I-Corps: Commercialization Feasibility Research and Demonstration Preparation for Increasing Cognitive Femtocell Network Capacity

Femtocells能够在蜂窝信号薄弱区和室内环境中提供无线宽带接入覆盖；它们通过提高链路质量和实现频谱重用来实现这一点。飞蜂窝接入点（FAP）是一种低功耗、低成本、短距离、即插即用的蜂窝基站，通常部署在住宅区或小型办公室。Femtocells不仅可以为室内用户提供更好的服务质量，还可以降低基站的维护成本和功耗。因此，它们对许多类别的用户都具有吸引力。该项目的目标是制定技术配置计划，解决无线容量改进技术的价值主张、产品的客户群和需求、收入模式、合作伙伴战略和资源需求。这个项目可能会影响国家的无线产业。所有的无线运营商都需要能够提高频谱利用率和减少干扰的技术，从而使他们能够在不增加成本的情况下提高网络性能（支持更多用户）。这个项目就是为了满足这一需求。除了为无线运营商提供服务外，该技术还可能对使用无线网络的组织（如企业、娱乐、医疗保健和运输）产生更广泛的影响。

Femtocells are capable of providing wireless broadband access coverage in cellular weak zones and indoor environments; they do this by improving link quality and enabling spectral reuse. A femtocell access point (FAP) is a low-power, low-cost, short-range, plug-and-play, cellular base station typically deployed in residential area or small office. Femtocells not only provide better quality of service to indoor users, but also reduce maintenance cost and power consumption of base stations. Consequently, they are attractive to many classes of users. The goal of this project is to develop a technology-disposition plan, addressing value proposition of the wireless capacity improvement technology, the products' customer base and emand, revenue model, partnership strategy and resource requirement. This project may impact the nation's wireless industries. All the wireless carriers need technologies that can increase spectrum utilization and reduce interference thereby enabling them to enhance network performance (support more users) without increasing cost. This project is an attempt at meeting this need. In addition to serving wireless carriers, this technology may also have broader impacts on organizations that use wireless networks, such as enterprise, entertainment, healthcare and transportations.