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PR,l = Rl2 ξl rl−β P̂l = Rl2 ξl Pl . (2) For each BS, the MGF is
0.4 0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0 0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Carrier SNR (dB) L, Number of Interference Base Stations
Figure 2: Po vs. carrier SNR for Rayleigh and Figure 4: Pc vs. number of interference BSs.
Ricean fading channels with and without lognor-
mal shadowing, L=1 interference source.
ing and shadowing distributions. In addition
1
to providing a new general method for evaluat-
ing the Po which does not impose restrictions
Ric fad
0.9 Rayl fad
Ric fad, shad
0.5
method uses residues or saddle point integration.
0.4
The PA method is valid for both the forward
0.3
and reverse links and does not introduce poten-
0.2
tially large errors due to channel parameter re-
strictions. By including the effects of complex
0.1
0
0 2 4 6
Carrier SNR (dB)
8 10 12
AWGN, we show that the noise cannot be ne-
glected for pico-cellular environments operating
Figure 3: Po vs. carrier SNR for Rayleigh and at low values of carrier SNR.
Ricean fading channels with and without lognor-
mal shadowing, L=3 interference sources.
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