Research Article

The Potential of Massive-MIMO on TV Towers for Cellular Coverage Extension

Table 2

Summary of used parameters.

Base station antenna gain0 dBi
Terminal antenna gain6 dBi
Base station receiver noise figure9 dB
Terminal receiver noise figure9 dB
Nominal noise temperature300 K
Radiated uplink power per terminal31 dBm (Class-1 HPUE)
Total radiated downlink power51.7 dBm (150 W)
Carrier frequency700, 1800, 3500 MHz
Spectral BW20 MHz
Density (number of households per km2)0.15 [20]
Terminal mobility2 km/hr
Coherence BW1000 kHz
Shadow fading standard deviation8 dB
Shadow fading diversityOne antenna, best of two antennas
Path loss modelEricsson 9999
Terminal antenna height8 m
Base station antenna height250 m (antenna array with length of 2x (in meter) is mounted on the height between and (in meter))