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Four places for femtocell application logic to reside
Written by David Chambers   
Tuesday, 20 July 2010 18:11

multiple-intelligenceWith the rapid takeup of smartphone applications and cloud computing, you’d think there wasn’t a place left for femtocells to differentiate. Here we look at the different places where the intelligence for femtocell applications can reside, and trade-off the benefits and disadvantages.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 July 2010 18:21
 
Self-CHOP is already available for 3G femtocells
Written by David Chambers   
Wednesday, 07 July 2010 19:20

selfchopI came across another new acronym last week (mobile telecoms is full of them of course), where LTE standards have “borrowed” a term from the computing industry. Self-CHOP isn’t a new karate move or a new type of TV dinner, but relates to the significantly complex automatic management of LTE cellsites. I’d argue that many of these features are already available in commercial 3G femtocells, so their macrocell cousins will be playing catchup for LTE (the next generation 4G mobile phone standard).

Last Updated on Monday, 05 July 2010 19:39
 
A closer look at picoChip's smartSignalling feature
Written by David Chambers   
Thursday, 10 June 2010 17:52

Green-Traffic_Light100picoChip’s recent press release about smart signaling for femtocells is worthy of a bit more analysis than I’ve seen elsewhere. Here’s a slightly more indepth discussion of what’s new, different and how quickly it might make an impact. Not only does it relieve congestion, but it can speed up data access by over 60% for web browsing and similar smartphone applications.

Last Updated on Thursday, 10 June 2010 18:20
 
Femtocell aware handsets will remember where you are allowed to go
Written by David Chambers   
Tuesday, 01 June 2010 19:45

ScanningOne of the problems with lots of small cells, whether they are Wi-Fi or Femtocells, is that your handset/smartphone has to spend a lot of time scanning for them, often picking up those which it isn’t allowed to connect to. A feature of the already developed standards will allow newer handsets to do this better.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 June 2010 20:15
 
More Insight into Qualcomm’s Femtocell Chipset
Written by David Chambers   
Thursday, 27 May 2010 17:40

qualcommI spoke with Nicholas Karter, Senior Director, Business Development at Qualcomm, to uncover the details of their femtocell chipset development program. Here’s a quick update on what they’re doing.

 
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