Femtocell versus WiFi - A survey and comparison of architecture and performance

Syed Faraz Hasan; NH Siddique; Shyam Chakraborty

doi:10.1109/WIRELESSVITAE.2009.5172572

Femtocell versus WiFi - A survey and comparison of architecture and performance

Syed Faraz Hasan
, NH Siddique
, Shyam Chakraborty

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Abstract

Femtocells use common cellular air access technologies, but claim to improve system capacity according to Shannon's law by reducing distance between transmitter and receiver and thus improving the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Femtocells, however, use the IP network as backhaul architecture instead of the conventional cellular network infrastructure. Thus, femtocell and WiFi infrastructure networks have a lot in common. This raises a curiosity whether femtocell technology would replace existing WiFi technology. This can be answered only by carefully analyzing the similarities and differences between the two technologies. This paper provides a technical comparison between femtocells and WiFi in terms of architecture, operation and standards.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Unknown Host Publication
Place of Publication	Aalborg, Denmark
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	916-920
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WIRELESSVITAE.2009.5172572
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 17 May 2009
Event	1st International Conference on Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems Technology - Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 17 May 2009 → …

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Conference	1st International Conference on Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems Technology
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