Paper Info
Title
A context-aware framework for the efficient integration of femtocells in IP and cellular infrastructures.
Abstract
In today’s heterogeneous networking (HetNet) environments, where end users are provided with universal connectivity opportunities, femtocell deployments can become key players in the enhancement of critical performance indicators such as capacity, coverage, QoS, etc. In order to confront the up-to-date LTE femtocell challenges, we propose a context-aware framework that provides a controlled environment from the femtocell point of view, which is required for applicable functionality. More specifically, we aim to (a) control the local environment where the femtocell is placed within, by efficiently managing the total incoming traffic load and by continuously adjusting the distribution of the backhaul capacity among the coexisting networks and (b) control the macro–femto interference caused by macrocell users transmitting close to the femtocell by investigating the “femtocell as a relay” concept. Finally, the performance of the proposed framework is evaluated via simulation results showing that the overall performance of a HetNet environment can be leveraged in terms of QoS requirements, energy saving and data rate enhancement.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1186/1687-1499-2013-62
EURASIP J. Wireless Comm. and Networking
Keywords
Field
DocType
Context-aware, Femtocell, Relay, RRM, HetNet
Femtocell,Performance indicator,Backhaul (telecommunications),End user,Computer science,Quality of service,Computer network,Heterogeneous network,Macrocell,Relay
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
2013
1
1687-1499
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
15
0.53
21
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Prodromos Makris113811.49
Nikolaos Nomikos219816.95
Dimitrios Skoutas383355.09
Demosthenes D. Vouyioukas425127.71
Charalabos Skianis539240.24
Jie Zhang619232.26
Christos V. Verikoukis71348115.34