01909nas a2200193   4500008004100000245009500041210006900136260002000205300001500225520121000240653000901450653001801459653000901477100002101486700002201507700002401529700002201553856014001575       2008                        eng d00aA Novel Mechanism for Radio Capacity Maximization during MBMS transmission in B3G Networks0 aNovel Mechanism for Radio Capacity Maximization during MBMS tran  c27 - 31 October  a 185 - 1923 aThis paper proposes a novel mechanism for efficient power
control during multicast transmissions in Beyond 3rd Generation
(B3G) mobile networks. The mechanism utilizes optimally the
available power resources of Universal Mobile
Telecommunication System (UMTS) base stations, resulting to
network capacity maximization. The proposed mechanism is
based on the concept of transport channels combination (point-topoint
and/or point-to-multipoint radio bearers) in any cell/sector
of the network in which Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service
(MBMS) users are residing. In particular, the transport channel
combination that minimizes the transmission power of the base
station is selected for the transmission of the MBMS traffic to the
corresponding cell. The mechanism is evaluated through several
realistic scenarios and the results indicate the ability of the
mechanism to utilize optimally the radio resources of the network.
Furthermore, our approach is compared with several power
control mechanisms existing in the bibliography, including the 3rd
Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) approaches (presented in
3GPP TS 25.346 and 3GPP TR 25.922), in order to highlight the
enhancements that it provides10aMBMS10aPower Control10aUMTS1 aBouras, Christos1 aAlexiou, Antonios1 aKokkinos, Vasileios1 aRekkas, Evangelos  uhttps://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/novel-mechanism-radio-capacity-maximization-during-mbms-transmission-b3g-networks