什么是Femto Cell?

Femtocell是近年来根据3G发展和移动宽带化趋势推出的超小型化移动基站。femtoforum是积极推进其产品化的组织，目前会员包括阿尔卡特朗讯、AT&T、英国电信、思科、爱立信、华为、中兴、摩托罗拉、NEC、三星、沃达丰等电信运营商和设备制造商。

Femtocell使用IP协议，通过用户已有的ADSL、LAN等宽带电路连接，远端由专用网关实现从IP网到移动网的联通。它的大小与ADSL调制解调器相似，具有安装方便、自动配置、自动网规、即插即用的特点。Femtocell有适用于CDMA、GSM、UMTS等各种标准和支持2G、2.5G、3G的产品，与运营商的其它移动基站同制式、同频段，因此手机等移动终端可以通用。它具有1个载波，发射功率为10~100毫瓦（与WiFi的AP差不多），覆盖半径为50~200米，支持4～6个活动用户，允许的最大用户运动速度为10公里/小时。

In telecommunications, a femtocell—originally known as an Access Point Base Station—is a small cellular base station, typically designed for use in residential or small business environments. It connects to the service provider’s network via broadband (such as DSL or cable); current designs typically support 2 to 5 mobile phones in a residential setting. A femtocell allows service providers to extend service coverage indoors, especially where access would otherwise be limited or unavailable. The femtocell incorporates the functionality of a typical base station but extends it to allow a simpler, self contained deployment; for example, a UMTS femtocell containing a Node B, RNC and GSN with Ethernet for backhaul. Although much attention is focussed on UMTS, the concept is applicable to all standards, including GSM, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA and WiMAX solutions.

For a mobile operator, the attractions of a femtocell are improvements to both coverage and capacity, especially indoors. There may also be opportunity for new services and reduced cost. The cellular operator also benefits from the improved capacity and coverage but also can reduce both capital expenditure and operating expense.

Femtocells are an alternative way to deliver the benefits of Fixed Mobile Convergence. The distinction is that most FMC architectures require a new (dual-mode) handset which works with existing home/enterprise Wi-Fi access points, while a femtocell-based deployment will work with existing handsets but requires installation of a new access point.

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