICSSON SON  128
7.4.10 ERICSSON OPTIMIZATION MANAGER   129
7.4.11 SMARTER SON FROM ERICSSON  130
7.5 ALCATEL  130
7.5.1  MISSION/VISION   131
7.5.2  SERVICES   131
7.5.3  STRATEGY  131
7.5.4  FINANCIAL SUMMERY   132
7.5.5  ALCATEL SUBSIDIARIES  132
7.6 ACTIX 134
7.6.1  SON BY ACTIX 135
7.6.2  ACTIX SWOT   136
7.6.3  VODAFONE IRELAND DEPLOYS ACTIX 3G SOLUTION   137
7.6.4  NEC AND ACTIX SON  137
7.7 MOTOROLA 137
7.7.1  MOTOROLA SWOT 138
7.7.2  MOTOROLA SON SERVICES 139
7.7.3  FEATURES OF MOTOROLA SON 139
7.8 CHALLENGES TO THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ARCHITECTURE 140
7.8.1  OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE  142
7.8.2  THE PING-PONG EFFECT  142
7.8.3  NEC SON 142
7.9 HUAWEI SON SOLUTION 143
7.9.1  PHASE 1  145
7.9.2  PHASE 2  145
7.9.3  PHASE 3  146
7.9.4  PHASE 4  146
7.9.5  HUAWEI'S SON ANALYSIS 147
7.10 NOKIA-SIEMENS NETWORKS SON SOLUTION  147
7.10.1 NSN SON ANALYSIS 149
7.11 SON PROVIDER COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS   150
7.11.1 COMPARISON BETWEEN SON PROVIDER BY CLIENTS FEEDBACK 151
7.11.2 COMPARISON BETWEEN SON PROVIDER BY SETUP COST  151
7.11.3 START-UPS SON PROVIDERS   152
7.11.4 THE SON MARKET IN 2012 152
7.11.5 WHO IS DOMINATING THE MARKET AND WHY? 153
7.11.6 THE FUTURE OF THE LTE (5G AND BEYOND) 154
7.12 LTE APPLICATIONS 155
7.12.1 CHARGING IN LTE 156
7.12.2 IP MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM (IMS) CHARGING  156
7.12.3 MULTIMEDIA SESSIONS 157
7.12.4 MOBILE IP  158
7.12.5 THE MIGRATION FROM IPV4 TO IPV6   160
7.13 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND THE EFFECT OF SON IN THE LTE 4G (5G AND BEYOND) 164
7.14 LTE BASED APPLICATIONS 165
7.14.1 CDMA2000 WITH LTE  165
7.14.2 WIMAX WITH LTE   167
7.15 COMPARISON BETWEEN LTE SOLUTIONS 170
7.15.1 THROUGHPUT PERFORMANCE  170
7.16 LTE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS 172
7.16.1 LATENCY 173
7.16.2 EFFICIENCY   173
7.16.3 VOIP OVER LTE  176
7.17 LTE STRATEGIES 177
7.17.1 LTE STRATEGIES 2011-2012  177
7.17.2 STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESS OF BROADBAND 179
7.17.3 CURRENT MARKET SEGMENT   180
7.17.4 DEPLOYING EDGE/HSPA/HSPA+ STRATEGY 182
7.18 3GPP STRATEGY DEPLOYMENT  183
7.18.1 2013-2015 KEY SERVICE ADVANCES 188
7.18.2 DEVICES DEVELOPMENTS   190
7.18.3 NETWORK INTERFACES 190
7.18.4 MOBILE INTERFACES  191
7.18.5 HIGH-PERFORMANCE BROADBAND SYSTEMS STRATEGIES 192
7.18.6 EDGE/HSPA/LTE FEATURES 2011-2014 195
7.18.7 ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIES TO 2030 196
7.19 MIGRATION FROM THE CURRENT NETWORKS TO LTE STRATEGIES 196

8.0 APPENDIX  200
8.1 LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) MARKET AND TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW  200
8.1.1  LTE MARKET OVERVIEW 200
8.1.2  MARKET DRIVERS 200
8.1.3  THE SHIFT FROM VOICE TO DATA CENTRIC SERVICES   200
8.1.4  THE DEMAND FOR HIGHER DATA ARPUS  200
8.1.5  CAPACITY MANAGEMENT AND OPEX REDUCTION 201
8.1.6  LIMITED COMPETITION 201
8.1.7  LACK OF FIXED BROADBAND IN LOW DENSITY AREAS  201
8.1.8  VENDOR COMMITMENTS 202
8.1.9  MARKET BARRIERS 202
8.1.10 SPECTRUM CONGESTION   202
8.1.11 HIGH INVESTMENTS FOR EARLY ADOPTERS 202
8.1.12 CONSUMER DEVICE CHALLENGES   203
8.1.13 BROADBAND PRICING AND INTERNATIONAL ROAMING 203
8.1.14 LTE TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW   203
8.1.15 TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW   204
8.1.16 PERFORMANCE METRICS   204
8.1.17 LTE ADVANCED 204
8.1.18 NTEGRATION WITH DEPLOYED NETWORKS 205
8.2 NEXT GENERATION NETWORK (NGN) OSS/BSS  206
8.2.1  NGN OSS OVERVIEW  206
8.2.2  DRIVERS OF NGN   207
8.2.3  TELECOM OPERATOR AND VENDOR INTERESTS  207
8.2.4  IMPROVEMENT IN ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES   208
8.2.5  REDUCED VENDOR DEPENDENCY 208
8.2.6  OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES   209
8.2.7  INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE PRIVATE NETWORKS AND APPLICATION INTO THE LARGER PUBLIC NETWORKS   209
8.2.8  QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS)   209
8.2.9  NATIONAL SECURITY AND COMPETITIVE POLICIES 210
8.3 NGN OSS/BSS: COMPONENTS, IMS IMPLICATIONS AND FRAMEWORKS 210
8.3.1  NETWORK PLANNING AND ENGINEERING  210
8.3.2  FAULT MANAGEMENT  211
8.3.3  PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT 211
8.3.4  PROVISIONING AND SERVICE ACTIVATION 212
8.3.5  INVENTORY MANAGEMENT   212
8.3.6  BILLING AND CUSTOMER CARE  212
8.3.7  MEDIATION 213
8.3.8  REVENUE ASSURANCE   213
8.3.9  CHALLENGES FOR OSS AND BSS 214
8.4 OSS CHALLENGES   214
8.4.1  STAKEHOLDER APPREHENSIONS  214
8.4.2  FRAMEWORK TO INTEGRATE CUSTOMIZATION DEMANDS  215
8.4.3  SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM EXISTING OSS FRAMEWORKS   215
8.4.4  MULTI-VENDOR COORDINATION   216
8.4.5  BSS CHALLENGES   216

9.0 GENERAL CONCLUSION 219

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