Auto-tuning of RRM parameters in UMTS networks. Feasibility study.

Due to the intrinsic characteristics of WCDMA and the great number of services offered by UMTS, its radio channel is much more dynamic compared with GERAN systems. The traffic fluctuations and users mobility can cause the impairment of the network performance and of the quality of service (QoS) in c...

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Autor: Andújar Linares, Aurora
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099.1/4555
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2099.1/4555
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mobile communication systems
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
Auto-tuning
RRM
UMTS
Comunicacions mòbils, Sistemes de
UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System)
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Comunicacions mòbils
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Satèl·lits i ràdioenllaços
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Sumario:Due to the intrinsic characteristics of WCDMA and the great number of services offered by UMTS, its radio channel is much more dynamic compared with GERAN systems. The traffic fluctuations and users mobility can cause the impairment of the network performance and of the quality of service (QoS) in certain cells. In the worst case a significant degradation of the QoS may be observed and as a result the operator defined targets are not met. Nowadays UMTS operators have fixed, and usually uniform, settings for their network parameters. This static configuration is not able to adapt automatically to the changes that occur in the network. A fixed parameter setting then gives a non optimal solution for the network optimization process and thus the utilization of the radio interface is not maximized. The goal of the automated tuning is to adjust dynamically these parameters in a continuous way without human intervention, which is only required in definition of the reference QoS. The current PFC aims at validating the feasibility of automated optimization of certain UMTS RRM parameters. The main tasks to be developed by the students are: - Simulator developement (Matlab programmed). A basic static Montecarlo simulator is available as a reference. - Study of UMTS handover algorithm and study of potential parameters to be automatically tuned. - Proposal of algorithm to tune the previously selected parameters, and evaluation of achieved gains. - Study of UMTS CAC algorithm and study of potential parameters to be automatically tuned. Development of first and basic ideas to propose tuning algorithm.