[Tccc] [CFP] WILEY IJNM - Special Issue on Managing Self-Organizing Radio Access Networks
Kostas Tsagkaris
ktsagk
Tue May 15 06:20:31 EDT 2012
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*CALL FOR PAPERS*
Special Issue of International Journal of Network Management on
*Managing Self-Organizing Radio Access Networks *
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PUBLICATION: July-August 2013
Self Organizing Networks (SON) were introduced within the 3GPP Long Term
Evolution (LTE) as a key technology for assisting mobile operators to
address challenges associated with the operation and management of their
Radio Access Network (RAN). In particular, SON comprises a set of self-x
(self-planning, self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing
etc.) techniques and functions that aim at providing solutions for
improving network management, performance and flexibility, i.e. for
automating the traditional manual network management processes, for
reducing the network operation cost, and for increasing efficiency
(higher Quality of Service/Experience levels in a more cost efficient
manner).
SON has received particular attention in 3GPP, starting from Release 8,
where a set of use cases with regards to self-configuring and
self-optimizing networks namely, Coverage and capacity optimization,
Energy Savings, Interference Reduction, Automated Configuration of
Physical Cell Identity, Mobility robustness optimization, Mobility Load
balancing optimization, RACH Optimization, Automatic Neighbour Relation
Function, and Inter-cell Interference Coordination, were introduced. SON
is continued with amendments in releases 9 and 10. SON-related aspects
are a work in progress and will continue being standardized in the
subsequent releases of LTE as an indispensable part of the standard.
Apparently, there is also still plenty of room for further research results.
The extension/enhancement of SON use cases and proposals for solving
them comprise mechanisms for traffic, mobility and interference
management, energy efficient RANs, SON in heterogeneous networks in
LTE-Advanced (HetNets) as well as in multi radio access technology and
multi layer networks, SON for QoS optimization etc. At the same time,
the management of SON functions per se, as well as their
coordination/interactions, is an equally important topic that leaves
room for advancements with respect to coordination of SON functions, SON
conflict resolution, governance and policy-based approaches for managing
SON and SON coordination, but also aspects covering SON
integration/coordination with traditional Operation, Administration and
Management (OAM) functions and systems i.e. Operation Support Systems,
Network Management Systems, Element Management Systems (OSS/NMS/EMS) etc.
Accordingly, this special issue of International Journal of Network
Management is seeking new and unpublished contributions addressing
issues in the Management of Self-Organizing RANs including, but not
limited to:
o SON optimization algorithms for heterogeneous LTE-Advanced networks
(HetNets)
o SON optimization algorithms for traffic, mobility and interference
management
o SON optimization algorithms for energy efficient RANs
o Coordination of SON functions
o SON conflict resolution
o Governance/Policy-based management of SON
o Knowledge-based SON
o SON management architecture aspects
o SON integration with OAM functions/systems
o Self-Evolving Networks (Self-Testing & Self-Healing)
o Realistic performance evaluation of SON functionalities before
network deployment
o Reduction of management costs in SON empowered RANs
o Decision support systems provided by policy-based management of SON
functionalities
o Service-oriented SON management (Service Level Agreements etc.)
*IMPORTANT DATES*
Deadline for submissions: *November 1, 2012*
Notification of acceptance: March 1, 2013
Revised papers to editors due date: April 1, 2013
Final camera-ready to Wiley: May 1, 2013
Publication Date: July-August 2013
*SUBMISSION GUIDELINES*
Electronic submission using the manuscript central
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nem is required. The author will be
called to select the special issue and name of guest editor during
submission. Author guidelines for the preparation and submission are
also available at http://www3.interscience.wiley.
com/journal/5703/home/ForAuthors.html
*GUEST EDITORS*
Dr. Kostas Tsagkaris
Adjunct Lecturer / Senior Research Engineer
Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus,
80 Karaoli & Dimitriou str., 185 34 Piraeus, Greece
e-mail: ktsagk at unipi.gr
Dr. Markus Gruber
Research Engineer
Alcatel-Lucent Bell-Labs,
Lorenzstr. 10, 70435 Stuttgart, Germany,
e-mail: Markus.Gruber at alcatel-lucent.com
Dr. Berna Sayrac
Senior Research Engineer
Orange Labs
38-40 ru du General Leclerc
92130 Issy-Les-Moulineaux France
e-mail: berna.sayrac at orange.com
Further information on the journal, including author guidelines, are
available at the journal homepage:
http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/networkmanagement
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