This zip file contains the result of the Mobile Common Configuration Catalyst Project as demonstrated at the TeleManagement World Conference in Nice, France in May 2001.
Mobile cellular systems maintain the continuity of service for wireless terminals moving between the radio coverage area or “cells”, associated with different base station sites. This functionality is called “handover”. A key requirement of UMTS, member of the IMT-2000 family, is that it allows the handover to already existing 2nd generation mobile cellular systems. This handover shall facilitate customers with a dual-mode wireless terminal to roam between an initially limited UMTS coverage in a ‘sea’ of coverage provided by a 2nd generation system.
Mobile network operators face a multiplying number of neighbor relationships between cells supported by different manufacturer's equipment, which they have to provide consistent parameters for.
The Mobile Common Configuration Management (MCCM) Catalyst project addressed these shortcomings and demonstrated how mobile network operators can change radio parameters for all affected GSM and UMTS cells in a flow-through process with one single tool through the:
- Development of a common object model for radio network parameters of GSM and UMTS
- Definition of a CORBA/XML interface solution set
- Proof of concept by implementation of a MCCM prototype application supporting the processing of a new frequency plan
Management Benefits include:
- Consistent GSM/UMTS Handover Management
- Multi-vendor approach
- Simplified network operation
- Ensured Quality of Service
- Improved efficiency