MOBILE BROADBAND TRAFFIC JAM PROMPTS NEED FOR SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORKS
October 1st, 2012
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
THE INCREASING use of broadband-connected devices has led to exponential growth in mobile subscriptions and data traffic, and has also challenged operators, especially in providing improved customer experience regarding speed, coverage and availability.
So, with operators now moving beyond 2G and 3G networks, and towards 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems -to keep up with the scale of capacity and coverage - the trend towards implementing self-organising networks (SON) is also growing, with promises to speed up network deployment dramatically, ...
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