Modeling and implementation of an UMTS femto cell network for reducing radiation hazards

Radiation power from the base station is highly hazardous to the human health. Macro cell environment with the aim of providing better QOs services to the mobile user are careless about the radiation power. Femto cell is an emerging cellular concept which can cater to the need the required QOs and at the same time with the base stations radiating less power. In this paper, an UMTS network with Macro and Femto cell has been modeled using OPNET. The network is also modeled with and without sectors. From the results, it has been observed that the Femto cell has the throughput similar to the Macro cell with less radiated power.