Femtocells have become an attractive approach for operators to offer extended services on
their licensed UMTS/LTE spectrum. They are typically deployed indoors to improve …

Femtocells are low-power, very small-service-area (eg home or office environment) cellular
base stations that will significantly impact the cellular landscape in the next several years …

3GPP has introduced LTE Femto cells to handle the traffic for indoor users and to reduce the
load on the Macro cells. However, the current LTE Femto based system is not able to utilize …

The evolution of wireless communication technology has entered a new era where the
vision of vendors and researchers to move beyond connecting people to connecting …

Femtocell networks may significantly improve the capacity of next-generation cellular
systems due to more efficient utilization of spectrum resources and better link qualities for …

LTE is an emerging wireless data communication technology to provide broadband
ubiquitous Internet access. Femtocells are included in 3GPP since Release 8 to enhance …

Femtocells are a promising solution for the provision of high indoor coverage and capacity.
Furthermore, OFDMA-based femtocells have proven to be highly versatile when dealing with …

Due to the increasing demand for higher data rates by mobile users, the deployment of
femtocells under macro coverage has been adopted by 3GPP LTE-Advanced systems as …

Femtocells are cost-effective means of providing indoor coverage in LTE cellular system.
Furthermore, their decreased cell sizes provide improved cell capacity through increased …

It is expected that femtocells will extend indoor coverage and enhance network capacity.
Femtocells will also help to manage the exponential growth of traffic within macrocells, due …