The Impact of Cell Site Re-Homing on the Performance of UMTS Core Networks

Ye Ouyang, M. Hosein Fallah
2010 International Journal of Next-Generation Networks  
Mobile operators currently prefer optimizing their radio networks via re-homing or cutting over the cell sites in 2G or 3G networks. The core network, as the parental part of radio network, is inevitably impacted by the re-homing in radio domain. This paper introduces the cell site re-homing in radio network and analyzes its impact on the performance of GSM/UMTS core network. The possible re-homing models are created and analyzed for core networks. The paper concludes that appropriate re-homing
more » ... in radio domain, using correct algorithms, not only optimizes the radio network but also helps improve the QoS of the core network and saves the carriers' OPEX and CAPEX on their core networks.
doi:10.5121/ijngn.2010.2105 fatcat:qbvbpl27gbcp7m53kzepk5gxsm