Influence of the management protocols on the LTE self-configuration procedures’ performance

Abstract

The performance of SNMP, NETCONF and CWMP in LTE selfconfiguration scenario is investigated. The time required to perform the autoconfiguration of the LTE eNodeB is evaluated and a part of the LTE SON procedures. The influence of the size of the firmware file and the number of nodes being configured by a singe network management server is verified. The results show that the SNMP significantly outperforms NETCONF and CWMP in terms of time required to finish the self-configuration, especially for base stations with small firmware size.