An approach for analysis the impact of LTE-based femtocell network - Case study based on discrete simulation

As in any network, LTE (Long Term Evolution) also has a concern with respect to coverage and data rate. A key element in LTE is the deployment of multiple femtocells in order to improve both coverage and data rate. Naturally, one has to remember that handover mechanism may become complex due to arbi...

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Published inProceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN) p. 1
Main Authors Silva, K C, Silva, C P A, Donza, A C S, Frances, C R L, Vijaykumar, N L
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Athens The Steering Committee of The World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing (WorldComp) 01.01.2014
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Summary:As in any network, LTE (Long Term Evolution) also has a concern with respect to coverage and data rate. A key element in LTE is the deployment of multiple femtocells in order to improve both coverage and data rate. Naturally, one has to remember that handover mechanism may become complex due to arbitrary overlapping of coverage and this complexity becomes a challenging issue to deal with. Therefore, the paper described here simulated deployment of femtocells in a scenario to obtain QoS (Quality of Service) and handover. The paper also discusses limitations of integrating LTE with femtocells. This alternative of employing femtocells is quite interesting but several uncertainties arise in this topic. The results obtained from simulations showed handover getting worse and thus impacting QoS.