With new technologies like heterogeneous networks, and new traffic patterns driven by changing subscriber demands and the greater availability of innovative services it is becoming increasingly complex for operators to run well optimised services.
Self-organising networks (SON) addresses these challenges by introducing inherent automation in the network in the areas of configuration, healing and optimisation.
Maintaining market leadership means ensuring customer expectations are met while at the same time controlling operational expenditures. SingTel and Ericsson announced the successful deployment of Ericsson?s SON Optimisation Manager for SingTel?s WCDMA networks.
Ericsson?s comprehensive SON solution includes self-optimisation features such as coverage capacity optimisation and load balance (CCLB), and automatic neighbor relation (ANR) handling. Self-healing functions are being developed to automatically compensate for cell outages by adjusting the neighboring cells to find the optimal configuration. These features help to maintain a high performing network that can deliver a more consistent experience for SingTel customers with faster download speeds and reduced drop calls.
Using these state-of-the-art optimisation algorithms delivers a more consistent customer experience by intelligently adapting the network configuration to traffic conditions to achieve optimum coverage, capacity and quality at all times.
With this system, SingTel and Ericsson optimise multiple network elements and domains, allowing the integration of multiple technologies 2G, 3G and 4G into a single optimisation model.
