Research Article

Nonoverlay Heterogeneous Network Planning for Energy Efficiency

Table 2

Parameters for path loss models.

Urban macrocell Urban microcell

(receiver sensitivity)−120 dBm(receiver sensitivity)−120 dBm 
(carrier frequency in GHz) 2.4 GHz(carrier frequency in GHz) 2.4 GHz 
(base station antenna height) 25 m(base station antenna height) 10 m 
(user terminal antenna height) 1.5 m (user terminal antenna height) 1.5 m 
(effective BS antenna height) 24 m (effective BS antenna height) 9 m 
(effective UT antenna height) 0.5 m (effective UT antenna height) 0.5 m 
(break point distance) m(break point distance) m
(average building height) 20 m 
(street width) 20 m