Avoidance of Co-channel interference using switched parasitic array antenna in femtocell networks

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Abstract

Femtocells are low-cost and low-power cellular home base stations that connect mobile users to a operator's network by means of a broadband backhaul. Through this approach, the network operators can extend indoor coverage at a low-cost and reduce the operating cost. However, there exists a co-channel interference between macrocell and femtocells when they use the same frequency band. This co-channel interference causes severe performance degradation of femtocells and macrocell. Therefore, we propose a novel scheme to reduce the co-channel interference to macrocell without performance degradation of femtocells. The proposed scheme avoids the co-channel interference to macrocell users effectively using the SPA antenna which offers 8-directions to control the antenna beam pattern and transmitting power. Performance evaluation results have confirmed that the proposed scheme reduces the co-channel interference by 80% compared to the case using omni-directional antenna.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2010 - International Conference, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages158-167
Number of pages10
EditionPART 3
ISBN (Print)3642121780, 9783642121784
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event2010 International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2010 - Fukuoka, Japan
Duration: 23 Mar 201026 Mar 2010

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 3
Volume6018 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference2010 International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2010
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityFukuoka
Period23/03/1026/03/10

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