01931nas a2200193   4500008004100000245008400041210006900125260002000194300001500214520125800229653000801487653000901495653001801504653000901522100002101531700002201552700002401574856013901598       2009                        eng d00aAn Enhanced Mechanism for Efficient Assignment of Multiple sessions towards LTE0 aEnhanced Mechanism for Efficient Assignment of Multiple sessions  c26 - 30 October  a 384 - 3913 aThe provision of rich multimedia services, such as Mobile TV, is considered of key importance for the Long Term Evolution (LTE) proliferation in mobile market. To this direction, Evolved - Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (E-MBMS) that targets at the efficient delivery of multimedia data from a single source entity to multiple destinations, is envisaged to play an instrumental role during LTE standardization process. However, both LTE and E-MBMS performance are limited by the base station?s transmission power. As an aftermath, efficient power allocation techniques should be implemented so as to ensure the mass provision of multimedia applications to mobile users. This paper proposes a novel mechanism for efficient radio bearer selection during E-MBMS transmissions in LTE networks. The proposed mechanism is based on the concept of transport channels combination in any cell of the network. Most significantly, the mechanism exploits the performance enhancements emerged from Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antennas used in LTE networks and manages to efficiently deliver multiple E-MBMS sessions. The proposed mechanism is thoroughly evaluated and compared with several radio bearer selection mechanisms existing in bibliography.10aLTE10aMBMS10aPower Control10aUMTS1 aBouras, Christos1 aAlexiou, Antonios1 aKokkinos, Vasileios  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/enhanced-mechanism-efficient-assignment-multiple-sessions-towards-lte?language=el