System design of CDMA2000 femtocells

Author

Humblet, Pierre ; Raghothaman, Balaji ; Srinivas, Anand ; Balasubramanian, Srinivasan ; Patel, Chirag ; Yavuz, Mehmet

Author_Institution

Airvana, Inc., Chelmsford, MA, USA

Volume

47

Issue

9

fYear

2009

fDate

9/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

92

Lastpage

100

Abstract

Femtocells extend the cellular network coverage and provide high speed data service inside homes and enterprises for mobiles supporting existing cellular radio communication techniques. They also provide additional system capacity by offloading macro network traffic. This article reviews the characteristics of cdma2000-based femtocell systems. It discusses design and deployment aspects such as carrier allocation, access control, efficient support for femtocell discovery by idle mobiles, and active call hand-in from macrocell to femtocell. The evolution of the cdma2000 standard for optimizing performance and enriching user experience with femtocells is also discussed.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; cellular radio; telecommunication traffic; access control; carrier allocation; cdma2000 femtocells; cellular network coverage; cellular radio; femtocell discovery; macro network traffic; Bandwidth; Base stations; Femtocells; Interchannel interference; Macrocell networks; Monitoring; Multiaccess communication; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency interference; Semiconductor device measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2009.5277461

Filename

5277461