Femtocell deployment plan: Moving indoors

Abstract

This paper presents a new deployment plan technique for Femtocell Access Points (FAPS) in order to provide wireless coverage for specific indoor environment. This deployment plan is based on factors such as predicting the received power from macrocell and femtocell, measuring the multipath loss and estimating the femtocells coverage radios to decide the FAPs locations. Predicting the number of FAPs required is core for successful deployment. Therefore, the number of FAPs will be predicted based on two factors: the area size and the FAP radios in the target area. In this research some measurements need to be taken, including signal strength, coverage area and multipath values to provide coverage and an enhanced quality of service.