An Energy Efficient Resource Allocation Scheme for RLNC-based Heterogeneous Multicast Communications

We propose a energy efficient resource allocation framework suitable for multicast service delivery over 3GPP’s LTE-A SFN-eMBMS networks. A key aspect of the considered system model is that multicast communications are delivered according to the RLNC principle. The proposed optimization framework aims at minimizing the transmission energy associatedto the delivery of a set of multicast flows. The goal is achieved by jointly optimizing the transmission power and RLNC scheme of each flow. Furthermore, we present an heuristic strategy that can efficiently find a good quality feasible solution of the presented resource allocation model.