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Table 2 Link budget parameters for the LTE femtocell base station

From: Designing UAV-aided emergency networks for large-scale disaster scenarios

Parameter

Value

Frequency

2.6 GHz

Maximum input power antenna

33 dBm

Antenna gain base station

4 dBi

Antenna gain mobile station

0 dBi

Soft handover gain

0 dB

Feeder loss base station

0 dB

Fade margin

10 dB

Interference margin

2 dB

Receiver signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)

1/3 QPSK = − 1.5 dB

 

1/2 QPSK = 3 dB

 

2/3 QPSK = 10.5 dB

 

1/2 16-QAM = 14 dB

 

2/3 16-QAM = 19 dB

 

1/2 64-QAM = 23 dB

 

2/3 64-QAM = 29.4 dB

Number of used subcarriers

301

Total number of subcarriers

512

Bandwidth

5 MHz

Noise figure mobile station

8 dB

Implementation loss mobile station

0 dB

Shadowing margin

12.3 dB

MIMO gain

0 dB (1 ×1 SISO)

Height mobile station

1.5 m