Self-configuration model of HeNB within LTE

Home NodeB (aka femtocells) is developed to improve indoor coverage and network capacity. Since there maybe large quantities of these devices, HeNB capable of self-configuration is promising for operators to save operational expenditures (OPEX) through substantially reducing the necessary human intervention. And at the same time, self-configuration ability of HeNB is benefit for improving quality of user experience. A novel HeNB self-configuration model is proposed in this paper, which is composed of five key modules to regulate self-configuration process. Furthermore, procedures depicting HeNB neighbor list optimization and interference avoidance are detailed as well to show the application of HeNB self-configuration model.