Project description The Network of the Future Show the project objective Hide the project objective The SOCRATES project investigates the application of self-organisation methods, which includes mechanisms for self-optimisation, self-configuration and self-healing, as a promising opportunity to automate wireless access network planning and optimisation, thus reducing substantially the Operational Expenditure (OPEX) and improving network coverage, resource utilisation and service quality. Fundamental drivers for the deployment of self-organisation methods are the complexity of the contemporary heterogeneous access network technologies, the growing diversity in offered services and the need for enhanced competitiveness.SOCRATES' technological focus is on the self-configuration and self-optimisation of site and radio resource management parameters of 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE). Directed by a set of use cases where the application of self-organisation methods are anticipated to have a significant potential, novel methods for efficient and effective self-organisation are developed, with due attention given to the retrieval and processing of the required measurements.Self-organisation in wireless access networks is a challenging topic: besides the intrinsically difficult issues concerning measurement and control, the project faces highly complex systems with a multitude of tuneable parameters and intricate interdependencies.As part of the project a validation and demonstration of the developed methods for self-organisation is carried out through extensive simulation experiments, assessing the achievable cost reductions and performance enhancements. The implementation and operational impact of the developed concepts and methods is investigated by analysing the residual radio network planning process, the operations, administration and maintenance architecture and the protocol interfaces. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technology Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2007.1.1 - The network of the future Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO EU contribution € 924 047,00 Address ANNA VAN BUERENPLEIN 1 2595 DA Den Haag Netherlands See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Elly van den Akker-Blaazer (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all IMINDS VZW Belgium EU contribution € 468 154,00 Address GASTON CROMMENLAAN 8/102 9050 GENT See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Dominique Moens (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS GMBH &CO KG Germany EU contribution € 274 293,00 Address WERINHERSTRASSE 91 81541 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Michael Beichele (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data ATESIO GMBH Germany EU contribution € 305 072,00 Address BUNDESALLEE 89 12161 Berlin See on map Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Andreas Eisenblätter (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BRAUNSCHWEIG Germany EU contribution € 381 564,00 Address UNIVERSITAETSPLATZ 2 38106 Braunschweig See on map Region Niedersachsen Braunschweig Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Thomas Kürner (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS SP ZOO Poland EU contribution € 79 882,00 Address UL RODZINY HISZPANSKICH 8 02-685 Warszawa See on map Region Makroregion województwo mazowieckie Warszawski stołeczny Miasto Warszawa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Barbara Ginter (Mrs) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data ERICSSON AB Sweden EU contribution € 435 120,00 Address TORSHAMNSGATAN 23 164 80 Stockholm See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ove Linnell (Mr) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VODAFONE GROUP SERVICES LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 380 731,00 Address VODAFONE HOUSE THE CONNECTION RG14 2FN NEWBURY (BERKSHIRE ) See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Neil Scully (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data