Practical Performance Measurements of LTE Broadcast (eMBMS) for TV Applications

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
Volume: 128, No. 4, pp. 21–27
Abstract: The 3GPP Release-14 specification has enhanced long-term evolution (LTE) enhanced Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (eMBMS) to enable the provision of television services according to some of the requirements of the broadcasting industry. These improvements include radio interface enhancements, such as support for larger intersite distances in single-frequency network deployments and the introduction of more flexibility including a dedicated eMBMS carrier with 100% broadcast resource allocation. Although the performance of LTE eMBMS has been extensively evaluated by numerical computations, it is crucial to perform laboratory measurements that provide insights into the operation of the system in a practical setup. This paper describes the construction of eMBMS chains within the laboratory to carry out physical-layer measurements within a controlled environment and presents a methodology to measure the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of eMBMS signals (that can time multiplex both unicast and broadcast parts). The SNR thresholds at different modulation and coding schemes are measured independently in the laboratories of the British Broadcasting Corporation Research and Development and Institut für Rundfunktechnik, and the results are compared with the results obtained with numerical evaluations.
Publication Date: 2019-05-01
DOI: 10.5594/JMI.2019.2901188
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279 | Electronic: 2160-2492
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/JMI.2019.2901188
Author(s): David Vargas
Jordi Joan Gimenez
Tom Ellinor
Andrew Murphy
Benjamin Lembke
Khishigbayar Dushchuluun
Keyword(s): 3GPP, Broadcast, Laboratory Tests, Long-term Evolution (LTE) Broadcast, Mobile Broadband, Multicast, TV Applications, Unicast
Copyright: © 2019 SMPTE

Bibliographic Reference(s)

3GPP TS 36.212 v14.4.0, “Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Multiplexing and Channel Coding,” Sept. 2017. EXTERNAL
T. Stockhammer et al., “Enhanced TV Services Over 3GPP MBMS,” presented at IBC 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Sept. 2017. EXTERNAL
3GPP TS 36.213 v14.4.0, “Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical Layer Procedures (Release 14),” Sept. 2017. EXTERNAL
3GPP TS 36.211 v14.4.0, “Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical Channels and Modulation,” Sept. 2017. EXTERNAL
D. Vargas and D. Mi, Eds., “LTE-Advanced Pro Broadcast Radio Access Network Benchmark,” Deliverable D3.1, 5G-PPP 5G-Xcast Project, Nov. 2017. EXTERNAL

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David Vargas, Jordi Joan Gimenez, Tom Ellinor, Andrew Murphy, Benjamin Lembke, and Khishigbayar Dushchuluun; Practical Performance Measurements of LTE Broadcast (eMBMS) for TV Applications, SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal ( Volume: 128, Issue: 4, May 2019); SMPTE, 2019. Available at https://doi.org/10.5594/JMI.2019.2901188

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David Vargas, Jordi Joan Gimenez, Tom Ellinor, Andrew Murphy, Benjamin Lembke, and Khishigbayar Dushchuluun; Practical Performance Measurements of LTE Broadcast (eMBMS) for TV Applications, SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal ( Volume: 128, Issue: 4, May 2019); SMPTE, 2019
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