Technoeconomical Analysis of Macrocell and Femtocell Based HetNet under Different Deployment Constraints

Table 7

CAPEX and OPEX costs for different base station types.

CAPEX (initial costs)	Macrocell BS	Femtocell AP
Base station equipment	10 k	0.1 k
Site deployment cost	5 k	0 k
Total CAPEX	15 k	0.1 k
OPEX (running costs)	Macrocell BS	Femtocell AP
Site rent (lease)	5 k/year	0 k/year
Backhaul cost	5.5 k/year	0.5 k/year
Operation and maintenance	3.5 k/year	0 k/year
Total OPEX	14 k/year	0.5 k/year