Femtocells: Design & Application

Cutting-edge femtocell design and implementation techniquesThis in-depth resource provides comprehensive coverage of femtocells and how they integrate with existing 3G and emerging wireless protocols and standards. Femtocells: Design & Application provides a technical roadmap for migrating to femtocell technology, covering network architecture, media protocols, system performance, and security issues. Detailed architectural diagrams illustrate various deployment options. This is a practical guide to the pioneering technology that enables extended indoor service coverage.Femtocells: Design & Application covers: The impact on handset design with respect to cost, size, and power consumptionCellular candidate radio access technologies that aid in femtocell deployment, including 3GPP LTESystem analysis, including indoor path loss models and 3GPP RF requirementsFemtocell network architecture and analysisRegistrations, call establishment, call release, and handoff scenariosVoIP and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)Media protocols over IPSecurity vulnerabilities and solutionsManaging Quality of Service in IP-based networks offering multimedia solutions3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network architecture