Inter-cluster synchronization scheme for femtocell network

• Main Authors: Hasan, M.K., Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Islam, Shayla, Nafi, Nazmus Shaker
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/29162/1/Inter-cluster_Synchronization_Scheme.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/29162/; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6271170

Femtocell is for indoor coverage, and cannot use a GPS antenna for time synchronization. High-precision crystal oscillators can solve the timing problem, but they are often too expensive for consumer grade devices. Since fBS and macrocell Base Station (mBS) network operate on the same frequency unde...