Mobile networks are facing an unprecedented demand for high-speed connectivity
originating from novel mobile applications and services and, in general, from the adoption …

Self-organization as applied to cellular networks is usually referred to Selforganizing
Networks (SONs), and it is a key driver for improving Operations, Administration, and …

While an al dente character of 5G is yet to emerge, network densification, miscellany of node
types, split of control and data plane, network virtualization, heavy and localized cache …

Mobile data traffic grew by 74% in 2015 and it is expected to grow eight-fold by 2020. Future
wireless networks will need to deploy massive number of small cells to cope with this …

Inspired by swarm intelligence observed in social species, the artificial self-organized
networking (SON) systems are expected to exhibit some intelligent features (eg, flexibility …

Fifth-generation (5G) network developers need to identify the necessary requirements
toward additional capacity and spectrally efficient wireless technologies. Therefore, the …

Abstract Self-Organizing Network (SON) stands for a key concept characterizing the
behavior of the future mobile networks. The evolution of telecom infrastructures towards 5G …

In this paper, we present a novel cell outage management (COM) framework for
heterogeneous networks with split control and data planes-a candidate architecture for …

In response to the new challenges in the design and operation of communication networks,
and taking inspiration from how living beings deal with complexity and scalability, in this …

The need for load balancing will be more significant in fifth generation mobile network and
beyond due to the massive upsurge in the quantity of users and rising use of small cell sizes …