Research Article
Assessing IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.16 as Backhauling Technologies for 3G Small Cells in Rural Areas of Developing Countries
Table 4
WiMAX model and simulation parameters.
| | Parameter | Description | Value (std.) | Value (exper.) |
| | Air propagation time | | — | | N | Subcarriers | 256 | — | | Subcarriers used for data | 192 | — | | B | Channel bandwidth | — | 10 MHz | | Sampling factor | — | 144/125 | | Cyclic prefix length | 1/32 to 1/4 | 1/4 | | Frame duration | 2.5 to 20 ms | 2.5 ms | | Transmit/receive transition gap | — | 100 μs | | Receive/transmit transition gap | — | 100 μs | | Fraction of time for downlink | — | 0.5 | | (Modulation order, coding rate) | − | — | | Ranging op. Duration (OFDM symbols) | To | | | Maximum transmission unit | bytes | 1400 bytes |
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