An Analytical Approach for Performance Evaluation of Hybrid (Broadcast/Mobile) Networks

Author

Heuck, Christoph

Author_Institution

Inst. fuer Nachrichtentechnik, Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Volume

56

Issue

1

fYear

2010

fDate

3/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

9

Lastpage

18

Abstract

The broadcast network consisting of DVB-H and IP Datacast enables an efficient transport of multimedia content like for example audio and video files to small battery-powered devices. More precisely, DVB-H specifies the physical layer and IP Datacast complements DVB-H with the higher protocol layers to form a complete end-to-end system. Additionally, IP Datacast supports the usage of a mobile network (e.g. UMTS). A network using a broadcast and a mobile network jointly for data transmission is called a hybrid (broadcast/mobile) network. In this paper an analytical description of such a hybrid network is derived. Based on this model the performance of hybrid networks is discussed.

Keywords

data communication; digital video broadcasting; mobile radio; protocols; DVB-H; IP datacast; broadcast network; data transmission; end-to-end system; higher protocol layers; hybrid broadcast/mobile networks; performance evaluation; small battery-powered devices; Content management; Data communication; Digital multimedia broadcasting; Digital video broadcasting; Multimedia communication; Performance analysis; Physical layer; Protocols; Queueing analysis; Resource management;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9316

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBC.2009.2039689

Filename

5406037