First 3G LTE Self Organising Network
First 3G LTE Self Organising Network
27th October , 2009
Europe : The first 3G LTE self organizing network in the world ( SON ) has been completed for T-Mobile in Austria. Huawei and T-Mobile undertook the world’s first testing of the 3G LTE SON ( self-organizing network ).
The 3G SON solution allows mobile operators to optimize, configure and recover automatically their networks and offers cost savings across 3G LTE network optimization and deployment.
Huawei' s SON commercial solution was released in Q2 2009 and is currently offered as part of Huawei' s suite of LTE solutions. Additional features of SON, such as the Mobile Robust Optimization (MRO) feature will be tested by Huawei and T-Mobile in the next phase.
Using T-Mobile' s existing eNodeBs, the test aims at verifying the functionality of Automatic Neighbour Relation (ANR) in Huawei' s SON solution. The test result shows high successful handover rate and demonstrates that the SON solution is able to automatically establish and optimize the neighbour relations, and satisfies the requirement of future LTE commercial networks. As network topology changes, the LTE SON solution will ensure a high level of network connectivity and optimization of network-wide performance.
'As a pioneer in the development of next-generation mobile network (NGMN), T-Mobile marked the next step in testing future technology with our test network in Innsbruck. We are delighted to see that key innovations like network automation are already part of this project', commented Rüdiger Köster, Technology Director of T-Mobile Austria.
'With the latest SON solution, Huawei is able to deploy an LTE network with the best performance and effective expense.' said, Ying Weimin, President of LTE, Huawei, 'As a leader in providing end-to-end mobile broadband solutions, Huawei is committed to accelerating the commercialization of LTE technology through providing solutions to reduce the cost per bit.'
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