Self organising network techniques to maximise traffic offload onto a 3G/WCDMA small cell network using MDT UE measurement reports

Author

Joyce, Robert ; Li Zhang

Author_Institution

Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

8-12 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

2212

Lastpage

2217

Abstract

This paper presents a number of Self-Organising Network (SON) based methods using a 3GPP Minimisation of Drive Testing (MDT) approach or similar and the analysis of these geo-located UE measurements to maximise traffic offload onto lamppost mounted 3G/WCDMA microcells. Simulations have been performed for a real 3G/WCDMA microcell deployment in a busy area of central London and the results suggest that for the network studied a traffic increase on the microcell layer of up to 175% is achievable through the novel SON methods presented.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; code division multiple access; microcellular radio; minimisation; telecommunication traffic; 3G-WCDMA microcell deployment; 3G-WCDMA small cell network; 3GPP minimisation; MDT UE measurement reports; central London; drive testing; geo-located UE measurements; lamppost mounted 3G-WCDMA microcells; self organising network; traffic offload; Algorithm design and analysis; Clutter; Macrocell networks; Microcell networks; Multiaccess communication; Servers; Spread spectrum communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2014.7037136

Filename

7037136