Femtocell networks: A survey

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 59-67

  Chandrasekhar, Vikram ^a   Andrews, Jeffrey G ^a   Gatherer, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband communication; Gain; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Interference; Propagation losses; Throughput; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; PHOTOELECTRIC RELAYS;

BROADBAND COMMUNICATION; DATA ACCESS POINTS; DISTRIBUTED ANTENNAS; GAIN; HOME BASE; HOME USERS; HOT SPOTTING; IEEE 802.11 STANDARDS; INTERFERENCE; MICRO-CELLS; PROPAGATION LOSSES; SPATIAL RE-USE; STATE OF THE ARTS; SYSTEM-CAPACITY; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; THROUGHPUT; TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER; VOICE AND DATA; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS LINK;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 52749088422     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2008.4623708     Document Type: Article

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