LTE Self-Organising Networks (SON): Network Management Automation for Operational Efficiency

Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–12): Cinzia Sartori, Henning Sanneck, Jurgen Goerge, Seppo Hamalainen and Achim Wacker
Chapter 2 LTE Overview (pages 13–38): Cinzia Sartori, Anssi Juppi, Henning Sanneck, Seppo Hamalainen and Miikka Poikselka
Chapter 3 Self?Organising Networks (SON) (pages 39–80): Richard Waldhauser, Markus Staufer, Seppo Hamalainen, Henning Sanneck, Haitao Tang, Christoph Schmelz, Jurgen Goerge, Paul Stephens, Krzysztof Kordybach and Clemens Suerbaum
Chapter 4 Self?Configuration (‘Plug?and?Play’) (pages 81–134): Henning Sanneck, Cinzia Sartori, Peter Szilagyi, Tobias Bandh, Christoph Schmelz, Yves Bouwen, Eddy Troch, Jurgen Goerge, Simone Redana and Raimund Kausl
Chapter 5 Self?Optimisation (pages 135–234): Daniela Laselva, Ingo Viering, Dirk Rose, Jeroen Wigard, Seppo Hamalainen, Krzysztof Kordybach, Osman Yilmaz, Jaroslaw Lachowski, Paul Stephens, Andreas Lobinger, Bernhard Wegmann, Henrik Martikainen and Cinzia Sartori
Chapter 6 Self?Healing (pages 235–266): Szabolcs Novaczki, Volker Wille, Osman Yilmaz, Seppo Hamalainen and Henning Sanneck
Chapter 7 Supporting Function: Minimisation of Drive Tests (MDT) (pages 267–310): Malgorzata Tomala, Ilkka Keskitalo, Gyula Bodog and Cinzia Sartori
Chapter 8 SON for Core Networks (pages 311–321): Anssi Juppi, Risto Kauppinen and Seppo Hamalainen
Chapter 9 SON Operation (pages 322–356): Tobias Bandh, Haitao Tang, Henning Sanneck and Christoph Schmelz
Chapter 10 SON for Heterogeneous Networks (HetNet) (pages 357–378): Cinzia Sartori, Henning Sanneck, Klaus Pedersen, Johanna Pekonen and Ingo Viering
Chapter 11 Future Research Topics (pages 379–390): Christoph Frenzel, Henning Sanneck and Seppo Hamalainen