A preliminary coverage study in millimeter wave bands for 5G communication networks

In this paper, we make a preliminary coverage study for base stations (BS) in millimeter wave bands based on recently proposed propagation models. More specifically, we compute the cell radius and the coverage area of a future fifth generation (5G) cellular network based on the Close-In (CI) and the Alpha-Beta-Gamma (ABG) radio propagation models. Also, the required base station density is calculated corresponding to urban, suburban and rural regions.