Non-orthogonal multiple access in large-scale heterogeneous networks
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Accepted version
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Author(s)
Liu, Yuanwei
Qin, Zhijin
Elkashlan, Maged
Nallanathan, Arumugam
McCann, Julie A
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
In this paper, the potential benefits of applying non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technique in K -tier hybrid heterogeneous networks (HetNets) is explored. A promising new transmission framework is proposed, in which NOMA is adopted in small cells and massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is employed in macro cells. For maximizing the biased average received power for mobile users, a NOMA and massive MIMO based user association scheme is developed. To evaluate the performance of the proposed framework, we first derive the analytical expressions for the coverage probability of NOMA enhanced small cells. We then examine the spectrum efficiency of the whole network by deriving exact analytical expressions for NOMA enhanced small cells and a tractable lower bound for massive MIMO enabled macro cells. Finally, we investigate the energy efficiency of the hybrid HetNets. Our results demonstrate that: 1) the coverage probability of NOMA enhanced small cells is affected to a large extent by the targeted transmit rates and power sharing coefficients of two NOMA users; 2) massive MIMO enabled macro cells are capable of significantly enhancing the spectrum efficiency by increasing the number of antennas; 3) the energy efficiency of the whole network can be greatly improved by densely deploying NOMA enhanced small cell base stations; and 4) the proposed NOMA enhanced HetNets transmission scheme has superior performance compared with the orthogonal multiple access-based HetNets.
Date Issued
2017-12-01
Date Acceptance
2017-05-22
Citation
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2017, 35 (12), pp.2667-2680
ISSN
0733-8716
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Start Page
2667
End Page
2680
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Volume
35
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Telecommunications
Engineering
HetNets
massive MIMO
NOMA
user association
stochastic geometry
MASSIVE-MIMO
HETNETS
5G
ASSOCIATION
PERFORMANCE
SYSTEMS
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
Washington, DC
Date Publish Online
2017-07-17