Performance Evaluation of 5G Millimeter-Wave Cellular Access Networks Using a Capacity-Based Network Deployment Tool

Table 4

Simulation results (95 percentile).

Beamforming	Scenario	PC [kW]	# BS [−]	Served users [%]	Area coverage [%]	Network capacity [Mbps]	Energy efficiency [km^2⋅Mbps/W]
No beamforming	4G_ref	46.5	33	98.8	98.2	449.5	14.6
	5G_II.a	24.1	92	96.5	45.9	1032.6	30.6
Digital beamforming	5G_II.b_8x1	20.9	77	98.7	65.6	863.5	53.9
	5G_II.b_16x1	19.7	70	99.6	70.4	784	42.6
	5G_II.b_32x1	18.9	62	100	75.5	694.4	42.6
	5G_II.b_64x1	20.3	58	100	78.5	649.6	38.5
	5G_II.b_256x1	27.9	45	100	80.9	505.1	22.5
	5G_II.c_8x4	17.4	64	100	85.2	717.9	53.9
	5G_II.c_16x4	16.2	57	100	79.6	640.6	48.4
	5G_II.c_32x4	15.8	52	100	81.6	582.4	46
	5G_II.c_64x4	15.7	45	100	86.2	504	42.3
	5G_II.c_256x4	21.9	35	100	91.4	394.2	25.1
Analog beamforming	5G_II.b_8x1	21.7	83	96	58.1	929.6	36.7
	5G_II.b_16x1	20.9	80	98.7	64.1	897.1	41.6
	5G_II.b_32x1	19.3	74	99.6	69.4	825.4	45.4
	5G_II.b_64x1	17.1	65	100	72.8	729.1	47.7
	5G_II.b_256x1	13.9	53	100	81.2	593.6	53
	5G_II.c_8x4	18.6	71	99.6	68.6	796.3	44.9
	5G_II.c_16x4	16.2	62	100	73.0	695.5	47.9
	5G_II.c_32x4	14.7	56	100	76.5	628.3	50.2
	5G_II.c_64x4	13.4	51	100	81.1	571.2	53.2
	5G_II.c_256x4	11.1	42	100	81.9	470.4	56.6
Hybrid beamforming	5G_II.b_8x1	22.1	83	96.5	58.2	930.7	36.3
	5G_II.b_16x1	20.7	78	98.7	65.3	874.7	41.6
	5G_II.b_32x1	18.9	71	99.1	69.2	796.3	44.4
	5G_II.b_64x1	17.3	65	100	73.3	729.1	47.3
	5G_II.b_256x1	13.6	51	100	80.4	571.2	51.7
	5G_II.c_8x4	19.1	72	99.1	68.2	807.5	43.8
	5G_II.c_16x4	17.8	67	100	73.2	751.5	47.3
	5G_II.c_32x4	15.4	58	100	76.9	650.7	49.8
	5G_II.c_64x4	14.1	53	100	80	594.7	51.7
	5G_II.c_256x4	11.1	38	100	80.6	470.4	52.6