Capacity Evaluation for IEEE 802.16e Mobile WiMAX

Table 2

Number of subcarriers in PUSC [8].

Parameters	Values
(a) DL
System bandwidth (MHz)	1.25	2.5	5	10	20
FFT size	128	N/A	512	1,024	2,084
number of guard subcarriers	43	N/A	91	183	367
number of used subcarriers	85	N/A	421	841	1,681
number of pilot subcarriers	12	N/A	60	120	240
number of data subcarriers	72	N/A	360	720	140
(b) UL
System bandwidth (MHz)	1.25	2.5	5	10	20
FFT size	128	N/A	512	1,024	2,084
number of guard subcarriers	31	N/A	103	183	367
number of used subcarriers	97	N/A	409	841	1,681