@conference {4118,
	title = {Utilization of Hybrid Access Femtocells During Multicast Transmissions in Mobile Networks},
	booktitle = {European Conference on Networks and Communications, Athens, Greece},
	year = {2016},
	month = {June 27 - 30},
	pages = {190-194},
	abstract = {<p class="rtejustify">Femtocells enhance indoor coverage of mobile services using the owner{\textquoteright}s broadband connection. They were initially designed to serve a number of subscribed User Equipments within their range. This design however, resulted in underutilization of the femtocells resources, and simultaneously in high interference levels for nearby non-subscribed users. Nowadays, femtocells can support multicast transmissions, while their hybrid operation allows non-subscribed users to use a portion of their resources. In this paper we propose a novel mechanism that is based on the selection of the appropriate Modulation and Coding Scheme. The mechanism allows non-subscribed users to utilize a portion of the femtocells{\textquoteright} resources for multicast transmissions when located inside their coverage, without affecting the owners{\textquoteright} satisfaction. The simulation results show that depending on the portion of the femtocells{\textquoteright} resources allocated to non-subscribed users, the mechanism may significantly increase the average user throughput.</p>
},
	author = {Christos Bouras and Nikolaos Kanakis and Vasileios Kokkinos and Nikolaos Papachristos and Demosthenes Vouyioukas}
}
