A Survey on Femtocells: Benefits Deployment Models and Proposed Solutions

Abstract

Femtocell networks are considered to be a viable option that can fulfill the demands of high speed voice and datatraffic for the indoor users. It uses the services of the existing broadband connection to connect to the operator corenetwork. The cellular network operators need to modify the existing single tier macrocell network in order to providethe services of femtocells to its users. In this paper, we present a survey on femtocell deployment. Various aspects offemtocell networks in a diverse domain are discussed. A detailed analysis of the previous approaches is given tohighlight their pros and the cons.