Integration of Broadcast and Broadband in LTE/5G (IMB5) - Experimental Results From the eMBMS Testbeds

Heyn T, Morgade J, Petersen S, Pfaffinger K, Lang E, Hertlein M, Fischer G (2016)


Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2016

Publisher: IEEE

Pages Range: 1-6

Conference Proceedings Title: European Conference on Networks and Communications 2016

Event location: Athen GR

ISBN: 978-1-5090-2893-1

DOI: 10.1109/EuCNC.2016.7561055

Abstract

In this paper, results of the project "Integration of Broadcast and Broadband in LTE/5G" (IMB5) project are described. The IMB5 project explores the LTE-broadcast mode eMBMS within two detailed SFN field trial networks in Erlangen and Munich, Germany and identifies potential improvements of the current broadcasting feature within LTE towards future releases of 4G and 5G. On the User Equipment (UE) side, terminals from Qualcomm and Samsung, based on commercial chipsets have been used mainly for application layer tests. For detailed physical layer tests, two different LTE software-defined-radio platforms based on OpenAirInterface framework and from National Instruments have been set-up to support detailed field experiments with the existing and future extended eMBMS beyond the state-of-the-art in LTE release 12. On the application layer, it is shown in the project, that using LTE eMBMS, a flexible service mix of unicast mobile broadband and broadcast linear TV can be delivered. For country wide deployment of eMBMS single-frequency networks, physical layer waveform modifications like an increased cyclic prefix compared to current LTE standard are recommended.

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APA:

Heyn, T., Morgade, J., Petersen, S., Pfaffinger, K., Lang, E., Hertlein, M., & Fischer, G. (2016). Integration of Broadcast and Broadband in LTE/5G (IMB5) - Experimental Results From the eMBMS Testbeds. In European Conference on Networks and Communications 2016 (pp. 1-6). Athen, GR: IEEE.

MLA:

Heyn, Thomas, et al. "Integration of Broadcast and Broadband in LTE/5G (IMB5) - Experimental Results From the eMBMS Testbeds." Proceedings of the European Conference on Networks and Communications EuCNC, Athen IEEE, 2016. 1-6.

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