A novel single-cell transmission scheme for multicast services in LTE-advanced

As the rate of smart phone users increases, the utilization of wireless resources for mobile networks is becoming more important. The 3rd Generation Partnership Program (3GPP) organization has pushed ahead the standardization of broadcasting services in mobile cells for the benefit of every mobile device. In addition, the Long Term Evolution (LTE)-Advanced standardization group provides the concepts of the Enhanced Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (E-MBMS) network architecture using a multi-cell transmission scheme. However a multi-cell transmission scheme demonstrates inefficiency in wireless resource usage in the case of small user group multicasts, such as social broadcasting and personal broadcasting services. Therefore, we propose a novel single-cell transmission scheme for small user group multicast services appropriate for the LTE-advanced system. We design a single-cell transmission scheme and show how the scheme is applied to a test-bed platform of the LTE-advanced system.