Abstract:
Provided are a small base station, and a method for providing a Self-Organizing Network (SON) for the small base station. There is provided a small base station including: a server configured to receive a session establishment request message from a control unit, and to generate a session establishment request event; a message conversion engine configured to receive, after a session with the control unit is established, an information request message from the control unit, to analyze the information request message to provide the results of the analysis, and to convert response information that is to be transmitted to the control unit, into a format of a predetermined message; and a session manager configured to manage the session with the control unit in response to the session establishment request event, and to provide the response information corresponding to the results of the analysis.