|
|
Articles tagged with: 3Gpp and Femtocell
World's First Femtocell Standard Published by 3GPP
Three trade bodies, The Femto Forum, 3gpp and the Broadband Forum have jointly announced that the world's first femtocell standard has been officially published by 3gpp, paving the way for interoperability between different vendors' access points and femto gateways. The new standard, which forms part of 3gpp's Release 8, and interdependent with Broadband Forum extensions to its Technical Report-069 (TR-069), has been completed in just 12 months following cooperation between the three groups. more
Related Tags: 3g, sim, privacy, edge, lte, core-network, mts, ovi, femto-forum, femtocells, umts, interoperability
Femtocell Group Signs Up 100th Member
The Femto Forum, the independent industry and operator association that supports femtocell deployment, has announced that is has reached 100 members. The body now boasts as members, all of the top 5 infrastructure vendors and 17 of the world's top 20 operators covering more than 2.3 billion subscribers. more
Related Tags: wcdma, rcom, cdma, ims, seven, femtocells
Study Finds Interference Between Femtocells and Maco Network Not a Problem
Femtocell trade group, The Femto Forum has published the results of a study which studied problems with network interference caused by the close proximity of femtocells and macrocells. The study found that femtocells have the potential to deliver an order of magnitude more capacity than the macro network alone when used in dense deployments, even when occupying the same radio channel as the macrocells. It also identified numerous technological solutions that mitigate potential interference with the macro network to remove barriers to wide-scale deployment and maximize the capacity benefits. more
Related Tags: wcdma, cdma, femto-forum, femtocells, presence
Femtocells – to Be or Not to Be?
Although mobile operators are increasingly optimistic about femtocells, there are many doubts circulating around this new technology as it struggles to resolve key challenges such as functionality and cost. Operators believe that they are capable of cutting costs and retaining more customers, but proof remains to be seen. In the last femtocells study, Frost & Sullivan is skeptical, outlining multiple challenges, that do not look like they could be resolved by the end of 2008. more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, mts, backhaul, femtocells, radio-network-controller, umts, opex, handover
Ubiquisys First to Support Impending 3G Femtocell Standard
Ubiquisys says that it became the first femtocell vendor to announce its commitment to the 3gpp's emerging Iuh interface, providing standardised communications between femtocells and the gateways in mobile operators' networks. Ubiquisys will support this interface in its products ready for the planned approval of Iuh in December 2008. more
Related Tags: mts, ran, ubiquisys, femto-forum, femtocells, umts
3GPP Adds 3G Support to UMA Standard
UMA Today - a consortium of companies promoting UMA/GAN technology - has announced that the 3gpp standards body completed a specification update effort last week that added 3G (Iu-interface) support to the UMA/GAN standard. With the 3G version of the 3gpp UMA/GAN standard now complete, the vendor community is rapidly developing UMA-based 3G dual-mode handset and femtocell products in anticipation of operator service deployments later this year. more
Related Tags: netgear, qualcomm, o2, ubiquisys, ims
Fixed Mobile Convergence Market Set to Expand to 250 Million Users by 2012
Operators are now rolling out converged services on fixed and mobile networks, converting trials to commercial deployments. 2008 will see another spate of trials, as femtocell technology begins to become available. more
Related Tags: voip, abi-research, fmc, femtocells, indoor-coverage
picoChip and Kineto Team in UMA-Enabled Femtocell Market
Kineto Wireless and picoChip say that they are working to develop a UMA-enabled Femtocell reference design. The reference design, based on picoChip's single-chip solutions and Kineto's UMA client software will enable 3G femtocells to overcome network integration barriers to accelerate mass market adoption. more
Related Tags: core-network, abi-research, femtocells, picochip