Uplink Resource Allocation for Interference Mitigation in Two-Tier Femtocell Networks

Table 1

Simulation parameters.

Macro cell coverage	700 m
Femtocell coverage	20 m
Number of femto BSs (K)	50
Number of macro MSs (M)	15
Number of femto MSs in femto BSk ()	2
System bandwidth of macro BS (W)	5 MHz
System bandwidth of femto BS ()	1 Hz
Distance between macro BS and outer femto BS	600 m
Number of time slots (N)	5
Target SINR of macro MSs	10 dB
Target SINR of femto MSs	10, 20 dB
Max TX power of MSs	23 dBm
External wall loss of femtocells	10 dB