Automatic 3G/4G Radio Access Network Planning and Optimisation - A High End Computing Approach

Informazioni relative al progetto

RANPLAN-HEC

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 20958

Data di avvio 1 Settembre 2006

Data di completamento 31 Agosto 2010

Finanziato da

• Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006

Costo totale € 0,00

Contributo UE € 832 853,00

Coordinato da

UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE
United Kingdom

Obiettivo

3G/4G cellular networks will play a very important role in broadband communications and ubiquitous computing in the foreseeable future. Network planning plays an important role when building a new network or expanding an existing one. As Radio Access Net work (RAN) accounts for most of the infrastructure cost of a cellular network, careful design and accurate planning of RAN is vital to any operator. While in operation, RAN needs to undergo frequent optimisation. The planning and optimisation of RAN is very complicated.

Traditional planning methods require experienced planners to manually select and configure network elements. As there are many network elements with many parameters to configure, it is very unlikely to find the optimal network configuration using such a method. Approaches and tools that can automate RAN planning and optimisation are urgently needed by the mobile industry. Automatic 3G/4G RAN planning and optimisation is highly multidisciplinary, as it requires expertise in telecommunications, operations research (OR) and computing. Automatic 3G/4G RAN planning and optimisation requires large computing resources, both in term of CPU time and memory demand.

In order to find a near-optimal solution for networks of realistic sizes in acceptable time frames, the recent developments in HEC (High End Computing) should be used. In this project, how to automate 3G/4G radio and transmission network planning and optimisation will be investigated. Innovative approaches to decompose RAN planning and optimisation will be developed. The latest development in HEC will be used to speed up the planning and optimisation process. The success of the project will have big impacts on 3G/4G RAN planning and optimisation. The project will last four years, and w ill host four 3-year PhD fellows, one 15-month MPhil fellow and four short-stay (3-12 months) Early Stage Researchers (ESRs).

Campo scientifico

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › computer hardware › computer processors
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications › telecommunications networks › mobile network › 4G

Parole chiave

• 3G/4G Cellular networks
• Network planning and optimisation
• Operation research
• Parallel/Grid computing
• Telecommunications engineering
• Wireless systems

Programma(i)

• FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006

Argomento(i)

• MOBILITY-1.2 - Marie Curie Host Fellowships - Early stage research training (EST)

Invito a presentare proposte

FP6-2004-MOBILITY-2
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Meccanismo di finanziamento

EST - Marie Curie actions-Early-stage Training

Coordinatore

UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE

• Contributo UE: Nessun dato
• Indirizzo: Park Square ; LUTON ; Regno Unito
• Costo totale: Nessun dato