Femtocell在UMTS和LTE上的接入控制策略外文文献翻译（原文+译文）.doc

外文文献原文、译文 Femtocell Access Control Strategy in UMTS and LTE Assen Golaup, Mona Mustapha, and Leo Boonchin Patanapongpibul, Vodafone Group ABSTRACT Femtocells have become an attractive devicefor operators to offer extended services on their licensed UMTS/LTE spectrum. In this article we focus on the access control strategy — a crucial aspect for operators to give preferential access to femtocells for their subscribers. The general issue of supporting femtocells in pre-Release 8 UMTS networks with pre-Release 8 UE is first outlined in order to help the reader understand the motivation behind some concepts introduced in 3GPP Release 8 to support femtocells. A description of the femtocell access control strategy for UMTS and LTE is then provided based on 3GPP Release 8 specifications. Finally, the issue of LTE physical cell identity confusion associated with inbound handover to femtocells (which is expected to be resolved within the 3GPP Release 9 timeline) is discussed. INTRODUCTION The femtocell concept has been around for sometime. One definition of a femtocell is a lowpower wireless access point that operates in licensed spectrum to connect standard devices to the operator’s network using a digital subscriber line (DSL) connection [1]. The femtocell access point is in most cases a piece of equipment located in the customer premises. In general, allowed access to the femtocell could be classed into three categories. In one deployment scenario, the basic access control strategy would be to allow femtocell access to a restricted set of user equipment (UE) while preventing public access by other UE. This is known as closed access mode. In another deployment scenario, a femtocell is deployed directly by an operator to provide coverage in an area where there is a coverage hole. In this instance, it would be beneficial to allow public access to the femtocell. This is known as open access mode. In an enterprise deployment scenario, the femtocell owner may wa