Fairness guaranteed novel eICIC technology for capacity enhancement in multi-tier heterogeneous cellular networks

EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Table 1 Simulation parameters

	Macrocell	Picocell
Cellular layout	19 cell sites, 3 sectors per site	4 picocells per sector
Number of UEs	60 per macro cell	60 per macro cell
Distance-dependent path loss	ITU urban macro(UMa) [7]	ITU urban micro(UMi) [7]
Shadowing standard deviation	8 dB	10 dB
Penetration loss	0 dB	0 dB
Total eNodeB Tx power	46 dBm	30 dBm
Antenna configuration	2 × 2 (uncorrelated)	2 × 2 (uncorrelated)
Antenna pattern	3D	2D
Antenna height	25 m	10 m
Antenna gain	14 dBi	5 dBi
Carrier frequency	2 GHz	2 GHz
System bandwidth	10 MHz	10 MHz
Traffic model	Full buffer, full load	Full buffer, full load