Early experiences and lessons learned from femtocells

Author

Korinthios, George ; Theodoropoulou, Elina ; Marouda, Niki ; Mesogiti, Ioanna ; Nikolitsa, Eftychia ; Lyberopoulos, George

Author_Institution

COSMOTE-Mobile Commun. S.A, Greece

Volume

47

Issue

9

fYear

2009

fDate

9/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

124

Lastpage

130

Abstract

There is a continuous pursuit by mobile operators (MOs) to improve indoor coverage in order not only to improve voice quality but also to enable higher data rates in home/office environments. Indoor coverage improvement, in conjunction with inexpensive (voice) offerings, will enable MOs to compete with and take away voice-call-related revenues from fixed network PTTs and/or VoIP operators. Femtocells constitute a promising solution to address all of the above. In this article we present our experience from our extensive study and trials of early (pre-standard) femtocell solutions that were available in the 2007-2008 timeframe.

Keywords

indoor radio; mobile radio; Indoor coverage improvement; PTT; VoIP operators; femtocells; fixed network; mobile operators; voice quality; voice-call-related revenues; Business; Convergence; Electromagnetic compatibility; Femtocells; Financial advantage program; Internet telephony; Network servers; Protocols; Quality of service; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2009.5277465

Filename

5277465