An Investigation of Femtocell Network Synchronization
Currently, Femtocell technology emerged for cellular wireless networks, which has rapidly engrossed cellular industry. The principle of femtocell to the mobile operators is to reduce cost and improve signal quality in indoor coverage which is also considered a possible path to the fixed–mobile c...
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| author | Hasan, Mohammad Kamrul Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha Islam, Shayla Mahmoud, Omer Khalifa, Othman Omran Hameed, Shihab A. Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil |
| author_facet | Hasan, Mohammad Kamrul Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha Islam, Shayla Mahmoud, Omer Khalifa, Othman Omran Hameed, Shihab A. Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil |
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| description | Currently, Femtocell technology emerged for cellular
wireless networks, which has rapidly engrossed cellular industry.
The principle of femtocell to the mobile operators is to reduce
cost and improve signal quality in indoor coverage which is also
considered a possible path to the fixed–mobile convergence
(FMC) goal. Femtocell extends network coverage and delivers
high-quality mobile services inside residential and business
buildings through broadband network i.e. ADSL. Femtocell
access point (FAP) or home base station (HBS) intends to serve
small number of users i.e. 4 users and covers about 30 meter
square similar to existing WiFi access points. However, femtocell
introduces new challenges to the telecom industries in terms of
handoff between femto and macrocells, interference
management, localization and synchronization. Among all of
these challenges, synchronization is considered corner stone for
proper working for femtocell. The problematic issue in femtocell
synchronization is that all the data and control traffics travel
through IP broadband network. The IP broadband network is
usually owned and managed by third party and not by the mobile
operator, which is complicated the synchronization.
Unsynchronized FAPs may cause harm interferences and wrong
handover dictions. In this study we investigate and overview the
current femtocell synchronization techniques and compare
between them. Possible improvements and recommendation for
each method is identified. Proposed schemes and indicated future
research areas are also discussed. |
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| spelling | iium-104522020-07-29T06:49:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/10452/ An Investigation of Femtocell Network Synchronization Hasan, Mohammad Kamrul Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha Islam, Shayla Mahmoud, Omer Khalifa, Othman Omran Hameed, Shihab A. Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil TK7885 Computer engineering Currently, Femtocell technology emerged for cellular wireless networks, which has rapidly engrossed cellular industry. The principle of femtocell to the mobile operators is to reduce cost and improve signal quality in indoor coverage which is also considered a possible path to the fixed–mobile convergence (FMC) goal. Femtocell extends network coverage and delivers high-quality mobile services inside residential and business buildings through broadband network i.e. ADSL. Femtocell access point (FAP) or home base station (HBS) intends to serve small number of users i.e. 4 users and covers about 30 meter square similar to existing WiFi access points. However, femtocell introduces new challenges to the telecom industries in terms of handoff between femto and macrocells, interference management, localization and synchronization. Among all of these challenges, synchronization is considered corner stone for proper working for femtocell. The problematic issue in femtocell synchronization is that all the data and control traffics travel through IP broadband network. The IP broadband network is usually owned and managed by third party and not by the mobile operator, which is complicated the synchronization. Unsynchronized FAPs may cause harm interferences and wrong handover dictions. In this study we investigate and overview the current femtocell synchronization techniques and compare between them. Possible improvements and recommendation for each method is identified. Proposed schemes and indicated future research areas are also discussed. 2011-11-15 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/10452/1/An_Investigation_of_Femtocell_Network_Synchronization.pdf Hasan, Mohammad Kamrul and Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem and Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha and Islam, Shayla and Mahmoud, Omer and Khalifa, Othman Omran and Hameed, Shihab A. and Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil (2011) An Investigation of Femtocell Network Synchronization. In: 2011 IEEE Conference on Open Systems , 25-28 September, 2011, Langkawi, Kedah. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6079232&tag=1 |
| spellingShingle | TK7885 Computer engineering Hasan, Mohammad Kamrul Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha Islam, Shayla Mahmoud, Omer Khalifa, Othman Omran Hameed, Shihab A. Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil An Investigation of Femtocell Network Synchronization |
| title | An Investigation of Femtocell Network Synchronization |
| title_full | An Investigation of Femtocell Network Synchronization |
| title_fullStr | An Investigation of Femtocell Network Synchronization |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Investigation of Femtocell Network Synchronization |
| title_short | An Investigation of Femtocell Network Synchronization |
| title_sort | investigation of femtocell network synchronization |
| topic | TK7885 Computer engineering |
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