Research Article

A Fast Self-Planning Approach for Fractional Uplink Power Control Parameters in LTE Networks

Table 1

Simulation parameters.

Parameters Settings

Carrier bandwidth 10 MHz (50 PRBs)
Carrier frequency 2 GHz
Cell layout 7 eNBs, 21 sectors, regular grid (40 m resolution)
Distance attenuation COST 231 [36]
Thermal noise density −174 dBm/Hz
Cell radius 1.5 km (3 km intersite distance)
eNB antenna height 30 m
eNB antenna tilt
eNB antenna pattern and gain 3GPP ideal [37]
Max. UE transmit power 23 dBm
Path-loss compensation factor, (0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1)
Cell load 100%
Traffic model Full buffer