Abstract
This report examines residential femtocells, also called cellular home
gateways. These are small cellular access points which provide cellular
wireless access inside the home and open up new business opportunities for the
mobile operator.
3G home gateway solutions are still in their early development stages. As of
early 2007, only femtocell prototypes are being used in lab testing.
Operators' trials in 2007 will have to analyse two key technical issues:
firstly, radio interference between the femtocells and the public
infrastructure' s macrocells; secondly, the core network integration of
femtocells. Should the cellular home gateways be a success, there could be
millions of new cellular access points added to cellular networks. There is
thus an important scaleability challenge, both in terms of radio management
and network architecture.
Included in this report are forecasts for Western Europe and market
development scenarios.
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