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Multicasting vs. unicasting in mobile communication systems

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Janne Aaltonen,

Jouni Karvo,

Samuli AaltoAuthors Info & Claims

WOWMOM '02: Proceedings of the 5th ACM international workshop on Wireless mobile multimedia

Pages 104 - 108

https://doi.org/10.1145/570790.570808

Published: 28 September 2002 Publication History

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We evaluate the multicasting gain over unicast in the cellular networks, where cells are engineered for a specific target call blocking probability. Our approach is Monte-Carlo simulation of dynamic multicast connections, and the traditional Engset model for the unicast traffic. We predict the gain given by multicasting by using earlier studied traffic patterns, and conclude that intervention of the network operator is needed to secure a significant multicasting gain.

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WOWMOM '02: Proceedings of the 5th ACM international workshop on Wireless mobile multimedia

September 2002

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ISBN:1581134746

DOI:10.1145/570790

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The University of Texas at Arlington
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The University of Texas at Arlington
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National Research Council, IIT Institute, Italy
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Abdollahpouri AWolfinger B(2012)Multicast Gain for IPTV Transmission in WiMAX Multi-hop Relay NetworksJournal of Networks10.4304/jnw.7.11.1760-17727:11Online publication date: 1-Nov-2012
https://doi.org/10.4304/jnw.7.11.1760-1772
Abdollahpouri AWolfinger BLai J(2010)Unicast versus multicast for live TV delivery in networks with tree topologyProceedings of the 8th international conference on Wired/Wireless Internet Communications10.1007/978-3-642-13315-2_1(1-14)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2010
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Phonphoem ALi-On S(2006)Performance analysis and comparison between multicast and unicast over infrastructure wireless LANProceedings of the Second Asian international conference on Technologies for Advanced Heterogeneous Networks10.1007/11930181_6(75-89)Online publication date: 28-Nov-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/11930181_6

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