Integrating Wi-Fi and Femtocells A feasibility study based on a techno economic comparison of the two technologies

Sammanfattning: I would like to thank and offer my sincere gratitude to Associate Professor Jan Markendahl for his continuous support and most of all for offering me the opportunity to enter this innovative domain of techno-economic research.  I am also very grateful to my supervisor, Ashraf Awadelakrim Widaa Ahmed, for his guidance and advices and for allowing me develop my work in an independent way.  Special thanks goes to all who accepted to offer me some minutes of their time and answer my questions; Benny A Ekman, Kenneth Karlberg, Nick Johnson, Geir Ove Jenssen, Ronny Haraldsvik, Alvaro Prieto, Johan Terve and Nick Papadoglou. Thank you for your time and for offering me a highly valuable insight over the industry without which this work wouldn’t have been possible. I am very grateful to the entire team inside Communication Systems department for offering such a friendly environment and especially to Amirhossein Ghanbari who always had an answer for my questions, though not always the right one.  Last but not least, I would like to thank to my family and my girlfriend Nicole, for offering me the opportunity to study abroad and for their continuous encouragement and support.