Research Article

MBMS—IP Multicast/Broadcast in 3G Networks

Table 5

Radio network simulation parameters.

Spectrum allocation10 MHz
Base station power40 W
Propagation 35.3 37.6* , distance in meters (includes  dB penetration loss)
14  transmitter antenna gain: 8 dB log-normal shadowing
Inter-site distance500 to 4000 m (varied)
Modulation and coding schemesDepending on intersite distance, QPSK, 16QAM, or 64QAM, and turbo coding