Mobility Management in Integrated Macrocell Femtocell Network- A Survey

Femtocell is low power, low cost, short range indoor base station. Support of femtocell is an integral part of latest wireless communication technologies to achieve high capacity demand & high data rate. For successful deployment of femtocell, Smooth integration of femtocell network in macrocell network and seamless communication between macrocell & femtocell network is very important. Conventional handoff algorithms used in macrocell need some modifications to well satisfy handover management in integrated macrocell femtocell network. In this survey article, various existing handover decision algorithms for the integrated macrocell-femtocell network are discussed.

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