Table 2 Simulation parameters

Number of BSs\UTs

3\6

Number of antennas at BS\UT

3\1

Shadow fading, ${\gamma }_{SF}$

$\mathcal{N}\left(0,8\text{ dB}\right)$

Pathloss model, ${\gamma }_{SF}$ (d in Kms)

128.1 + 37.6 · log₁₀(d)

Rayleigh fast fading, Γ

$\mathcal{C}\mathcal{N}\left(0,1\right)$

BS antenna gain, G

9 dBi

Correlation between antennas at BS, ρ

0.5

Number of channel realizations

10⁴

Max. BS Tx power with cell-edge SNR = 15 dB

0.0603 W (17.8 dBm)

Noise bandwidth

1 MHz

Noise figure

0 dB

Active set threshold for LFB

10 dB