Research Article

A Transmit Beamforming and Nulling Approach with Distributed Scheduling to Improve Cell Edge Throughput

Table 1

Simulation parameters summary.

ParametersValues

Cellular layout7 cells or 19 cells, 3 sectors per cell
Inter-site distance1500 m
Fading channelIEEE 802.16m ITU-PEDB and IEEE 802.16m ITU-VEHA
MS speed3 km/h, 10 km/h, 15 km/h, 30 km/h, 60 km/h
BFaNdwidth10 MHz
Number of MS per sector10
Subframe duration2.5 ms
Antenna configuration (2 BS Tx antennae, 2 MS Rx antennae) baseline, (4 BS Tx antennas, 2 MS Rx antennas) for our BFaN