Research Article

Utility-Based Joint Power Control and Resource Allocation Algorithm for Heterogeneous Cloud Radio Access Network (H-CRAN)

Table 2

Simulation parameters.

Simulation parameterValue

Number of subchannels100
Channel bandwidth100 MHz
Channel modelRayleigh fading
Noise power spectral density-174 (dBm/Hz)
SINR threshold0 dB
Maximum outage probability0.05
Number of resource blocks20
RRH maximum transmission power30 dBm
Constant power of alive RRH6.8 Watts
RRH sleep power4.3 Watts
Constant power of backhaul link13.25 W3
Constant power of fronthaul link13 W
Minimum required data rate of UE512 kbps
Radius of macrocell500 m
Number of RRHs5 - 20
Number of UEs in each cell20-100