A simple model for DVB and LTE cooperation

Muhammad Moiz Anis (1, 2) , Xavier Lagrange (1, 2) , Ramesh Pyndiah (3, 4)

1 RSM - Département Réseaux, Sécurité et Multimédia
2 REOP - Réseaux d'opérateurs
3 ITI - Département Image et Traitement Information
4 Lab-STICC_TB_CACS_COM

The link budget of a Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) handheld receiver is weak compared to fixed receivers because of its configurational disadvantages. In our proposition, the LTE network helps in resolving the DVB handheld outage by retransmitting the missing DVB sequences to the handheld receivers. Our model analyzes the load over the LTE access network due to the retransmission of the missing sequences of a DVB transmission.We assume a low-definition DVB TV service to be received by each of the handheld terminals. It was found that along with achieving a correct DVB flow using LTE network, it is also possible to save a fair amount of DVB transmission power for a reasonable load over the LTE network. We analyze our model for several different Inter-Site Distances (ISD) among eNodeBs. It is observed that with the smaller ISDs it is possible to further reduce the load over the LTE network.

Mots clés: Coverage DVB-T2 Handheld Television LTE cooperation eNB

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Muhammad Moiz Anis, Xavier Lagrange, Ramesh Pyndiah. A simple model for DVB and LTE cooperation. International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), 2013 IEEE, Jun 2013, London, United Kingdom. pp.1-6, ⟨10.1109/BMSB.2013.6621778⟩. ⟨hal-00881186⟩