Femtocells

Femtocells will deliver home broadband communication like never before, by enabling personal devices to perform seamlessly in and out of the home. Connection to the operator's mobile network via a gateway over an existing home broadband connection, Femtocell solutions make indoor coverage for mobile communications truly pervasive, while delivering additional benefits to both the Operator and the end-user. Motorola's Femtocell solutions draw upon our extensive experience in collapsed architectures, RF techniques, home gateways, CPE management, and FMC solutions (such as UMA) to enable Operators to launch new services with fast time-to market and low risk.

Motorola has been an active member in Femto Forum since 2007.

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Access Point – 8000 Series
The Motorola Femtocell Access Point (8000) is a small, low cost, low power easy to install 3G access point.

Ethernet Gateway – 8100 Series
The Motorola Femtocell Ethernet Gateway (8100) extends 3G coverage indoors, and plugs into any broadband connection.

Operator benefits: Femtocells enable operators to provide higher-quality and higher-performance wireless voice and real-time data services to their residential and small home office customers. In addition, they enable a lower cost of delivery of wireless traffic in comparison to the macro cell network. Femtocells may be used as part of integrated 'triple' or 'quad play services', which meet a consumers' communication needs - increasing competitiveness and customer retention for the Operator.

Consumer benefits: For Consumers, the benefits of Femtocells include; a seamless communication experience as they roam from inside to outside their homes, reduced in-home call charges, excellent indoor coverage and consolidated billing all from their existing handsets. Consumers benefit from the convenience of using their mobile handset with its personal phonebook and other cool handset features, without the concerns of poor call quality or additional cost.

Brochures Femtocells in the Home (1Mb pdf) Guide to Femtocells (79Kb pdf) Specifications 8000 Series (95Kb pdf) 8100 Series (149Kb pdf) Videos and webinars Motorola at Femtocell Europe 2008 (html) Motorola's Femtocell Converge Network Digest interview (html) White Papers Femtocell Gateway to Home (249Kb pdf) Navigating Operator Business Model Concerns for Femtocells (230Kb pdf)

Videos and webinars
Motorola at Femtocell Europe 2008 (html)
Motorola's Femtocell Converge Network Digest interview (html)

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