Enhanced MBMS in UMTS Networks and Raptor Codes

Author

Hepsaydir, Erol ; Witvoet, Emmanuel ; Binucci, Nicola ; Jadhav, Sachin

Author_Institution

Hutchison Whampoa Eur., Maidenhead

fYear

2007

fDate

3-7 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

H3G is one of the first operators who launched a nationwide 3G UMTS network in Europe in 2003 to offer voice, video and data services to its customers. Every year an increased data traffic usage has been observed in the network. In order to deliver data services to the customers more efficiently, H3G has started to focus on new features which have been standardised in 3GPP and the challenges ahead. That is why H3G became one of the early drivers for multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) feature which was specified in 3GPP Re16. This paper will analyse through simulations some of the 3GPP Re16/7 MBMS radio features and Systematic Raptor Forward Error Coding (FEC) performance in order to deploy an optimum MBMS service from an operator´s view point.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; forward error correction; multicast communication; multimedia communication; telecommunication traffic; 3G UMTS network; 3GPP; H3G; MBMS; Raptor codes; data services; data traffic usage; multimedia broadcast multicast services; systematic Raptor forward error coding; 3G mobile communication; Digital multimedia broadcasting; Diversity reception; Europe; Multimedia communication; Radio broadcasting; Radio control; Resource management; Streaming media; Unicast;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2007. PIMRC 2007. IEEE 18th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Athens

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1144-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1144-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2007.4394642

Filename

4394642