Femtocells : technologies and deployment
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Femtocells : technologies and deployment
Wiley, 2010
Available at 2 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides an in-depth guide to femtocell technologies
In this book, the authors provide a comprehensive and organized explanation of the femtocell concepts, architecture, air interface technologies, and challenging issues arising from the deployment of femtocells, such as interference, mobility management and self-organization. The book details a system level simulation based methodology addressing the key concerns of femtocell deployment such as interference between femto and macrocells, and the performance of both femto and macrocell layers. In addition, key research topics in interference modeling and mitigation, mobility management and Self-Organizing Network (SON) are highlighted. The authors also introduce HNB/HeNB standardization in 3GPP.. Furthermore, access methods (closed, open and hybrid), applications, timing synchronization, health issues, business models and security are discussed. The authors also provide a comparison between femtocells and other indoor coverage techniques such as picocells, repeaters, distributed antenna systems and radio over fiber. Lastly, both CDMA and OFDMA based femtocells are covered.
Key Features:
Provides a comprehensive reference on femtocells and related topics
Offers the latest research results on femtocells based on simulation and measurements
Gives an overview of indoor coverage techniques such as picocells, repeaters, distributed antenna systems, radio over fiber and femtocells
Includes chapters on femtocell access network architecture, air interface technologies (GSM, UMTS, HSPA, WiMAX and LTE), femtocell simulation, interference analysis and mitigation in femto/macrocell networks, mobility management in femto/macrocell networks, femtocell self-organization and other key challenges such as timing synchronization and security faced by femtocell deployment
Points to over 240 references from 3GPP, The Femto Forum, journals and conference proceedings
This book will be an invaluable guide for RF engineers from operators, R&D engineers from femtocells hardware manufacturers, employees from regulatory bodies, radio network planners, academics and researchers from universities and research organizations. Students undertaking wireless communications courses will also find this book insightful.
Table of Contents
About the Authors. Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Acronyms.
1 Introduction.
1.1 The Indoor Coverage Challenge.
1.2 Concepts of Femtocells.
1.3 Why is Femtocell Important?
1.4 Deployment of Femtocells.
1.5 Important Facts to Attract More Customers.
1.6 The Structure of the Book.
References.
2 Indoor Coverage Techniques.
2.1 Improvement of the Indoor Coverage.
2.2 Outdoor Cells.
2.3 Repeaters.
2.4 Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS).
2.5 Radiating or Leaky Cable.
2.6 Indoor Base Stations.
2.7 Comparison of the Indoor Coverage Techniques.
References.
3 Access Network Architecture.
3.1 Overview.
3.2 GAN Based Femtocell-to-Core Network Connectivity.
3.3 3GPP Iuh (Iu-Home) for Home NodeB.
3.4 Evolution to IMS/HSPA+/LTE.
3.5 Architecture with IMS Support.
References.
4 Air-Interface Technologies.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 2G Femtocells: GSM.
4.3 3G Femtocells: UMTS & HSPA.
4.4 OFDM-Based Femtocells.
References.
5 System-Level Simulation for Femtocell Scenarios.
5.1 Network Simulation.
5.2 Link and System Level Simulations.
5.3 Wireless Radio Channel Modeling.
5.4 Static and Dynamic System-Level Simulations.
5.5 Static System Level Methodology for Wimax Femtocells.
5.6 Coverage and Capacity Analysis for Wimax Femtocells.
5.7 Overview on Dynamic System-Level Simulation.
References.
6 Interference in the Presence of Femtocells.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Key Concepts.
6.3 Interference Cancellation.
6.4 Interference Avoidance.
6.5 Interference Management with UMTS.
6.6 Conclusion.
References.
7 Mobility Management.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Mobility Management for Femtocells in 3GPP.
7.3 Femtocell Characterization.
7.4 Access Control.
7.5 Paging Procedure.
7.6 Cell Selection and Reselection.
7.7 Cell Handover.
References.
8 Self-Organization.
8.1 Self-Organization.
8.2 Self-Configuration, Self-Optimization and Self-Healing.
8.3 Self-Organization in Femtocell Scenarios.
8.4 Start-Up Procedure in Femtocells.
8.5 Sensing the Radio Channel.
8.6 Self-Configuration and Self-Optimization of Femtocell Parameters.
References.
9 Further Femtocell Issues.
9.1 Timing.
9.2 Femtocell Security.
9.3 Femtocell Location.
9.4 Access Methods.
9.5 Need for New Applications.
9.6 Health Issues.
References.
Index.
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