On the efficiency of multicasting for IPTV delivery over IEEE 802.16j networks

Author

Abdollahpouri, Alireza ; Wolfinger, Bernd E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. - TKRN, Univ. of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

27-30 June 2011

Firstpage

151

Lastpage

159

Abstract

The main objectives of relaying are to extent coverage area and increase throughput without deploying expensive base stations. Mobile multi-hop relay (MMR), which is an amendment of the current mobile WiMAX standard, provides relaying capabilities. WiMAX could be a leading solution to deliver bandwidth-hungry IPTV services to mobile users, due to characteristics such as: multicast support, wide coverage range, high bandwidth and mobility support. The smallest logical bandwidth allocation unit in OFDMA-based WiMAX, is a slot. In this article, we use the term slot to introduce a new performance criterion, called multicast gain, which can be used for computing multicast efficiency. We analyze multicast transmission for delivery of live TV channels in mobile multi-hop relay networks, and determine the gain of access and relay links in order to quantify the benefits of multicasting. This quantification can be used in access control, resource provisioning or decision support mechanisms in delivery of different TV channels in an IPTV system.

Keywords

IPTV; OFDM modulation; WiMax; bandwidth allocation; frequency division multiple access; mobile radio; multicast communication; IEEE 802.16j networks; IPTV multicasting; OFDMA-based WiMAX; TV channels; access control; bandwidth allocation; bandwidth-hungry IPTV services; decision support mechanisms; mobile WiMAX standard; mobile multihop relay networks; multicast gain; relay links; IEEE 802.16 Standards; IPTV; Mobile communication; Relays; Unicast; WiMAX; IPTV; WiMAX; multicast gain; performance metrics; relay networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Performance Evaluation of Computer & Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS), 2011 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0139-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-61782-309-1

Type

conf

Filename

5984860