Title :
The Femtocell as Return Channel: A Proposal for Brazilian Amazon Region Interactive Digital TV
Author :
Costa, Allan B. ; Santos, Nelson M Pereira ; Braga, Allan Dos S ; Lopes, Ramz L Fraiha ; Silva, Carlos P Alves da ; Silva, Carlos N da ; de A Machado, V. ; Cavalcante, Gervásio P dos Santos ; Araújo, Jasmine ; Francês, Carlos R Lisboa
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Eng. Eletr. e de Comput., Univ. Fed. do Para-UFPA, Belém, Brazil
Abstract :
This work analyses the feasibility of use Femtocells networks to provide return channel on Digital TV. The results were compared with a similar simulation using Wimax networks. The same numbers of users was used to create two scenarios, the first using only WiMAX networks, and the second using femtocell network. The results show that femtocell networking is a promising solution for the return channel of Brazilian interactive digital TV, especially at Amazon Region where there are great distances and lacking communication networks.
Keywords :
WiMax; digital television; femtocellular radio; interactive television; wireless channels; Brazilian Amazon region interactive digital TV; WiMax networks; communication networks; femtocell networks; femtocellular radio; return channel; Digital TV; Femtocell networks; Internet; Standards; WiMAX; Wireless networks; Femtocel; OPNET; Simulation; WiMAX;
Conference_Titel :
Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies (NGMAST), 2012 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2598-1
DOI :
10.1109/NGMAST.2012.23
