) the noise power per Hertz at the re- ceiver input. Note that (h) is logarithmic units and (H) is linear units. (i), (I) Receiver Interference Density (I (dBm/Hz)) the interference power per Hertz at the receiver front end. This corresponds to the in-band interference power di- vided by the system bandwidth. Note that (i) is logarithmic units and (I) is linear units. Receiver interference density I for a forward link is the interference power per Hertz at the MS receiver located at the edge of coverage, in an interior cell. Total Effective Noise Plus Interference Density (dBm/Hz) the logarithmic sum of the receiver noise density and the receiver noise figure and the arithmetic sum with the receiver interference density. (k) Information Rate (10log(Rb)) (dBHz) the channel bit rate in (dBHz); the choice of Rb must be consistent with the Eb assumptions. (1) Required E/(No+Io) (dB) the ratio between the received energy per information bit to the total effective noise and interference power density needed to satisfy qual- ity objectives. (m) Receiver Sensitivity (j+k+1) (dBm) the signal level needed at the receiver input that just satisfies the required Eb/(No + I). (n) Hand-off Gain/Loss (dB) the gain/loss factor (+) brought by hand-off to main- tain specified reliability at the boundary. (o) Explicit Diversity Gain (dB) the effective gain achieved using diversity tech- niques. If the diversity gain has been included in the Eb/(No + Io) specification, it should not be included here. (o') Other Gain (dB) additional gains, e.g. Space Diversity Multiple Access (SDMA) may provide an excess antenna gain. (p) Log-Normal Fade Margin (dB) defined at the cell boundary for isolated cells corresponds to the margin required to provide a specified coverage availability over the individual cells. (q) Maximum Path Loss (dB) the maximum loss that permits minimum SRTT per- formance at the cell boundary. Maximum path loss = d1 - m + (e-f) +0+0 +n - (r) Maximum Range, Rmax (km) computed for each deployment scenario it is given by the 