5G Streaming: IP-based vs. High-Power High-Tower broadcast

The new generation of the cellular communication (5G) presents a highly flexible and scalable network that is designed to connect virtually everyone and everything including machines, objects, and devices.This new generation is expected to handle ultra-high-definition video streaming and provide multimedia services in an efficient way to meet the users’ expectation. In particular, 5G Broadcast has a wide application in facilitating the distribution of audiovisual media content when covering popular live events with large audience. Broadcasting in 5G can be accomplished using either a high-power high-tower (HPHT) transmitter or IP-based streaming.In this paper, we evaluated the Quality of Experience (QoE) for different broadcasting configurations. QoE is calculated from packet loss and delay parameters. A range of scenarios are simulated in MATLAB. The results demonstrate that the deployment of HPHT base stations reduces delays and packet loss rate, and the QoE is improved.