Femtocell network : challenges and future trends

Currently, Femtocell technology emerged for cellular wireless networks, which has rapidly engrossed cellular industry. The principle of femtocell to mobile operators is to reduce the network operation cost and increase indoor coverage which is also considered a possible path to the fixed-mobile conv...

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Main Author: Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem
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Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2011
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spelling iium-219572012-11-06T05:58:51Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/21957/ Femtocell network : challenges and future trends Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices Currently, Femtocell technology emerged for cellular wireless networks, which has rapidly engrossed cellular industry. The principle of femtocell to mobile operators is to reduce the network operation cost and increase indoor coverage which is also considered a possible path to the fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) goal. Femtocell access point (FAP) or home base station (HBS) is a base station designed for use in user premises (home or small business). It intends to serve small number of users i.e. 4 users and covers about 30 meter square similar to existing WiFi access points. The uniqueness of femtocell in contrast with micro and macrocellular it connects to cellular network through broadband network i.e. xDSL. The motivation of femtocell is to improve signal quality in indoor environments and provide high speed wireless access mobile-Internet users. However, femtocell introduces new challenges to the mobile operators (MOs) in terms of handoff between femto and macrocells, interference management, localization and synchronization, security and network management. Accordingly, the objective of this chapter is to studies the challenges and future trends for femtocell communication, and summarize by explored some open issues as well IIUM Press 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/21957/1/Femtocell_Network.pdf Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem (2011) Femtocell network : challenges and future trends. In: Research Issues in Wireless Communication Networking. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 211-222. ISBN 978-96-7418-149-9 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/default.aspx
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Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem
Femtocell network : challenges and future trends
description Currently, Femtocell technology emerged for cellular wireless networks, which has rapidly engrossed cellular industry. The principle of femtocell to mobile operators is to reduce the network operation cost and increase indoor coverage which is also considered a possible path to the fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) goal. Femtocell access point (FAP) or home base station (HBS) is a base station designed for use in user premises (home or small business). It intends to serve small number of users i.e. 4 users and covers about 30 meter square similar to existing WiFi access points. The uniqueness of femtocell in contrast with micro and macrocellular it connects to cellular network through broadband network i.e. xDSL. The motivation of femtocell is to improve signal quality in indoor environments and provide high speed wireless access mobile-Internet users. However, femtocell introduces new challenges to the mobile operators (MOs) in terms of handoff between femto and macrocells, interference management, localization and synchronization, security and network management. Accordingly, the objective of this chapter is to studies the challenges and future trends for femtocell communication, and summarize by explored some open issues as well
format Book Chapter
author Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem
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title Femtocell network : challenges and future trends
title_short Femtocell network : challenges and future trends
title_full Femtocell network : challenges and future trends
title_fullStr Femtocell network : challenges and future trends
title_full_unstemmed Femtocell network : challenges and future trends
title_sort femtocell network : challenges and future trends
publisher IIUM Press
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/21957/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/21957/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/21957/1/Femtocell_Network.pdf
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