W1: Indoor and Outdoor Femto Cells (IOFC 2010)

Organizers:
Afef Feki, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, France
Eitan Altman, INRIA, France
Jie Lie, Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan
Harish Viswanathan, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, USA

Room: Dolmabahce A
09:00 - 10:30

Session 1. Femtocells Deployment

Chair: Ismail Guvenc (DOCOMO USA Labs, US)

Femtocells: The HOMESNET Vision

Olivier Marce (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, FR); Carine Balageas (Alcatel-Lucent, FR); Zwi
Altman (France Telecom R&D, FR); Eric Formet (Orange Labs, FR); Jyri Hämäläinen (Helsinki
University of Technology, FI); Edward Mutafungwa (Aalto University School of Science and
Technology, FI); Zhong Zheng (Aalto University School of Science and Technology, FI); Moshe
Ran (Holon Institute of Technology, IL); Yossef Ben Ezra (Optiway, IL); Pablo Beltran (Telnet
RI, ES); Sergio Perales (TelnetRI, ES)
A Comparative Study of Deployment Options, Capacity and Cost Structure for
Macrocellular and Femtocell Networks
Jan Markendahl (Royal Institute of Technology, SE); Östen Mäkitalo (Royal Institute of
technology, SE)
A Simulation Study of Performance Trade-offs in Open Access Femtocell Networks
Ibrahim Demirdogen (University of South Florida, US); Ismail Guvenc (DOCOMO USA Labs,
US); Huseyin Arslan (University of South Florida, US)
Impact of Mobility on Call Block, Call Drops and Optimal Cell Size in Small Cell Networks
Sreenath Ramanath (INRIA, FR); Veeraruna Kavitha (Institut National de Recherche en
Informatique et Automatique, FR); Eitan Altman (INRIA, FR)
 
10:30 - 11:00: Coffee Break
 
11:00 - 12:30
Session 2. Interference Avoidance and Mitigation
Chair: Mehdi Bennis (Centre of Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, FI)

Interference Avoidance in 3GPP Femtocell Networks Using Resource Partitioning and

Sensing
Ismail Guvenc (DOCOMO USA Labs, US); Moo Ryong Jeong (DOCOMO USA Labs, US);
Mustafa Emin Sahin (University of South Florida, US); Huilin Xu (University of Florida, US);
Fujio Wanatabe (DoCoMo USA Labs, US)
Dominant Interferer Mitigation in Closed Femtocell Deployment
Mika J Husso (Aalto University, FI); Zhong Zheng (Aalto University School of Science and
Technology, FI); Jyri Hämäläinen (Helsinki University of Technology, FI); Edward Mutafungwa
(Aalto University School of Science and Technology, FI)
Interference Avoidance via Resource Scheduling in TDD Underlay Femtocells
Francesco Pantisano (University of Bologna, IT); Mehdi Bennis (Centre of Wireless
Communications, University of Oulu, FI); Kaveh Ghaboosi (Univeristy of Oulu, FI); Matti
Latva-aho (UoOulu, FI)
Receive Antenna Selection Techniques for Femtocell Uplink Interference Mitigation
Ngoc-Dung Dao (Toshiba Research Europe Ltd., UK); Yong Sun (Toshiba Research Europe
Limited, UK); Woon Hau Chin (Toshiba Research Europe Limited, UK)
 
12:30 - 14:00: Lunch
 
14:00 - 15:30
Session 3. Keynotes
Chair: Afef Feki (Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs, France)

Keynote Speech 1: Flexible Small Cell Green Networks: Breaking the Spectral Efficiency
Barrier
Mérouane Debbah (Supelec, FR)
http://www.supelec.fr/342_p_14392/prof-merouane-debbah.html
Keynote Speech 2: Game Theory in Wireless Networks,
Tansu Alpcan (Technical Univ. Berlin, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany)
http://www.tansu.alpcan.org
 
15:30 - 16:00: Coffee Break
 
16:00 - 17:30
Session 4. Radio Resource Management
Chair: Carine Balageas (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, FR)

On Spectrum Sharing With Underlaid Femtocell Networks

Mehdi Bennis (Centre of Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, FI); Merouane Debbah
(Supelec, FR)
A Radio Resource Management Scheduling Algorithm for Self-Organizing Femtocells
Antonio De Domenico (CEA-LETI Minatec, FR); Emilio Calvanese Strinati (CEA-LETI, FR)
Time-Efficient Resource Allocation Algorithm over HSDPA in Femtocell Networks
Zhenfeng He (Imperial College London, UK); Mustafa Gurcan (Imperial College London, UK);
Hadhrami AbGhani (Imperial College London, UK)
A Two-Tier Frequency Reuse Scheme
Yoram Haddad (JCT, IL)
 
Sponsors Slot: PeRaDa, Alcatel Lucent, Homesnet
Technical Sessions

Track 3: Mobile and Wireless Networks

NET 2: Femtocell Systems

Chair: Olabisi Emmanuel Falowo, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Chair: Dolmabahce B

Radio over Telephone Lines in Femtocell Systems, Jonathan Gambini (Politecnico di Milano,
Italy); Umberto Spagnolini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Algorithms for Dynamic Frequency Selection for Femto-cells of Different Operators, Marco
Petracca (University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy); Remo Pomposini (University of Rome "Tor
Vergata", Italy); Franco Mazzenga (Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy); Romeo Giuliano
(Università di Roma Tor Vergata, RadioLabs, Italy); Francesco Vatalaro (Univ. of Rome Tor
Vergata, Italy)
Coexistence of LTE Femtocells with GSM Cellular Network, Ki Won Sung (Royal Institute of
Technology (KTH), Sweden); Lei Shi (KTH, Sweden); Jens Zander (Royal Institute of
Technology (KTH), Sweden)
On Spectrum allocation and interference management for WCDMA and OFDMA
femtocells, Juan Espino (KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Jan Markendahl (Royal
Institute of Technology, Sweden); Aurelian Bria (Ericsson, Sweden)
Cognitive Uplink Interference Management in 4G Cellular Femtocells, Yang-Yang Li
(University of Toronto, Canada); Elvino Silveira Sousa (University of Toronto, Canada)
Distributed Interference Control in OFDMA-based Femtocells,
Lorenza Giupponi (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain);
Christian Ibars (Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya - CTTC, Spain)
P5: Deployment of Femto and Small Cells

Organizer:
Dr. Erol Hepsaydir, Hutchison3G, UK

Panelists:
Dr. Shahram Niri, NEC Europe, UK
Dr. Ibrahim Tezcan, Turkcell, TURKEY
Mr. Jamal Housni, Alcatel-Lucent, FRANCE
Mr. Afşin Buyukbas, Turkish Regulatory Authority (BTIK), TURKEY

Room: Anadolu Auditorium

Abstract:

Lately, cellular operators observed significant increase in traffic in buildings which put huge
pressure on them to provide strong indoor coverage for even basic voice traffic. There are several
ways to improve indoor coverage, use of lower frequencies, denser radio network deployment
and indoor coverage solutions i.e. Femtocells. It is a known fact that lower frequencies have
lower path loss which is essential for better indoor coverage. However, the spectrum at lower
frequencies is limited. Denser radio network deployment would be very costly and sometimes it
is not possible due to site acquisition issues. Femtocells are small devices which are connected to
a central controller. They are small and low cost devices which provide coverage inside the
buildings. Although, Femtocells improve indoor coverage, they also have potential to cause
interference outside the buildings if they are not managed carefully. In this panel, we will discuss:
 The importance of indoor coverage solutions for operators (Dr. Ibrahim Tezcan)
 The latest Femtocell developments by manufacturers (Dr Shahram Niri)
 A regulatory approach in terms of spectrum management difficulties for Femto
deployment and recommendations in Turkey and in Europe (Afşin Buyukbas, Jamal
Housni)