An LTE-femtocell dynamic system level simulator

M Simsek, T Akbudak, B Zhao… - 2010 International ITG …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A dynamic system level simulator for LTE networks was developed for investigating the
interference behaviour of femtocells placed within macrocells. We simulate a multi-cell, multi …

Power management over co-channel femtocells in LTE-A systems

C Bouras, G Diles, V Kokkinos… - 2012 IFIP Wireless …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of femtocells has been an attractive solution since it achieves better coverage and
capacity and low cost for deployment and maintenance. However, their performance can be …

Interference behavior of integrated femto and macrocell environments

A Alexiou, C Bouras, V Kokkinos… - 2011 IFIP Wireless …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Femtocells are data access points installed by the subscribers to provide better indoor voice
and data coverage and to increase system capacity. The integrated femtocell/macrocell …

Performance of macro-and co-channel femtocells in a hierarchical cell structure

H Claussen - 2007 IEEE 18th International Symposium on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the feasibility of user deployed femtocells in the same frequency band as an
existing macrocell network is investigated. Key requirements for co-channel operation of …

Adaptive power level setting of femtocell base stations for mitigating interference with macrocells

M Morita, Y Matsunaga… - 2010 IEEE 72nd Vehicular …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Femtocells are expected to increase network capacity, extend macrocell coverage, and
introduce new services. Because femtocells share the same frequency band with macrocells …

Interference analysis and performance evaluation on the coexistence of macro and micro/pico cells in LTE networks

Y Lan, A Harada - 2012 IEEE 75th Vehicular Technology …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the next generation network technology for beyond 3G.
In the LTE system deployment, there may not be much separation between the frequency …

On the analysis of co-tier interference in femtocells

E Pateromichelakis, M Shariat… - 2011 IEEE 22nd …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper quantifies the impact of co-tier interference in femtocells (ie inter-cell interference
arising from other neighbouring femtocells) through a semi-analytical approach concluding …

A cooperation framework for LTE femtocells' efficient integration in cellular infrastructures based on femto relay concept

N Nomikos, P Makris, DN Skoutas… - 2012 IEEE 17th …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fast emerging technology of femtocells, through the utilization of existing IP
infrastructures, promises to improve critical performance indicators in cellular networks, such …

Interference management for self-organized femtocells towards green networks

CHM de Lima, M Bennis, K Ghaboosi… - 2010 IEEE 21st …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The femtocell concept is an emerging technology for deploying the next generation of the
wireless networks, aiming at indoor coverage enhancement, increasing capacity and …

A system-level simulation framework for LTE femtocells

F Capozzi, G Piro, LA Grieco, G Boggia… - … on Simulation Tools and …, 2012 - eudl.eu
Femtocells represent a new technological advance, conceived to significantly boost cellular
network performance. At the same time, several issues that could arise with their …