VTC 2011 - International Workshop on Self-Organizing Networks

International Workshop on Self-Organizing Networks.

The workshop page at VTC 2011 Spring is not linked from the main VTC page yet. See the direct link instead:

http://www.ieeevtc.org/vtc2011spring/workshops.php

For Call For Papers, see http://www.control.isy.liu.se/~fred/IWSON_2011_CFP...

The submission deadline is November 15, and the workshop is a VTC track with peer-reviewed papers ending up in IEEExplore. TrackChair submission details will appear shortly.

The scope of the workshop is as follows:

Self-Configuration:
Plug-and-play, Identity Management, Automatic Neighbor Relation setup, Management of non-unique physical cell identities
IP address and VLAN ID management
Self-Optimization:
Random access optimization, Load balancing within and between radio access technologies, Interference management, Mobility Robustness Optimization, Coverage and Capacity Optimization
Node load balancing, Tracking area optimization, Quality of Service Management, Transport Path Optimization
Self-Healing: Cell outage detection and compensation, alarm correlation
Supporting SON functions and technologies:
Real-time performance monitoring,
Integration of multiple SON functions / SON coordination
Policy-based management
Field trials and demonstrators:
Test bed activities and experiences from field trials
Experience of first deployments of SON features implemented in products

Organizing committee
Fredrik Gunnarsson, Ericsson Research
Prof. Thomas Kürner, Technische Universität Braunschweig
Lars Christoph Schmelz, Nokia Siemens Networks