Performance Evaluation of Femtocells Usage on LTE

Nowadays femtocells are being used by the operators as a solution to increase the network capacity by use them in shadow zones and for traffic flow increasing from the cells of the higher layer. Therefore, the main goal of this article is to present a study that quantifies and qualifies the performance of this solution and presents a conclusion about the advantages introduced from a network performance and financial point of view. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license http://creativecommons.orglicenses/by-nc-nd/3.00. Peer-review under responsibility of ISEL Institut Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Lisbon, PORTUGAL.