Review Article
Benefits of Self-Organizing Networks (SON) for Mobile Operators
Table 1
Highlights of some important SON features.
| SON type | Use case | Timing | Savings | Performance improvement | Coordination with |
| Self-configuration | ā | From start | Medium | N/A |
PCI, ANR | Self-optimization | PCI | From start | Medium | Low | ANR | ANR | From start | High | Low | PCI | ICIC | From early phase | Medium | Medium | MLB | MRO | From start | Low | High | MLB | MLB | When network is loaded | Low | High |
MRO, ICIC | Self-healing | COD | From early phase | Medium | N/A | COC | COC | From early phase | Medium | Medium | COD |
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