Title :
On enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast service for 4G
Author :
Reis, C. ; Correia, Aldina ; Souto, Nuno ; Marques da Silva, M.
Author_Institution :
ISCTE-Inst. Univ. de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract :
The enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast service (eMBMS) was originally introduced in long term evolution (LTE) release 9 and has been improved in releases 10 and 11. The goal of eMBMS is to improve the coverage of high data rates and cell-edge throughput of broadcast services. In this paper we analyze this service that in spite of not being widely deployed has received increased importance due to the availability of new smart phones and tablet devices creating conditions to become eMBMS more attractive. The performance results indicate that the use of soft frequency reuse in single frequency network is essential for improving eMBMS throughput and coverage.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; 4G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; broadcast communication; frequency allocation; multicast communication; multimedia communication; smart phones; telecommunication services; 4G networks; LTE; Long Term Evolution; broadcast services; cell-edge throughput coverage improvement; eMBMS coverage improvement; eMBMS throughput improvement; enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast service; high data rate coverage improvement; single frequency network; smart phones; soft frequency reuse; tablet devices; Geometry; Interference; Multimedia communication; OFDM; Signal to noise ratio; TV; Throughput; 3GPP LTE; SFN; Soft Frequency Reuse; eMBMS;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications (ICT), 2014 21st International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5139-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICT.2014.6845105
