Resource allocation and cluster formation for imperfect NOMA in DL/UL decoupled hetnets

Abdulkadir Celik*, Redha M. Radaydeh, Fawaz S. Al-Qahtani, Ahmed H.Abd El-Malek, Mohamed Slim Alouini

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Abstract

Being capable of serving multiple users with the same radio resource, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) can provide desirable performance enhancements in a fair and spectral efficient manner. In this paper, we investigate the resource allocation (RA) and cluster formation (CF) aspects of NOMA for downlink (DL) uplink (UL) decoupled (DUDe) heterogeneous networks (HetNets). A non-ideal NOMA scheme is considered with power disparity and sensitivity constraints (PDSCs), delay tolerance, and residual interference after cancellation. Taking the PDSCs into account, we analytically show that using the DL decoding order limits UL-NOMA performance by that of OMA, while employing an inverse order result in a performance gain that is mainly determined by the channel gain disparity of users. Thereafter, a generic CF method is proposed for any type of user graph, which iteratively forms clusters using Blossom algorithm. Finally, highly non-convex RA problem is converted into a convex form by employing geometric programming (GP) where power and bandwidth are optimized to maximize network sumrate and max-min fairness objectives.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2017 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2017 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-6
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538639207
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2 2017
Event2017 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GC 2017 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: Dec 4 2017Dec 8 2017

Publication series

Name2017 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2017 - Proceedings
Volume2018-January

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GC 2017
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period12/4/1712/8/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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