MBSFN
MBMS over a Single Frequency Network

MBSFN, as the title suggests, describes the delivery of MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services) over a radio network which is synchronised in order to minimise interference. The technique allows a group of cells to transmit the same multicast content utilizing the same radio sub-carriers, which essentially means a group of cells all appear as one large cell since the content transmitted from each individual cell is identical (and synchronized).

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