Research Article

Joint Bandwidth and Power Allocation for LTE-Based Cognitive Radio Network Based on Buffer Occupancy

Table 2

Simulation parameters of the model.

ParameterValue

Radio network model
 Pass loss, : distance (km), : carrier frequency (Hz)
 Shadow fadingLog-normal shadow fading with a standard deviation of 10/12 dB for outdoor/indoor users
 Penetration lossThe average building penetration loss is 12 dB with a standard deviation of 8 dB
 Multipath fadingSpatial Channel Model (SCM), Suburban macro
 UE velocity0 km/s
 Transmitter/receiver antenna gain10 dBi (pedestrian), 2 dBi (indoor)
 Receiver antenna gain10 dBi (pedestrian), 2 dBi (indoor)
 Receiver noise figure5 dB
 Thermal noise density−174 dBm/Hz
 Cable/connector/combiner losses2 dB
Physical profile
 Operation modeFDD
 Cyclic prefix typeNormal (7 symbols per slot)
 Evolved packet core (EPC) bearer definitions348 kbit/s (nonguaranteed bit rate)
 Subcarrier spacing15 kHz
Admission control parameters
 Physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) symbols per subframe3
 UL loading factor1
 DL loading factor1
 Inactive bearer timeout20 sec
Buffer status report parameters
 Periodic timer5 subframes
 Retransmission timer2560 subframes
L1/L2 control parameters
 Reserved size2 RBs
 Cyclic shifts6
 Starting RB preserver for Format 1 messages0
 Allocation periodicity5 subframes
Random access (RA) parameters
 Number of preambles64
 Preamble formatFormat 0 (1-subframe long)
 Number of RA resources per frame4
 Preamble retransmission limit5 subframes
 RA response timer5 subframes
 Contention resolution timer40 subframes
HARQ parameters
 Maximal number of retransmissions3 (UL and DL)
 HARQ retransmission timer8 subframes (UL and DL)
 Maximal number of HARQ processes8 per UE (UL and DL)