Research Article
User-Centric Energy-Efficient Multimedia Multicast/Broadcast Solutions: A Survey
@ARTICLE{10.4108/ue.2.5.e4, author={Chetna Singhal and Swades De}, title={User-Centric Energy-Efficient Multimedia Multicast/Broadcast Solutions: A Survey}, journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Ubiquitous Environments}, volume={2}, number={5}, publisher={ICST}, journal_a={UE}, year={2015}, month={7}, keywords={Multimedia Multicast/Broadcast, Mobile Communications, Scalable Video Coding, Heterogeneous Users, Energy Saving, Quality of Experience, Resource Allocation}, doi={10.4108/ue.2.5.e4} }- Chetna Singhal
Swades De
Year: 2015
User-Centric Energy-Efficient Multimedia Multicast/Broadcast Solutions: A Survey
UE
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ue.2.5.e4
Abstract
Multimedia multicast/broadcast transmissions provide simultaneous access to a common service to the heterogeneous user equipments (UEs) with different device and channel characteristics. One of the major challenges to the service providers is the exponential growth of energy-constrained UEs. In this context, the optimization of multimedia multicast/broadcast transmissions that consider the constraints imposed by the UEs is a major concern of the service providers to ensure high Quality of Experience levels to the customers with diverse constraints. This paper presents an overview of the multimedia multicast/broadcast challenges and open issues, identifies the main factors and the associated constraints that impact the multimedia transmission, and provides a comprehensive classification, comparison, and analysis of the state-of-the-art user-centric, energy- efficient multimedia multicast/broadcast approaches.
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