Research Article

Dynamic Fractional Frequency Reuse Diversity Design for Intercell Interference Mitigation in Nonorthogonal Multiple Access Multicellular Networks

Table 2

Simulation parameters.

Cell layout19 hexagonal cells, 3 sectors per cell
Cell Radius500 m
Shadowing factorLog-Normal with 8-dB Std. Dev.
Shadowing correlation0.45 (intercell), 1(intracell)
Channel modeling6-tap typical urban (TU6)
Path loss model133.6 + 35 log10 (d[km]) dB
Thermal noise density-174 dBm/Hz
BS transmit power46–50 dBm
System bandwidth20 MHz
Channel bandwidth200 KHz
No. of users30 per cell (10 per sector)
Sub-channels100
(decay factor)0.6
Frequency reuse factor1(center), 1/3(edge)
OMASubcarriers = 64, CP = 1/4, FFT = 64-point
Digital modulation8, 16, 64-PSK
Maximum NOMA User 
Clustering Order2