Research Article

Optimal Low-Power Design of a Multicell Multiuser Massive MIMO System at 3.7 GHz for 5G Wireless Networks

Table 6

Open exhibition: simulation results (95 percentile).

Pilot reuse pattern MIMO Config# BS  
[-]
P.C.   
[kW]
BS Capacity  
[Mbps]
Energy Efficiency  
[]
Multiplexing  
gain

4G LTE3346.50449.4814.57-

116x1351.3425451.173794.616.2
32x1291.3721199.364197.217.66
64x1221.4316047.674196.4110.18
128x1171.7112411.793575.0313.18
256x1132.249497.502789.8317.23

316x1351.3496227.313755.196.13
32x1291.3781049.584186.207.69
64x1221.4362368.934208.0810.18
128x1161.6145835.203777.0214.00
256x1122.0834926.362980.7318.51

716x1351.3457994.013764.666.17
32x1281.3349624.494342.377.94
64x1221.4341114.074257.1510.18
128x1171.7233582.193567.6613.1
256x1132.2426645.742771.6817.23