Enhancement of MBMS through Macro Diversity Schemes in a Microcell Environment

Nuno Pratas, António Rodrigues

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Abstract

The third generation partnership project has defined for its 6th release of the universal mobile telecommunications system a new service known as multimedia broadcast multicast service. It satisfies the bandwidth and quality of service requirements of real-time streaming services, by taking advantage on the radio and network interface of the proprieties of a broadcast/multicast system. In this paper we present an analysis on several macro diversity combining schemes, such as selective, maximum ratio, and switched combining in a microcell environment. These schemes take advantage of point to multipoint transmission across the network to reduce the required power, allowing for more bandwidth to be available in the cell/band.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWireless Communication Systems, 2007. ISWCS 2007. 4th International Symposium on
PublisherIEEE
Publication date2007
Pages727-731
ISBN (Print)978-1-4244-0978-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

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