Distribution of cell in mobile network

Femtocell concept has emerged as a cost-effective solution to manage indoor environment coverage and increasing capacity requirements. Compare to the conventional control macrocell deployment, femtocells are spread in the uncontrolled manner as they are deployed in network by customers themselves. This paper discusses multi-distance spatial analysis, Ripley's K function, to describe distribution of femtocells in a macrocell. In our study, we investigate various femtocell distributions and various numbers of femtocells in the macrocell

Availability model for virtualized platforms

Network virtualization is a method of providing virtual instances of physical networks. Virtualized networks are widely used with virtualized servers, forming a powerful dynamically reconfigurable platform. In this paper we discuss the impact of network virtualization on the overall system availability. We describe a system reflecting the network architecture usually deployed in today’s data centres. The proposed system is modelled using Markov chains and fault trees. We compare the availability of virtualized system using standard physique network with the availability of virtualized system using virtualized network. Network virtualization introduces a new software layer to the network architecture. The proposed availability model integrates software failures in addition to the hardware failures. Based on the estimated numerical failure rates, we analyse system’s availability

Small cell network topology comparison

One of the essential problems in a mobile network with small cells is that there is only a limited number of (PCIs) available. Due to this fact, operators face the inevitable need for reusing (PCIs). In our contribution, we are dealing with a (PCI) assignment to FAPs in three different topologies. The first model places FAPs randomly within the network while respecting overlapping defined. The second model places FAPs in a grid without other restrictions. The third model forms a grid as well, although buildings and roads are taken into account and (FAPs) are always inside buildings. The proposed models are compared and a conclusion is made based on simulation results

Random cell identifiers assignment

Despite integration of advanced functions that enable Femto Access Points (FAPs) to be deployed in a plug-and-play manner, the femtocell concept still cause several opened issues to be resolved. One of them represents an assignment of Physical Cell Identifiers (PCIs) to FAPs. This paper analyses a random based assignment algorithm in LTE systems operating in diverse femtocell scenarios. The performance of the algorithm is evaluated by comparing the number of confusions for various femtocell densities, PCI ranges and knowledge of vicinity. Simulation results show that better knowledge of vicinity can significantly reduce the number of confusions events