Cellular Terrestrial Broadcast—Physical Layer Evolution From 3GPP Release 9 to Release 16

We present the latest developments in the physical layer evolution for the transmission of Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) over fifth generation (5G) cellular networks. We first provide an overview of how the MBMS physical layer has evolved during the initial releases of the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specifications and provide motivations and insights for key developments that have helped mature MBMS into a...