About the Authors |
Foreword |
Preface |
Acknowledgements |
List of Abbreviations |
List of Figures and Tables |
Introduction to Femtocells / Simon Saunders1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Why Femtocells? The Market Context / 1.2: |
The Nature of Mobile Broadband Demand / 1.3: |
What is a Femtocell? / 1.4: |
Applications for Femtocells / 1.5: |
What a Femtocell is not / 1.6: |
The Importance of Zero-Touch / 1.7: |
User Benefits / 1.8: |
Operator Motivations and Economic Impact / 1.9: |
Operator Responses / 1.10: |
Challenges / 1.11: |
Chapter Overview / 1.12: |
Small Cell Background and Success Factors / 2: |
Small Cell Motivations / 2.1: |
Other Small-Cell Systems / 2.3: |
The Small-Cell Landscape / 2.4: |
Emergence of the Femtocell Critical Success Factors / 2.5: |
Conclusions / 2.6: |
Market Issues for Femtocells / Stuart Carlaw3: |
Key Benefits of a Femtocell from Market Perspective / 3.1: |
Key Primers / 3.2: |
Key Market Challenges / 3.3: |
Business Cases for Femtocells / 3.4: |
Air Interface Choices / 3.5: |
Product Feature Sets / 3.6: |
Additional Considerations / 3.7: |
Adoption Forecasts and Volumes / 3.8: |
Radio Issues for Femtocells / 3.9: |
Spectrum Scenarios / 4.1: |
Propagation in Femtocell Environments / 4.3: |
Coverage / 4.4: |
Downlink Interference / 4.5: |
Interference Challenges and Mitigations / 4.6: |
Femtocell-to-Femtocell Interference / 4.7: |
System-Level Performance / 4.8: |
RF Specifications in WCDMA / 4.9: |
Health and Safety Concerns / 4.10: |
Femtocell Networks and Architectures / Andrea Giustina4.11: |
Requirements / 5.1: |
Femto Architectures and Interfaces / 5.4: |
Key Architectural Choices / 5.5: |
Other Important Femto Solution Aspects / 5.6: |
UMTS Femtos / 5.7: |
CDMA / 5.8: |
WiMAX / 5.9: |
GSM / 5.10: |
LTE / 5.11: |
Femtocell Management / Ravi Raj Bhat ; V. Srinivasa Rao5.12: |
Femtocell FCAPS Requirements / 6.1: |
Broadband Forum Auto-Configuration Architecture and Framework / 6.3: |
Auto-Configuration Data Organisation / 6.4: |
CPE WAN Management Protocol Overview / 6.5: |
FAP Service Data Model / 6.6: |
DOCSIS OSS Architecture and Framework / 6.7: |
Femtocell Security / Rasa Siegberg6.8: |
Why is Security Important? / 7.1: |
The Threat Model / 7.2: |
Countering the Threats / 7.3: |
Femtocell Standards and Industry Groups / 7.4: |
The Importance of Standards / 8.1: |
WCDMA / 8.2: |
TD-SCDMA / 8.4: |
Mobile WiMAX / 8.5: |
The Femto Forum / 8.8: |
The Broadband Forum / 8.9: |
GSMA / 8.10: |
Femtocell Regulation / 8.11: |
Regulatory Benefits of Femtocells / 9.1: |
Spectrum Efficiency / 9.3: |
Economic Efficiency / 9.4: |
Enabling Competition / 9.5: |
Broadening Access to Services / 9.6: |
Enabling Innovation / 9.7: |
Environmental Goals / 9.8: |
Spectrum Licensing Issues / 9.9: |
Location / 9.10: |
Authentication / 9.11: |
Emergency Calls / 9.12: |
Lawful Interception and Local IP Access / 9.13: |
Backhaul Challenges / 9.14: |
Mobile Termination Rates / 9.15: |
Competition Concerns / 9.16: |
Equipment Approvals / 9.17: |
Examples of Femtocell Regulations / 9.18: |
Femtocell Implementation Considerations / 9.19: |
Signal Processing / 10.1: |
Frequency and Timing Control / 10.3: |
Protocol Implementation / 10.5: |
RF Implementation / 10.6: |
System Design and Cost / 10.7: |
Mobile Device Challenges and Opportunities / 10.8: |
Business and Service Options for Femtocells / 10.9: |
Ways of being a Femtocell Operator / 11.1: |
Femtocells for Fixed-Line Operators / 11.3: |
Types of Femtocell Service / 11.4: |
Service Examples / 11.5: |
Service Enablers / 11.6: |
Stages of Femtocell Service Introduction / 11.7: |
Summary: The Status and Future of Femtocells / 11.8: |
Summary / 12.1: |
Potential Future Femtocell Landscape / 12.2: |
Concluding Remarks / 12.3: |
References |
Further Reading |
Appendix |
Abbreviations |
List of Figures |
List of Tables |
The Importance of 'Zero-Touch' |
Emergence of the Femtocell - Critical Success Factors |
Appendix: A Brief Guide to Units and Spectrum / 6: |
Index |
About the Authors |
Foreword |
Preface |
Acknowledgements |
List of Abbreviations |
List of Figures and Tables |