Femtocell Congestion Mitigation Technique using Poisson Point Process

Abstract

The idea of femtocell technology came in order to boost the signal strength of indoor Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) users. The number of subscribers a femtocell device can accommodate is closed from the manufactures’ end in order to check the capacity limit. The challenge with this form of technology is that only registered subscribers are permitted to gain access. This study seeks to enable flexibility in the control of its capacity limit by employing Poisson Point Process as a congestion control tool. The outcome of the study showed that the spatial Poisson Point Process can effectively be used to control the capacity limit of femtocell device, using co-channel interference technique. This will enable the device to operate as an open system while controlling the capacity limit.

Keywords: Femtocell, Poisson Point Process, Cellular Network, Home NodeB