Femtocell News
Femtocells are tiny cellular base stations and will be a critical part of the build-out of 4G networks, which will be planned in very different ways to those in 3G. The LTE and LTE-Advanced standards support networks built around dense grids of very small, self-organizing cells or femtocells. In their first generation, femtocells have been indoor devices, used to enhance the 3G signal inside and to help carriers offload data traffic from their main macro networks. They are now gaining greater functionality and can support larger number of users, and so are moving into enterprises and are being trialled for outdoor, public networks. They are a low cost way to add capacity to 3G systems, but are unlikely to become a major hallmark of the public networks until the LTE stage. Early femtocell vendors have been start-ups or consumer Wi-Fi suppliers like NEC and Cisco, but now the traditional base station suppliers are also joining the race, notably Alcatel-Lucent.
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Small Cell Forum taps OMA for new apps drive
22 February, 2012
The two bodies will bring their mobile API initiatives together to boost apps which harness the specific capabilities of small cells
Ip.access joins LTE small cell race
17 February, 2012
Femtocell supplier unveils 3G/4G E-100 unit, which targets enterprise and public indoor applications and works with 2G gateway
Femto Forum changes name for small cell boom
15 February, 2012
Trade body becomes Small Cell Forum, reflecting the expansion of tiny base stations from the living room to the metrozone
Acme Packet gateway to defend small cells
4 October, 2011
Partners with femtocell specialist ip.access to provide security functionality
Cavium joins small cell chip race
4 October, 2011
Unveils Octeon Fusion range for LTE picocells, harnessing technology acquired with Wavesat
London needs 70,000 small cells, says Picochip
3 October, 2011
Full LTE coverage, and capacity for new services, needs a huge number of metrocells to be deployed by 2015
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