Standardization of femtocells in 3GPP

Author

Knisely, Douglas N. ; Yoshizawa, Takahito ; Favichia, Frank

Author_Institution

Airvana, Inc., Chelmsford, MA, USA

Volume

47

Issue

9

fYear

2009

fDate

9/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

68

Lastpage

75

Abstract

Cellular system operators have identified the critical need for standardization of femtocell devices and their associated interfaces into the operators´ core networks as a critical requirement for the success of femtocell products. Driven by this demand, the UMTS/UTRAN standards community has been undertaking a large-scale and comprehensive effort to specify such standards for femtocell devices and systems that are based on the UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA family of radio access technologies. This article describes those standardization activities and provides an overview for the femtocell system architecture that has been developed within 3GPP.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; cellular radio; radio access networks; standards; 3GPP; UMTS/UTRAN standards; cellular system; femtocell devices; femtocell system architecture; radio access technologies; Ecosystems; Electromagnetic interference; Femtocells; Macrocell networks; Modems; Power system management; Power system planning; Radio frequency; Radio spectrum management; Standardization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2009.5277458

Filename

5277458