Smart Operation of 6G RAN supported by Autonomous Transport Networks

Autonomous operation of future networks will require tight coordination of Radio Access Networks (RAN) and fixed transport networks operation, in order to achieve smart end-to-end operation. Since transport network operation allows dynamic capacity allocation management, dynamic RAN operation is also enabled and supported. In this regard, one key topic is to adapt RAN capacity by switching on/off base stations (BSs) following users demand, which reduces energy consumption while guaranteeing quality of service. In this paper, we present an approach that consists in processing RAN monitoring data by means of machine learning algorithms to decide actions to switch on/off BSs in order to guarantee cell coverage with minimum capacity requirements.