WiMAX Network Aided SCIS for Baghdad City: Design and Analysis Using ICS Telecom

Abstract

In this paper, we design and evaluate WiMAX network based on SCIS for application in Baghdad city. To meet users’ demands and QoS, we address design challenges like power control, frequency assignment, antenna height and tilt selection. In our design, three stages of network planning and dimensioning via coverage, interference mitigation, and capacity dimensioning are proposed. ICS Telecom software is used to evaluate our design. Results have shown that our design yields 80% coverage of the Baghdad City with 55% decrease in interfered area and the network covering 1000 subscribers of which 93.4% is based on their QoS requirements.