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.

This book provides an in-depth guide to femtocelltechnologiesIn this book, the authors provide a comprehensive and organizedexplanation of the femtocell concepts, architecture, air interfacetechnologies, and challenging issues arising from the deployment offemtocells, such as interference, mobility management andself-organization. The book details a system level simulation basedmethodology addressing the key concerns of femtocell deploymentsuch as interference between femto and macrocells, and theperformance of both femto and macrocell layers. In addition, keyresearch topics in interference modeling and mitigation, mobilitymanagement and Self-Organizing Network (SON) are highlighted. Theauthors also introduce HNB/HeNB standardization in 3GPP..Furthermore, access methods (closed, open and hybrid)applications, timing synchronization, health issues, businessmodels and security are discussed. The authors also provide acomparison between femtocells and other indoor coverage techniquessuch as picocells, repeaters, distributed antenna systems and radioover fiber. Lastly, both CDMA and OFDMA based femtocells arecovered.Key Features:* Provides a comprehensive reference on femtocells and relatedtopics* Offers the latest research results on femtocells based onsimulation and measurements* Gives an overview of indoor coverage techniques such aspicocells, repeaters, distributed antenna systems, radio over fiberand femtocells* Includes chapters on femtocell access network architecture, airinterface technologies (GSM, UMTS, HSPA, WiMAX and LTE), femtocellsimulation, interference analysis and mitigation in femto/macrocellnetworks, mobility management in femto/macrocell networksfemtocell self-organization and other key challenges such as timingsynchronization and security faced by femtocell deployment* Points to over 240 references from 3GPP, The Femto Forumjournals and conference proceedingsThis book will be an invaluable guide for RF engineers fromoperators, R&D engineers from femtocells hardwaremanufacturers, employees from regulatory bodies, radio networkplanners, academics and researchers from universities and researchorganizations. Students undertaking wireless communications courseswill also find this book insightful.

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 FemtocellParameters.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.