(Cli share the sme denne Figure 1: Cellular system using cluster size N = 3. 4) Contribution of co-channel base stations in each tier to the total co- channel interference received at the mobile, and SIR at the mobile ‘The contribution of co-channel base stations in the t-th tier to the total co channel interferonce is the sum of the interference signals fros thove bave sts- tions, received at the mobile Ho Sng, (2) z where PM is the received power at the mobile, from the k-th base station ia the t-th tier, given by * aon (a) - @ {! is the distance between the mobile aad the k-th base station in the t-th tier. In this problem, we assume that the mobile is located at the cell boundary (worst case situation), where it receives the weakest desired signal from its serving base station. Figure 1 shows the location of base stations and the mobile, for cluster ‘size N = 3. Tables 5 through 7 show the location of the co-channel base stations in the first three tiers for cluster sizes NV = 1,3,4 and 7. ‘The total interference at the mobile is, therefore, ray Sag. a i i ‘Table 1 shows JY normalized with P./R°, for each tier, and path loss exponents n=, Sand 4 and clustersizes N = 1,34 and 7. 2