WCDMA downlink capacity of cigar-shaped microcells for long tunnels

In this paper, the Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) downlink capacity and the interference statistics of long tunnel cigar-shaped microcells are analyzed. The hybrid model of propagation is used in the analysis where a model of 10 cigar-shaped microcells is used. The downlink capacity is given for different sector radio R, break point distance Rb and propagation parameters (s and γ). It is found that the effect of changing the value of the propagation parameter s is very small. Also, it is noticed that, increasing the propagation parameter γ will increase the sector downlink. It is found that, the effect of changing the break point distance Rb is quasi null. Finally it is noticed that the imperfect power control reduces the downlink capacity by 4 %.

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