Pico Cells Sample Clauses
The Pico Cells clause defines the terms and conditions related to the deployment and use of small cellular base stations, known as pico cells, within a specified area or facility. Typically, this clause outlines the technical requirements, installation procedures, and responsibilities for maintenance and operation of these low-power network devices, which are often used to improve indoor mobile coverage in offices, shopping centers, or other high-density environments. By clearly allocating responsibilities and setting operational standards, the clause ensures reliable network performance and minimizes potential disputes over installation or interference issues.
Pico Cells. Similar to regular macro base stations from an architectural per- spective, Pico cells have lower transmission power ranges. They are limited to 100 mW and between 250 mW - 2 W for indoor and outdoor deployments, re- spectively. Pico base stations require network planning and have X2 backhaul connections and hence facilitate the implementation of Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (ICIC) techniques. There are both fibre optic wired and wireless backhaul connections defined for Pico cells. The former is costly and offer rates of up to 50 Mbps. The wireless backhaul connectivity can be implemented on both licensed 6-42, 70-90 GHz or unlicensed 2.4, 5 and 60 GHz carrier frequen- cies [32]. Similar to macro base stations, Pico cells connect to the Mobility Management Entity (MME) and the Serving Gateway (S-GW) through the S1 interface.