Femtocell-to-Femtocell Handoff Management in Dense Femtocellular Networks

Abstract

Femtocells are small consumer-installed base stations that enhance indoor cellular services coverage.Deploying a large number of such femtocells in a small area results in "Dense Femtocellular Networks."These networks face a number of problems, including handoff.Different scholars have put forward various prescriptions for resolving the handoff problem.In this paper, we propose a model to enhance and minimize the neighbor femtocell list for femtocell-to-femtocell handoff in a dense femtocellular network by adapting a user movement prediction technique based on femtocell location.