What is a femtocell?
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A femtocell, originally called Access Point Base Station, is a small cellular base station, designed for use in residential and small business environments. It connects to the service provider’s network via broadband, such as DSL or cable. A femtocell allows service providers to extend service coverage indoors, especially where access would otherwise be limited or unavailable. Femtocells are alternatives to Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC). While most FMC architectures require a new (dual-mode) handset that works with existing home/enterprise Wi-Fi access points, a femtocell-based deployment works with existing handsets but requires installation of a new access point. |
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| 2012-02-16 | Network time protocol synchronisation for IPTV, IMS and femtocells Network time protocol synchronisation for IPTV, IMS and femtocells |
| 2012-01-25 | Small cell shipments surge NPD In-Stat reports that small cells are becoming increasingly necessary to meet the rapidly growing mobile data usage, and SoC vendors are battling for shares in the growing market. |
| 2011-12-05 | Femtocells: A boon to wireless capacity Femtocells: A boon to wireless capacity |
| 2011-10-20 | Small-cell chip market to grow at 50% CAGR According to firm, small-cell chip market which includes multi-core processors, transceivers, amplifiers, filters, and TCXOs will grow at 50 per cent CAGR. |
| 2011-08-18 | Enterprise to boost security gateway revenues by 2016 According to a study from ABI research, enterprise femtocells will make up 36 per cent of shipments by 2016 which relates to 50 per cent of security gateway revenues. |
| 2011-02-08 | PA module enables power efficient 3.5GHz WiMAX n/w Anadigics' multi-chip PA module is designed to meet WiMAX spectrum mask requirements while delivering linear RF power and serving as the final stage amplifier in the transmit chain of a CPE or femtocell. |
| 2010-08-16 | Femtocells to reach Rs.18,787.55 crore by 2014 Femtocells to reach Rs.18,787.55 crore by 2014 |
| 2010-05-26 | Femtocell shipments to rise from 2 lakh to 1.2 crore Berg Insight predicts that femtocells will mainly serve as an extension of mobile macro networks to improve indoor coverage. |
| 2010-05-24 | PAs deliver enhanced wireless network Anadigics Inc. debuts power amplifiers (PA) designed for use in femtocells, picocells and in-home customer premises equipment. |
| 2010-05-14 | Range of devices targets wireless networks Freescale gains entry into the GaAs monolithic microwave IC (MMIC) sector with the launch of four devices aimed at macro base stations, repeaters and femtocells employed in wireless networks. |
| 2010-01-07 | Huawei femtocells win China Unicom deal Huawei femtocells win China Unicom deal |
| 2009-12-08 | Partnership aims to develop 3G, 4G femtocell reference platform Lime Microsystems and picoChip are collaborating to develop a reference platform for 3G and 4G femtocells. |
| 2009-11-26 | W-CDMA BER test on picoChip femtocell reference design using the Agilent N5182A MXG vector signal generator This application note is intended to facilitate single direction BER testing of femtocell devices based on picoChip femtocell reference designs with the use of an Agilent vector signal generator and specific waveforms for femtocell devices based on 3GPP TS 25.141. |
| 2009-09-14 | Software, hardware platform fit small cell LTE picoChip is extending its range of development systems for the emerging femtocells market, with a hardware and software platform targeting small cell Long Term Evolution (LTE) base stations. |
| 2009-07-02 | ABI: 366k picocells deployed by 2013 The "big brothers" of femtocells are forecast to grow at a compound annual growth of 38 per cent since 2008. |
| 2009-06-25 | TI delivers DSP family for femtocells TI delivers DSP family for femtocells |
| 2009-06-18 | Trio first to demo 3GPP Iuh standard Starent Networks, picoChip and Continuous Computing will be the first to demonstrate the 3GPP Iuh standard. |
| 2009-04-13 | Wireless groups finalise femtocell standards The prospects for commercial rollouts of femtocells took a major step with the publication of the global standards for the technology. |
| 2009-04-03 | Agilent rolls 'first' RT analyser for femtocells Agilent rolls 'first' RT analyser for femtocells |
| 2009-02-19 | Eight-user HSPA femtocell ref design launched picoChip has unveiled a base band solution for eight-user W-CDMA femtocells designed to run on the PC202. |
| 2009-02-04 | WiMAX CPE transceivers' role in base station apps Read about WiMAX transceivers that are useful in applications ranging from femtocells to microcells. |
| 2009-01-29 | Design WiMAX picocells with AGC Here are cost- and power-efficient techniques for developing femtocells and picocells using WiMAX transceivers. |
| 2009-01-09 | Brace yourself for the 'super femtocell' There is a still a need for enterprise-grade devices that look and feel like femtocells, says ABI Research. |
| 2009-01-02 | Femtocells to revolutionise wireless access Femtocells to revolutionise wireless access |
| 2008-12-10 | High ownership costs bring picocells down Why haven't picocells gained greater market share, and what can vendors do about it? |
| 2008-12-04 | SoCs to cut femtocell costs Operators are seeking new ways and cost models to facilitate the delivery of wireless service capacity to subscribers. |
| 2008-12-01 | Overcome femtocell design challenges Read about the key practical challenges that have been overcome to make the commercial deployment of femtocells possible. |
| 2008-11-10 | Femtocell designs enable self-organising networks picoChip unveiled software reference designs that provide the first integrated network listen capabilities for femtocells. |
| 2008-09-24 | SoC targets WiMAX femtocells SoC targets WiMAX femtocells |
| 2008-06-30 | Two groups focus on femtocells in mobile networks Two groups focus on femtocells in mobile networks |
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