tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834236085756782640.post6847231937629009386..comments2024-03-21T14:19:53.378+00:00Comments on The 3G4G Blog: The 'Virtual' Femtocell and a competition for OTT AppsZahid Ghadialyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11618208626682295272noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834236085756782640.post-37358176018533120442012-06-13T12:55:45.140+01:002012-06-13T12:55:45.140+01:00eRelay: As far as i understand, eRelay would be us...eRelay: As far as i understand, eRelay would be used for Backhaul of Small cells so Small cells should not be affected in any way.<br /><br />Companies: I would expect someone like Samsung or Huawei to incorporate this concept in future but there should an operator willing to support this, otherwise this wont work. <br /><br />Operators can also get clever and agree on a universal OTT service that can avoid the need for Femtocells, etc. all together but we can safely assume that wont happen for long time to come.Zahid Ghadialyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618208626682295272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834236085756782640.post-23315112204787122502012-06-13T09:47:20.324+01:002012-06-13T09:47:20.324+01:00Which companies do you think can work on this conc...Which companies do you think can work on this concept and put it in handsets. Will we see them in iphone first? Maybe iphone 6?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834236085756782640.post-73075285780726226862012-06-13T09:18:32.686+01:002012-06-13T09:18:32.686+01:00How would the eRelay standardization going to affe...How would the eRelay standardization going to affect Femtocell concept? now they talking about inband outband relay and how to realize them. once this eRelay are in place, it will eventually making femtocell obsolete? or wifi more prominent?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834236085756782640.post-82165272595039372012012-06-12T20:45:03.831+01:002012-06-12T20:45:03.831+01:00@Ankit Not sure why the Paging, LAC/RAC and Reloca...@Ankit Not sure why the Paging, LAC/RAC and Relocation would be any different from an existing HNB solution. Location aware services would definitely not work as for a Femto solution but operators can always take advantage of location based measurements to find a user's location information.Zahid Ghadialyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618208626682295272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834236085756782640.post-42800004714552010832012-06-12T15:50:00.829+01:002012-06-12T15:50:00.829+01:00What about paging? What will UE send in LAC/RAC?
W...What about paging? What will UE send in LAC/RAC?<br />What about relocation?<br />What about location aware services?<br /><br />I think this will require changes in Wifi access point and thus making it very similar to FAP except the radio interface.Ankitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834236085756782640.post-52580967651823401682012-06-11T16:43:00.744+01:002012-06-11T16:43:00.744+01:00Yes, it is very similar to GAN. Handover issues wi...Yes, it is very similar to GAN. Handover issues will need a little bit of work in the HNB-GW if you want to hand-in (but in a similar way to the deployment of GAN / Smart-WiFi, this can be done nearly at the application layer if you don't want to hand-in and limit "stack distortion" and handset vendors willingness to maintain a code base.) Since WiFi is more efficient and widespread now, & increasingly considered by operators, I think the barrier is a lot lower than it was.Kithttps://twitter.com/#!/kitkilgournoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834236085756782640.post-41727059945458209072012-06-11T16:22:12.850+01:002012-06-11T16:22:12.850+01:00Hi Rupert, agreed that its not very different from...Hi Rupert, agreed that its not very different from UMA/GAN concept and WiFi issues will be present.Zahid Ghadialyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618208626682295272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834236085756782640.post-55043892726368888062012-06-11T11:59:42.543+01:002012-06-11T11:59:42.543+01:00Haven't you just re-invented UMA (or GAN) ?
T...Haven't you just re-invented UMA (or GAN) ?<br /><br />The issues with that were embedding appropriate stacks into the handset, and operator concerns about quality over unmanaged WiFiRupertnoreply@blogger.com