Traffic-Based Study of Femtocell Access Policy Impacts on HSPA Service Quality

Author

Joshi, Shaunak ; Cheung, Ray C C ; Monajemi, Pooya ; Villasenor, John D.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Home NodeBs (HNB)s can be operated in a fully-closed manner (in which only user equipment (UEs) within a closed subscriber group (CSG) are permitted to connect), a fully-open manner (in which access can potentially be granted to any nearby mobile station), or somewhere in between. An additional option is "hybrid" HNBs, in which a portion of the HNB resources are reserved for exclusive use of the CSG, and the remaining resources are allocated in an open manner. The relationship between access policy and the performance of the overall network is one of the most interesting open questions related to HNB deployment. The present paper explores the relationship between HNB access and quality of service with specific attention to the differences between HSDPA, HSUPA, and the relative mix of traffic types.

Keywords

cellular radio; packet radio networks; quality of service; resource allocation; telecommunication traffic; HSDPA; HSPA service quality; HSUPA; closed subscriber group; femtocell access policy; high speed downlink packet access; high speed uplink packet access; home nodeBs; resource allocation; user equipment; Base stations; Circuit simulation; Context modeling; Downlink; Interference; Macrocell networks; Multiaccess communication; Resource management; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2009. GLOBECOM 2009. IEEE

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1930-529X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4148-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2009.5426055

Filename

5426055