RTOP: optimal user grouping and SFN clustering for multiple eMBMS video sessions

dc.contributor.authorKhalid, Ahmed
dc.contributor.authorZahran, Ahmed H.
dc.contributor.authorSreenan, Cormac J.
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-16T11:27:04Z
dc.date.available2019-07-16T11:27:04Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.date.updated2019-07-16T11:19:54Z
dc.description.abstractEvolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (eMBMS) is a 3GPP standard that improves the utilization of scarce wireless resources and the quality of the received content. eMBMS uses a Single Frequency Network (SFN) to transmit real-time videos over synchronized resources across neighboring base stations (eNBs) and allows users to share wireless spectrum across multiple cell sites. However the user with the worst channel condition and the eNB with the least available resources limit the throughput of a session. To overcome such limitations, the SFN can be divided into non-overlapping clusters of eNBs and in each cluster users can be split into groups. We formulate an optimization problem that maximizes an operator-defined utility for multiple eMBMS sessions served at multiple bitrates by choosing the optimal set of SFN clusters and user groups for each session. We propose an algorithm, RTOP, that finds the optimal or a near-optimal solution in real-time regardless of the number of eMBMS users. Our extensive simulations indicate that, in comparison to state-of-the-art schemes, RTOP improves the system utility and average user bitrate by up to 14% and 90% respectively. Additionally, we show that the utility of RTOP always stays within a 1% gap from the optimal solution.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationKhalid, A., Zahran, A. H. and Sreenan, C. J. (2019) 'RTOP: optimal user grouping and SFN clustering for multiple eMBMS video sessions', IEEE INFOCOM 2019 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, Paris, France, 29 April-2 May, pp. 433-441. doi: 10.1109/INFOCOM.2019.8737643en
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/INFOCOM.2019.8737643en
dc.identifier.eissn2641-9874
dc.identifier.endpage441en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-7281-0515-4
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-7281-0516-1
dc.identifier.issn0743-166X
dc.identifier.startpage433en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8170
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)en
dc.relation.ispartofIEEE INFOCOM 2019 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Investigator Programme/13/IA/1892/IE/An Internet Infrastructure for Video Streaming Optimisation (iVID)/en
dc.relation.urihttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8737643
dc.relation.urihttps://infocom2019.ieee-infocom.org/
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dc.subject3G mobile communicationen
dc.subjectBroadcast communicationen
dc.subjectCellular radioen
dc.subjectMulticast communicationen
dc.subjectOptimisationen
dc.subjectRadio spectrum managementen
dc.subjectVideo streamingen
dc.subjectScarce wireless resource utilizationen
dc.subjectMultiple eMBMS video sessionsen
dc.subjectEvolved multimedia broadcast multicast serviceen
dc.subjectNeighboring base stationsen
dc.subjectSingle frequency networken
dc.subject3GPP standarden
dc.subjectSFN clusteringen
dc.subjectOptimal user groupingen
dc.subjectAverage user bitrateen
dc.subjectSystem utilityen
dc.subjecteMBMS usersen
dc.subjectRTOPen
dc.subjectSFN clustersen
dc.subjectMultiple bitratesen
dc.subjectOperator-defined utilityen
dc.subjectOptimization problemen
dc.subjectCluster usersen
dc.subjectWorst channel conditionen
dc.subjectMultiple cell sitesen
dc.subjectWireless spectrumen
dc.subjecteNBen
dc.subjectReal-time videosen
dc.subjectBit rateen
dc.subjectStreaming mediaen
dc.subjectUnicasten
dc.subjectOptimizationen
dc.subjectReal-time systemsen
dc.titleRTOP: optimal user grouping and SFN clustering for multiple eMBMS video sessionsen
dc.typeConference itemen
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