Summary
IEICE Information and Communication Technology Forum
2013
Session Number:COMM5
Session:
Number:COMM5-3
Energy efficiency of video broadcasting services in LTE Heterogeneous Networks
Dragan Rastovac,
pp.-
Publication Date:2013-07-20
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
Significant part of the expected surge for mobile video delivery in upcoming years will be accommodated through video multicasting/broadcasting services. In particular, the evolution of 3GPP Multimedia Broadcasting/Multicasting Service (eM-BMS) is a promising recent step in preparing 4G infrastructure for massive video broadcast. However, 3GPP currently considers only macro-cellular approaches for eMBMS delivery while at the same time, the evolved UMTS Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) is evolving towards small cells deployment following Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets) concepts. In this paper, we consider energy consumption within E-UTRAN as a consequence of transition of video broadcasting service delivery from macrocellular to HetNets layouts. We provide energy efficiency evaluation for different HetNets deployment scenarios under varying system parameters and compare it to the baseline macrocellular eMBMS scenario.