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Implementation plan of eMBMS in the case of LTE-R

철도통합무선망(LTE-R) 환경에서의 eMBMS 구현방안

  • Park, Min-ju (Engineering Headquarter, Korea Railnetwork Authonity) ;
  • Won, Hong-sun (Department of, Electronic & Communication, Korea Railnetwork Authonity)
  • Received : 2018.04.03
  • Accepted : 2018.05.02
  • Published : 2018.06.30

Abstract

In December 2017, the world's first LTE-R for 250km/h high-speed railway was commercialized with the opening of Wonju-Gangneung high-speed railway. LTE-R has many advantages such as voice and video call, high-speed data transmission, coverage redundancy and DU redundancy. But it requires efficient use of radio resources because of a limited bandwidth of 10MHz for UL and DL, respectively. The existing unicast scheme has limited high frequency efficiency so when the number of users increases, service is limited due to the network load, which could be a problem for LTE-R in terms of stability and reliability. On the other hand, the multicast scheme via eMBMS can provide stable service even if the number of video users is high. This paper derives the number of unicast scheme users considering the LTE-R network with LAB test and calculation result, and proposes implementation plans and considerations for eMBMS commercialization on LTE-R.

2017년 12월 원주~강릉구간 고속철도 개통과 함께 250km/h급 철도통합무선망(LTE-R)이 세계 최초로 상용화되었다. LTE-R은 음성 및 영상 통화, 고속 데이터 전송, 커버리지 이중화 및 DU 이중화 등 많은 장점이 있으나 UL, DL 각 10MHz의 한정된 대역폭을 사용하므로 효율적인 무선자원 활용이 필요하다. 기존의 Unicast 방식은 주파수 효율이 제안적으로 사용자 수가 증가할 경우 망 부하로 인하여 서비스에 제한이 있으며 이는 안정성과 신뢰성을 보장해야 하는 LTE-R 특성 상 큰 문제로 이어질 수도 있다. 반면 eMBMS를 통한 Multicast 방식을 적용하면 영상데이터와 같은 대용량 데이터 전송수가 늘어도 안정적인 서비스 제공이 가능하다. 본 논문에서는 이론전 계산값과 시험을 통해 LTE-R 망 부하를 고려한 Unicast 기반의 사용자 임계수를 도출하고 향후 LTE-R의 eMBMS 상용화 적용을 위한 고려사항을 제시하고자 한다.

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