FemtocellsOpportunities and Challenges for Business and Technology |
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Contents
The full table of contents is as follows:
Foreword by Dr. Mike Short – Vice President – R&D ,
Telefónica O2 Europe
1.2
Why femtocells? The market context
1.3
The Nature of Mobile Broadband Demand
1.5
Applications for Femtocells
1.7
The importance of ‘zero-touch’
1.9
Operator Motivations and Economic Impact
2
Small Cell Background and Success Factors
2.2.2
Conventional Cell Types: Why “Femtocells”?
2.2.3
Challenges of Achieving Indoor Coverage from Outdoor Macrocells
2.3.3
Distributed Antenna Systems
2.3.4
Wireless Local Area Networks
2.5
Emergence of the Femtocell – Critical Success Factors
2.5.1
Mobile data adoption and revenue growth
2.5.3
Connecting Four Billion Users – and counting
2.5.5
Fixed-Mobile Substitution
2.5.6
User Device Availability
2.5.7
Processing Power and Cost
3
Market Issues for Femtocells
3.1
Key Benefits of a Femtocell from Market Perspective
3.1.2
Macro Network Capacity Gain
3.1.4
Simplistic Handset Approach
3.1.5
Home Footprint and the Quadruple Play
3.1.6
Maximising Returns on Spectrum Investment
3.1.7
Churn Reduction — The Sticky Bundle
3.1.8
Positive Impact on Subsidisation Trends
3.1.10
Changing User Behaviour
3.1.11
Reducing Energy Consumption
3.2.3
Evolution in Carrier Business Model
3.2.7
Limitations in Other Services
3.2.8
Carrier and Manufacturer Support
3.2.10
Supporting the Data Boom
3.2.11
Growing Standardisation
3.2.12
Air Interface Technology Evolution
3.3.2
Intellectual Property Rights
3.3.4
Establishing a “Sellable” Proposition
3.3.5
Disconnect Between OEMs and Carriers
3.3.6
Too Much Reliance on standards
3.3.8
Developing the ecosystem
3.4
Business Cases for Femtocells
3.4.1
Business Case Foundations
3.6.5
Video Distribution Mechanisms
3.7.2
Super Femtocells and Outdoor Femtocells
3.8
Adoption Forecasts & Volumes
4.3
Propagation in femtocell environments
4.6
Interference challenges and Mitigations
4.7
Femto to Femto Interference
4.9
RF Specifications in WCDMA
4.10
Health and Safety Concerns
5
Femtocell Networks and Architectures
5.4
Femto Architectures and Interfaces
5.5.1
Connecting Remote Femtocells
5.5.2
Integrating Femto Network with Macro Network
5.5.3
Functional Split between the FAP and the FGW
5.6
Other Important Femto Solution Aspects
5.6.1
End-to-end Quality of Service
5.6.2
Local Access (data and voice)
5.6.6
Enterprise and Open Spaces
6.2
Femtocell FCAPS Requirements
6.2.1
Fault and Event Management
6.2.2
Configuration Management
6.2.3
Accounting and Administration Management
6.3
Broadband Forum Auto-Configuration Architecture and Framework
6.4
Auto-Configuration Data Organisation
6.5
CPE WAN Management Protocol Overview
6.5.1
Protocol Stack and Operation
6.6.2
Configuration Object Group
6.7
DOCSIS OSS Architecture and Framework
7.1
Why Is Security Important?
7.1.2
Viewpoint: (Contained) Change
7.2.1
Threats from "outsiders" – 3rd parties
7.2.2
Threats from "insiders" - device owners
7.3.2
Protecting the (IP) Backhaul
7.3.3
Device Integrity - Tamper Resistance
8
Femtocell Standards and Industry Groups
8.1
The importance of standards
8.3.1
TSG RAN WG2 – Radio layer 2 and Radio Layer 3 RR
8.3.2
TSG RAN WG3 architecture
8.3.3
TSG RAN WG4 Radio performance and protocol aspects RF parameters
and BS conformance
8.3.6
TSG SA WG5 Telecom Management
8.3.7
Summary of WCDMA Standards
9.2
Regulatory Benefits of Femtocells
9.6
Broadening access to services
9.13
Lawful Interception and Local IP Access
9.17
Examples of femtocell regulations
10
Femtocell Implementation Considerations
10.4
Frequency and Timing Control
10.8
Mobile Device Challenges and Opportunities
11
Business and Service Options for Femtocells
11.2
Ways of being a Femtocell Operator
11.3
Femtocells for Fixed Line Operators
11.4
Types of Femtocell Service
11.5.2
Connected Home Services
11.7
Stages of Femtocell Service Introduction
11.7.1
Stage 1 – Supporting Fixed Mobile Substitution
11.7.2
Stage 2 – Prompting Mobile Data Uptake
11.7.3
Stage 3 – Bringing the Mobile Phone into the Connected Home
Concept
11.7.4
Stage 4 – Taking the Connected Home into the Wider World
12
Summary: The Status and Future of Femtocells
12.2
Potential Future Femtocell Landscape
12.2.1
Growth of femtocell adoption
12.2.2
Femtocells in Homes and Offices
12.2.3
Femtocells in Developing and Rural Markets
12.2.5
Femtocell-only Operators
12.2.6
Femtos Enabling Next-generation Mobile Networks
12.2.7
When is a femtocell not a femtocell?