FEMTOCELLS

Presented By:
Sonam Aggarwal
MT2310207

AGENDA

Introduction

Literature Survey

Femtocell Network Architecture

Femtocell Interference Scenarios

Handoff Discussion

Femtocell System Benefits

Future of Femtocells

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INTRODUCTION

A Femtocell is a small mobile

telecommunic-ation network base station
that

Operates in licensed spectrum and is

controlled by the operator

Can be connected with existing handsets

Uses residential DSL or cable broadband

connections

Can be installed by the customer without

any special skills

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FEMTOCELL BASIC CONCEPT

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LITERATURE SURVEY

Fan, Z. and Sun, Y., Access and handover

management for femtocell systems, International
Journal on Electronics and Communication Technology,
2010

In this paper analysis on interference impact on femtocells

have been provided.

When a non-CSG MS comes close to the femtocell in

question, the macrocell BS makes the decision (based on the
CSG access list exchanged from the femtocell) that
unnecessary handover will not be initiated, saving radio
resource and signaling load on the network.

At the same time various interference mitigation

mechanisms can be operated.

A hybrid access mode and a femtocell-initiated handover

procedure with adaptive threshold have also been discussed.

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

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FEMTOCELL REFERENCE
INTERFACES

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FEMTOCELL REFERENCE
INTERFACES(CONTD.)

FAP: It is a hardware
customers premise that

device

located

at

the

interfaces with mobile devices over the air radio

interface .

interfaces with core network via broadband interface.

FGW: It interfaces with the FAP over the broadband

access network (Fa).

Performs necessary protocol networking

Provides an aggregation functionality for a group of FAPs.

Also performs function of security gateway.

Interfaces with different MNO network segments using

interfaces like Fb-cs, Fb-ps and Fb-ims

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INTERFACES(CONTD.)

Subscriber Databases: used to

store
customer
provisioning
information needed to offer service.

FMS: It supports 2 interfaces:

Fm: used to manage the FAP device.

Fg: used to manage the FGW.

FAS: It interfaces to IMS via Fas

interface

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UMTS FEMTOCELL
ARCHITECTURE

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FEMTOCELL INTERFERENCE
SCENARIOS

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4 main interference scenarios are:

Femtocells interfering with the base stations

on same frequency

Base station interfering with the femtocells

on the same frequency

Closely spaced femtocells interfering with

each other

User equipment transmitting with a

sufficiently high power such that it is received
by more than one base station
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SOLUTIONS TO
INTERFERENCE PROBLEM

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Adaptive pilot power control

Dynamic femtocell receiver gain

management

Mobile phone uplink power capping

Extended femtocell receiver dynamic

range

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HANDOFF DISCUSSION

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There are 3 main scenarios for

femtocell handover:

Inbound (from the macrocell to the

femtocell

Outbound (from the femtocell to the

macrocell)

From one femtocell to another

femtocell

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FEMTOCELL SYSTEM
BENEFITS

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ADVANTAGES TO THE
FEMTOCELL USER

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Simple Deployment

Increased user throughput

Improve indoor coverage

Reduced power consumption

Improved voice quality

Security

Improved consumer satisfaction

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ADVANTAGES TO THE
NETWORK PROVIDER

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Increased revenue

Reduced cost

Increased capacity

Improved indoor coverage

Product differentiation

Improved customer satisfaction

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FUTURE OF
FEMTOCELLS

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FEMTOCELL
ECOSYSTEM

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