The Global Market for Self-Organizing Networks (SON) is Projected to Exceed US$5.1 Billion by 2020

Increasing Complexity of Mobile Network Technologies Drives the Global Self-Organizing Networks (SON) Market, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA launches comprehensive analysis of industry segments, trends, growth drivers, market share, size and demand forecasts on the global Self-Organizing Networks (SON) market. The global market for Self-Organizing Networks (SON) is projected to exceed US$5.1 billion by 2020, driven by the rapid evolution of wireless networks, increasing complexity of mobile network technologies, growing bandwidth demand and the ensuing densification of networks.

Emerging classes of new generation mobile devices and wireless technology enabled consumer electronics have played instrumental roles in the explosive growth in wireless data consumption. The ever increasing network traffic and bandwidth requirements are necessitating mobile network operators to expand network capacity. This combined with the rapid penetration of 3.5G, and 4G are helping spur the number of distributed antenna systems, pico cells and femtocells in networks resulting in heterogeneous and complex networks. These complex networks, in addition to increasing operational and capital expenditure, also pose significant operational complexity in the management of inter-cell interference and inter-technology handover. The scenario is making manual configuration, operation and maintenance of networks highly inefficient and impractical, thus spurring interest in self-organizing networks (SON). Service providers are shifting to SON for overcoming network management challenges and provide better quality of experience (QoE) to customers.

SON is a set of functions that automatically configure, optimize, diagnose and heal cellular networks. As multi-vendor networks become multi-faceted by the day mandating efficient network planning and management for increasing QoE  of the end-user, Self-organizing networks are gaining in popularity for their ability to reduce configuration complexity and operational and maintenance costs. Key factors driving adoption of SON include continuous evolution of wireless networks, ever-growing demand for capacity, densification of networks, and competitive pressure on efficient network management for achieving higher ROI. Though majority of networks currently comprise macrocells running into several kilometres, the scenario is expected to change as operators deploy cells of smaller size including femtocells, picocells and microcells with different radio access technologies, thus leading to heterogeneous networks (HetNets). Automatic solutions such as SON are therefore the most preferred technologies for complex HetNets of the future.

In the coming years, SON will play a major role in the success of LTE, and next generation radio access technology. SON enables streamlined traffic patterns in LTE cellular networks, and provides mobile network operators with opportunities for offering enhanced network quality at lower operational costs. The load-balancing capability of SON is the most important benefit, since for network operators the highest losses come from the time taken to repair and get the network back into operation.

As stated by the new market research report on Self-Organizing Networks (SON), the United States represents the largest market worldwide, supported by the country’s strong position and lead in the global LTE market. Rapid upgrades to advanced technologies such as VoLTE, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to increase the availability of spectrum for public access, are also expected to benefit deployment of HetNets and thereby SON. Asia-Pacific is forecast to emerge as the fastest growing market over the analysis period, led by the enormous potential the region offers for network capacity expansion.

Major players covered in the report include AirHop Communications Inc., Amdocs, Anite Plc., Ascom Network Testing Ltd., Astellia S.A., Cellwize Wireless Technologies Ltd., Cisco Systems Inc., Ericsson, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., InfoVista S.A., InterDigital, Inc., JDS Uniphase Corporation, Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, P.I.Works, Inc., Qualcomm Incorporated, Reverb Networks, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., TEOCO, and ZTE Corporation among others.

                                                                     

The research report titled “Self-Organizing Networks (SON): A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities of global companies. The report provides market estimates and projections for major geographic markets, including the US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China, India, South Korea and Rest of Asia-Pacific), Latin America and Rest of World.

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