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The self-organizing network (SON) concept has been in existence since 2010, but has been deployed by less than 20% of communication service providers (CSPs). Will the migration of SON to SON rApps, which runs on a standardized service management and orchestration (SMO) platform, re-energize the SON market? Many analysts predict that the earliest rApp use cases will be from the migration of self-optimizing networks (SON) applications to SON rApps. Furthermore the migration from stand-alone SON applications to SON rApps running on a common application platform, the non-real-time RAN intelligent controller (Non-RT-RIC) enables platform consolidation and consequent reduction in operational costs which may re-invigorate the global SON market. |
