Automated Network Load Balancing and Capacity Enhancing Mechanism in Future Network

• Main Authors: Yi-Wei Ma, Jiann-Liang Chen, Chia-Ju Lin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2018-01-01
• Series: IEEE Access
• Subjects: Self-organizing network (SON); 5th generation mobile networks (5G); long term evolution (LTE); 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP)
• Online Access: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8334239/

The available 5G network is going to have various industrial applications. Mobile communication operators will be able more effectively to utilize their spectral assets, provide higher-speed data communication services, and increase network capacity. Traditional network parameters are manually set or adjusted by the network management system, so substantial room exists for improvement in operational speed. Self-organizing networks (SON) provide an automated means of simplifying operational tasks and improving operational efficiency. In future 5G networks, especially, in congested urban areas, difficulties of network management and load balancing will arise. The proposed novel SON management mechanism influences the overall network behavior by arranging the SON function parameters and adjusting the configuration of devices, user-equipment, and small cells. Simulation results indicate that implementing the proposed mechanism increases the throughput by an average of 4% and a maximum of 4.5%.