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

fYear

2012

Firstpage

175

Lastpage

180

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies (NGMAST), 2012 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Paris

ISSN

2161-2889

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2598-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NGMAST.2012.23

Filename

6327952