Handover between macrocell and femtocell for UMTS based networks
ICACT'09 Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Advanced Communication Technology - Volume 1
Femtocell mass deployment: indian perspective
ASID'09 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Anti-Counterfeiting, security, and identification in communication
IEEE Communications Magazine
Channel estimation in OFDM systems with unknown interference
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
An EM-based frequency offset estimator for OFDM systems with unknown interference
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Information modeling and autonomic configuration management of femto network
WiCOM'09 Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Wireless communications, networking and mobile computing
Maximizing the Network Stability in Mobile WiMAX Mesh Networks
Mobile Networks and Applications
Performance modeling for heterogeneous wireless networks with multiservice overflow traffic
GLOBECOM'09 Proceedings of the 28th IEEE conference on Global telecommunications
GLOBECOM'09 Proceedings of the 28th IEEE conference on Global telecommunications
Uplink synchronization in OFDMA spectrum-sharing systems
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
Interference management in LTE femtocell systems using fractional frequency reuse
ICACT'10 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Advanced communication technology
Scheduling heterogeneous wireless systems for efficient spectrum access
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking - Special issue on wireless network algorithms, systems, and applications
Cognitive femtocell networks: an overlay architecture for localized dynamic spectrum access
IEEE Wireless Communications
OFDMA in the field: current and future challenges
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
Frame detection and timing acquisition for OFDM transmissions with unknown interference
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Dynamic fractional-frequency reuse for femtocells
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication
Femtocell deployment to minimize performance degradation in mobile WiMAX systems
ICCSA'10 Proceedings of the 2010 international conference on Computational Science and Its Applications - Volume Part III
A Survey of Green Mobile Networks: Opportunities and Challenges
Mobile Networks and Applications
A distributed resource management framework for interference mitigation in OFDMA femtocell networks
Proceedings of the thirteenth ACM international symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing
Biorthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access Cellular System with Angle Division Reuse Scheme
Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
Mitigation of redundant handovers to femtocells by estimation of throughput gain
Mobile Information Systems
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Femtocells are viewed as a promising option for mobile operators to improve coverage and provide high-data-rate services in a cost-effective manner. The idea is to overlay low-power and low-cost base station devices, Femto-APs, on the existing cellular network, where each Femto-AP provides high-speed wireless connection to subscribers within a small range. In particular, Femto-APs can be used to serve indoor users, resulting in a powerful solution for ubiquitous indoor and outdoor coverage, using a single access technology such as WiMAX. In this article we consider a WiMAX network deploying both macro BSs and Femto-APs, where it is assumed that Femto-APs have wired backhaul such as cable or DSL and operate on the same frequency band as macro BSs. Simulation results show that significant areal capacity (throughput per unit area) gain can be achieved via intense spatial reuse of the wireless spectrum. In addition, Femto-APs improve indoor coverage, where the macro BS signal may be weak. Motivated by the gains in capacity and coverage offered by femtocells, we review the state of the art of this "infant" technology, including use cases and network deployment scenarios, technical challenges that need to be addressed, and current standardization and industry activity.