Auto-connectivity and security setup for access network elements

Sanneck, Henning; Schmelz, C.; Troch, Eddy; Bie, Luc De

doi:10.1109/inm.2009.5188877

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“…The major disadvantage of this way of deploying a base station is that it is hardly possible to deploy hardware at a different place as initially intended. [8] provides a concept where an off-the-shelf base station is shipped without any pre-configuration. After installation and connection to electrical power and data network, the location is measured and the self-configuration process determines the configuration based on the network plan details for that location.…”

Section: Son Function Coordination -Oscillationsmentioning

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Policy-based coordination and management of SON functions

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Romeikat

Sanneck

et al. 2011

12th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2011) and Workshops

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Future wireless networks (LTE and beyond) will experience a continuous growth regarding the number of network elements with increasingly complex interrelations between the configuration of multiple network elements (NEs). A related trend is the seamless integration of multiple radio technologies into a single heterogeneous wireless network. Both developments increase network management complexity and require new management concepts with a very high degree of automation such as Self-Organizing Network (SON) concepts, which are currently discussed in the network operator (NGMN), research, and standardization (3GPP) communities.SON functions have to be coordinated and supervised in an automated way in order to enable a stable system operation with tight control over the system behavior by the network operator together with a high degree of automation. Based on a detailed analysis of the requirements for the coordination, a policy-based approach to realize the coordination-related decision making based on the network configuration and SON function context is presented. Results for two use cases (fully automatic hardware to site mapping and coverage & capacity optimization) are presented to show the applicability of the developed approach to diverse SON use cases.

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Section: Son Function Coordination -Oscillationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy-based coordination and management of SON functions

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Romeikat

Sanneck

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12th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2011) and Workshops

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“…The process encompasses several steps illustrated in Figure 1. After the base station has been installed and switched on, the autoconnectivity setup function establishes a secure connection between the eNodeB and the network element management system [1]. Auto-commissioning includes the automated provisioning and testing of the software and database configuration according to the installed hardware, operator's expected features and the site location [3].…”

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Context based configuration management of plug & play LTE base stations

Sanneck

Bouwen²,

Troch³

2010

2010 IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium - NOMS 2010

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In second and third generation cellular networks the rollout of base stations needs to be conscientiously prepared, because their radio configuration should match with the coverage provided by existing cells in their neighborhood. The detailed radio planning for every new cell requires considerable human resources and time. This paper proposes a framework for 3G Long Term Evolution (LTE) that can perform a dynamic radio configuration of a base station when powered on, which is adaptive to the current network topology context and does not require human intervention. This function enables the deployment of base stations and new cells in an ad hoc manner, reduces OPEX and contributes to the concept of a selfconfiguring network.

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