Femtocell is a low power, small base station in telecommunications. This cellular station is generally used for small businesses or home purposes. Femtocell is known as small cell in telecommunication industry. This base station uses connections like DSL or cable broadband to connect to other networks

1. VIGNAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF
ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
DESHMUKHI,NALGONDA-508 284.
FEMTOCELL
BY-
K.AKHIL
ROLL NO:-12891A0433
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2. Introduction
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A Femtocell is a small device that is used to improve wireless coverage
over a small area, mostly indoor. It is a small cellular base station, also called
a wireless access point that connects to a broadband Internet connection
and broadcasts it into radio waves in its area of coverage.
mobile handsets can handle phone calls through the femtocell, via the
broadband Internet connection. The name femtocell has the prefix 'femto',
meaning a very small cell (area of network coverage).

3. History On Femtocell
The first interest in femtocells started around 2002 when a group of
engineers at Motorola were investigating possible new applications
and methodologies that could be used with mobile communications.
 A couple of years later in 2004, the idea was beginning to gain some
momentum and a variety of companies were looking into the idea.
 With the idea gaining momentum, and many more companies
investigating femto cell technology, the Femto Forum was set up in
July 2007. Its aim was to promote the wide-scale adoption of
femtocells.
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4. How does femtocell works ?
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5. Why Femtocell ?
 Technical motivation
 Reduced separation distance between transmitter and receiver
 Interference is isolated by building structure
 Limited number of users
 Business motivation
 Operators expand network capacity and coverage without much investments on
infrastructure.
 Subscribers get better radio service at low price
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6. Femtocell:-
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7. Users Benefits
- Reduced “in home” call charges.
- Improved indoor coverage (Base station in your
bedroom).
- Reduced battery drain.
- Fast/Higher performance 3G services.
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8. Operators’ benefits
- Improves coverage.
- Reduces backhaul traffic.
- Provides capacity enhancements.
- Reduces churn.
- Easy Radio Coverage for rural areas.
- Stimulates 3G usage.
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9. Conclusion:-
 Femtocells are low-power wireless access points
used for the home and office. They operate in
licensed spectrum to connect standard mobile
devices and support all common air interfaces used
by operators worldwide.
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