Table 2 Simulation parameters

Simulation area

37 cells

Results area

inner 7 cells

Inter-site distance, d_IS

350 m

Average MSs per cell, ${\bar{N}}_j$

20

Uplink FDD band

[2.50, 2.51] GHz

Number of available RBs, M

50

RB bandwidth, B_RB

180 kHz

Subcarriers per RB, k_sc

12

Symbol rate per subcarrier, ϱ_s

15 ksps

Subframe duration, t_sf

1 ms

Subframes (time slots), z

10

Thermal noise, η

-174 dBm/Hz

Total MS transmit power

23 dBm

Sector width

120°

Sector θ_{3 dB}

70°

MS SINR target, γ^tar

12 dB

Standard deviation, σ

4 dB

Auto-correlation distance

50 m