Enhanced Femtocell Basestation for Rural Infill

Macrocell range and performance from a femtocell basestation.

Femtocell basestations offer a low cost and low power solution for implementing a WCDMA network. However, they are only suitable for short range communications of around 200m and as such are ideal for home networks. Roke, however, can now offer all the benefits of a femtocall (small size, weight and power consumption) with an enhanced range of up to 40km.

Roke has demonstrated a reference design on a picoChip PC202 platform. The Physical Layer code has been modified to extended the coverage area by 40,000 times whilst maintaining full mobility. In essence, the Roke modifications permit a macrocell performance in terms of range and mobility within a fetmo hardware platform. The modified solution has been tested on-air at ranges up to 25km and vehicle speeds up to 120km/hr.

Benefits

Enhanced Femtocell

• Small Form Factor
• Low Power Consumption
• Range up to 40km
• Support of 16us Delay Span
• Mobility up to 120km/hr
• Up to 12 users
• IP Connection to Network
• Circuit Switched Voice Support

Background

Roke has been involved in the standardisation, development and evaluation of cellular systems since the 1980's. We were one of the first companies in the world to build a GSM demonstrator and have played a similar leading role in the development of 3G systems.

More Information

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