On the Coverage Extension and Capacity Enhancement of Inband Relay Deployments in LTE-Advanced Networks

Table 2

Simulation Parameters.

Parameter	Value
System Parameters
Carrier Frequency	2 GHz
Bandwidth	10 MHz
Highest Modulation Scheme	64-QAM (R = 9/10)
Penetration Loss	20 dB on eNB-UE and RN-UE links
Bandwidth Efficiency	0.88
SINR Efficiency	1.25
Thermal Noise PSD	−174 dBm/Hz
SINR lower bound	−7 dB
eNB Parameters
eNB Transmit Power	46 dBm
eNB Elevation	32 m
eNB Antenna Gain	14 dBi
eNB Antenna Configuration	Tx-2, Rx-2
eNB Noise Figure	5 dB
eNB Antenna Pattern	𝐴(θ) = −min[12 (θ/𝜃3dB)^2, 𝐴m]
	Θ3dB = 70^∘ and 𝐴m = 25 dB
UE Parameters
UE Antenna Configuration	Tx-1, Rx-2
UE Antenna Gain	0 dBi
UE Height	1.5 m
UE Noise Figure	9 dB
Relay Node Parameters
RN Transmit Power	30 dBm
RN Elevation	5 m
RN Antenna Configuration	Tx-2, Rx-2
RN-eNB Antenna Gain	7 dBi
RN-UE Antenna Gain	5 dBi
RN Antenna Pattern	Omni-directional
RN Noise Figure	5 dB