Spectral Efficiency Analysis for Uplink Multicell Massive MIMO Cellular Communication System under Fading Channels

Table 1

Simulation parameters.

Parameter description	Parameters
Cell type	Macro cell covers
Cell coverage area
UE to BS| separation distance	35 m
Carrier frequency	2 GHz
Linear detector	Zero forcing combining (ZF)
Channel estimators	MMSE, EW-MMSE, LS
Channel path loss model	Log-normal model
Path loss exponent	3.7 for urban environment
Number of cells	19
Number of BS antennas
Pilot reuse factor
Shadow fading standard deviation	for LOS, for NLOS
Number of UEs per cell
Samples per coherence block	200, 300, 400, 500, 800
Uplink transmit power	0.1 Watt
Receiver noise power	−94 dB (thermal noise + noise figure
Channel gain at 1 km	−148.1 dBs
Bandwidth	20 MHz
Number of uplink pilot sequence	for universal pilot reuse
	if pilot reuse factor is greater than one