This deliverable is the first of FREEDOM project. It provides an outlook of the scenarios and assumptions widely shared in the wireless community when addressing femtocell deployment. It starts by providing scenarios as seen from the business perspective, and then they are further described with a more technical perspective. Both interference and mobility are addressed although from the review of foras and standardization bodies, the interference issues are more extensively considered. From these scenarios we derived a list of requirement that should be met by femto-cell systems. These requirements must drive the technical work in the other work-pacakges of FREEDOM. The report then captures the main assumptions for simulation in order to align the work from various WPs and partners around similar set of assumptions. A final section presents true business model from operator standpoint, highlighting the potential of massive femto-cell deployment.

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