Abstract—Femtocells are small consumer-installed base stations that enhance indoor cellular services coverage. Deploying a large number of such femtocells in a small area results in “Dense Femtocellular Networks.” These networks face a number of problems, including handoff. Different scholars have put forward various prescriptions for resolving the handoff problem. In this paper, we propose a model to enhance and minimize the neighbor femtocell list for femtocell-to-femtocell handoff in a dense femtocellular network by adapting a user movement prediction technique based on femtocell location.

Index Terms—Dense femtocellular networks, femtocell, handoff, mobile station received signal strength.

The author is with the State Audit Bureau, Kuwait.

Cite:Faisal A. Al-Shahin, "Femtocell-to-Femtocell Handoff Management in Dense Femtocellular Networks," International Journal of Computer and Communication Engineering vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 346-353, 2015.