Novel Handover Optimization with a Coordinated Contiguous Carrier Aggregation Deployment Scenario in LTE-Advanced Systems

Table 3

Simulation parameters [16–22].

Parameter	Assumption
Cellular layout	Hexagonal grid, 61 hexagonal cells, 3 sectors per cell, 2 CCs per sector
Minimum distance between UE and eNB	≥35 meters
Total eNB TX power	46 dBm per CC
Shadowing standard deviation	8 dB
White noise power density ()	−174 dBm/Hz
eNBs noise figure	5 dB
Thermal noise power	dB
UE noise figure	9 dB
Operation carrier bandwidth	20 MHz for each, carrier PCC and SCC
Total system bandwidth	40 MHz (2CCs × 20MHz)
Number of PRBs/CCs	100 PRB/CC
Number subcarriers/RBs	12 subcarriers per RB
Number of OFDM symbols per subframe	7
Subcarrier spacing	15 kHz
Resource block bandwidth	180 kHz
_rxlevmin	−101.5 dB
Measurement interval	50 ms for PCC and SCC
Time-to-Trigger (TTT) range	0 to 5120 ms
HO margin	Selected adaptively [dB]
Each -interface delay	10 ms
Each eNB process delay	10 ms
T310	10 s
	2 seconds