Performance Study of Uplink and Downlink Splitting in Ultradense Highly Loaded Networks

Table 2

Simulation parameters.

	Synthetic scenario	Realistic scenario
Operation frequency	1.8 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bandwidth	20 MHz (100 PRBs)	20 MHz (100 PRBs)
Deployment	54 macros, 221 picos	51 macros, 221 picos
User distribution	7000 (uniformly distributed)	7000 (outdoors)
Scheduler	Round Robin	Round Robin
Simulation time	1000 ms	1000 ms
Path loss calculation	3GPP LTE Urban model	3D ray tracing
Maximum TX power	Macro = 46 dBm	Macro = 46 dBm
	Pico = 30 dBm	Pico = 30 dBm
	UE = 20 dBm	UE = 20 dBm
Antenna system	Macro: 2 × 2	Macro: 2 × 2
	Pico: 2 × 2	Pico: 2 × 2
Antenna gain	Macro: 18 dBi	Macro: 18 dBi
	Pico: 2 dBi	Pico: 2 dBi
UEs mobility	Pedestrian (3 km/h)	Pedestrian (3 km/h)
Supported UL modulation schemes	QPSK	QPSK
	16 QAM	16 QAM
	64 QAM	64 QAM