... equal powers. The interference is modeled by considering the effect of intercell interference and intracell interference on the sector of interest in the central cell (denoted as sector 1 in BS ... purpose, the interference from the first tier is taken intoaccount. In this case, for a link of interest in sector 1 in BS 1, the interference will comprise 18 (6 BS× 3 sectors) intercelland 2 intracell ... signal power in sector1inBS1,andPnoise,iis the noise power. For the givenlayout in Figure 3, intracell interference Pintra,i, j, and intercellinterference Pinter,i,jare given by the following...