A Survey of Downlink Non-orthogonal Multiple Access for 5G Wireless Communication Networks

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has been recognized as a promising multiple access technique for the next generation cellular communication networks. In this paper, we first discuss a simple NOMA model with two users served by a single-carrier simultaneously to illustrate its basic principles. Then, a more general model with multicarrier serving an arbitrary number of users on each subcarrier is also discussed. An overview of existing works on performance analysis, resource allocation, and multiple-input multiple-output NOMA are summarized and discussed. Furthermore, we discuss the key features of NOMA and its potential research challenges.

[1]  H. Vincent Poor,et al.  Design of Massive-MIMO-NOMA With Limited Feedback , 2015, IEEE Signal Processing Letters.

[2]  Muhammad Ali Imran,et al.  Receiver and resource allocation optimization for uplink NOMA in 5G wireless networks , 2015, 2015 International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS).

[3]  Jeffrey G. Andrews,et al.  Seven ways that HetNets are a cellular paradigm shift , 2013, IEEE Communications Magazine.

[4]  Derrick Wing Kwan Ng,et al.  Analysis and Design of Secure Massive MIMO Systems in the Presence of Hardware Impairments , 2016, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

[5]  Jeffrey G. Andrews,et al.  Femtocells: Past, Present, and Future , 2012, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

[6]  H. Vincent Poor,et al.  Cooperative Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in 5G Systems , 2015, IEEE Communications Letters.

[7]  Anass Benjebbour,et al.  System-level performance of downlink NOMA for future LTE enhancements , 2013, 2013 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps).

[8]  Derrick Wing Kwan Ng,et al.  Power-Efficient Resource Allocation for MC-NOMA with Statistical Channel State Information , 2016, 2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM).

[9]  H. Vincent Poor,et al.  A General MIMO Framework for NOMA Downlink and Uplink Transmission Based on Signal Alignment , 2015, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

[10]  Muhammad Ali Imran,et al.  Uplink non-orthogonal multiple access for 5G wireless networks , 2014, 2014 11th International Symposium on Wireless Communications Systems (ISWCS).

[11]  Huiling Jiang,et al.  Considerations on downlink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) combined with closed-loop SU-MIMO , 2014, 2014 8th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS).

[12]  Fumiyuki Adachi,et al.  The Application of MIMO to Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access , 2015, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

[13]  Zhengang Pan,et al.  Energy efficiency optimization for fading MIMO non-orthogonal multiple access systems , 2015, 2015 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC).

[14]  Hoon Kim,et al.  A proportional fair scheduling for multicarrier transmission systems , 2004 .

[15]  Zhiguo Ding,et al.  Nonorthogonal Multiple Access in Large-Scale Underlay Cognitive Radio Networks , 2016, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

[16]  David Tse,et al.  Fundamentals of Wireless Communication , 2005 .

[17]  Anass Benjebbour,et al.  System-level performance evaluation of downlink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) , 2013, 2013 IEEE 24th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC).

[18]  Alexander Golitschek Edler von Elbwart,et al.  Fairness and throughput analysis for generalized proportional fair frequency scheduling in OFDMA , 2005, 2005 IEEE 61st Vehicular Technology Conference.

[19]  Marina Petrova,et al.  Proportional fairness-based user pairing and power allocation for non-orthogonal multiple access , 2015, 2015 IEEE 26th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC).

[20]  Jing Wang,et al.  Uplink Nonorthogonal Multiple Access in 5G Systems , 2016, IEEE Communications Letters.

[21]  Muhammad Imran,et al.  Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) for cellular future radio access , 2017 .

[22]  H. Vincent Poor,et al.  Relay Selection for Cooperative NOMA , 2016, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.

[23]  Huiling Jiang,et al.  Impact of rank optimization on downlink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) with SU-MIMO , 2014, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems.

[24]  Reza Hoshyar,et al.  Novel Low-Density Signature for Synchronous CDMA Systems Over AWGN Channel , 2008, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

[25]  Daesik Hong,et al.  Uplink NOMA with Multi-Antenna , 2015, 2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring).

[26]  Kewu Peng,et al.  A suboptimal scheme for uplink NOMA in 5G systems , 2015, 2015 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC).

[27]  George K. Karagiannidis,et al.  Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for Visible Light Communications , 2015, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters.

[28]  Jeffrey G. Andrews,et al.  What Will 5G Be? , 2014, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

[29]  Huseyin Haci.  Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) with asynchronous interference cancellation , 2015 .

[30]  Derrick Wing Kwan Ng,et al.  Robust Beamforming for Secure Communication in Systems With Wireless Information and Power Transfer , 2013, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

[31]  Pingzhi Fan,et al.  Impact of User Pairing on 5G Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access , 2014, ArXiv.

[32]  Di Yuan,et al.  Joint Optimization of Power and Channel Allocation with Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for 5G Cellular Systems , 2014, 2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM).

[33]  Derrick Wing Kwan Ng,et al.  Wireless Information and Power Transfer: Energy Efficiency Optimization in OFDMA Systems , 2013, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

[34]  Zhiguo Ding,et al.  Non-orthogonal Multiple Access in Large-Scale Underlay Cognitive Radio Networks , 2016, ArXiv.

[35]  Derrick Wing Kwan Ng,et al.  Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation in OFDMA Systems with Large Numbers of Base Station Antennas , 2012, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

[36]  Muhammad Ali Imran,et al.  On Receiver Design for Uplink Low Density Signature OFDM (LDS-OFDM) , 2012, IEEE Transactions on Communications.

[37]  George K. Karagiannidis,et al.  Optimal design of non-orthogonal multiple access with wireless power transfer , 2015, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC).

[38]  Yejian Chen,et al.  Comparing IDMA and NOMA with superimposed pilots based channel estimation in uplink , 2015, 2015 IEEE 26th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC).

[39]  Zhiguo Ding,et al.  Secrecy Sum Rate Maximization in Non-orthogonal Multiple Access , 2016, IEEE Communications Letters.

[40]  Sen Wang,et al.  Sum rate optimization for MIMO non-orthogonal multiple access systems , 2015, 2015 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC).

[41]  Derrick Wing Kwan Ng,et al.  Optimal Joint Power and Subcarrier Allocation for MC-NOMA Systems , 2016, 2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM).

[42]  Shuangfeng Han,et al.  Non-orthogonal multiple access for 5G: solutions, challenges, opportunities, and future research trends , 2015, IEEE Communications Magazine.

[43]  Lingyang Song,et al.  Radio Resource Allocation for Downlink Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) Networks Using Matching Theory , 2014, GLOBECOM 2014.

[44]  Jin Xu,et al.  Successive interference cancelation amenable multiple access (SAMA) for future wireless communications , 2014, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems.

[45]  Chungyong Lee,et al.  Non-orthogonal Multiple Access in a Downlink Multiuser Beamforming System , 2013, MILCOM 2013 - 2013 IEEE Military Communications Conference.

[46]  H. Vincent Poor,et al.  A New Evaluation Criterion for Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in 5G Software Defined Networks , 2015, IEEE Access.

[47]  Higuchi Kenichi,et al.  Enhanced User Fairness Using Non-orthogonal Access with SIC in Cellular Uplink , 2011 .

[48]  Joumana Farah,et al.  Resource Allocation in Downlink Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) for Future Radio Access , 2015, 2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring).

[49]  Jiangzhou Wang,et al.  A Novel Interference Cancellation Technique for Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) , 2014, 2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM).

[50]  Ya-Feng Liu,et al.  On the Complexity of Joint Subcarrier and Power Allocation for Multi-User OFDMA Systems , 2012, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

[51]  Yoshihisa Kishiyama,et al.  Performance of non-orthogonal access with SIC in cellular downlink using proportional fair-based resource allocation , 2012, 2012 International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS).

[52]  Reza Hoshyar,et al.  LDS-OFDM an Efficient Multiple Access Technique , 2010, 2010 IEEE 71st Vehicular Technology Conference.

[53]  Hongbo Zhu,et al.  Outage Balancing in Downlink Nonorthogonal Multiple Access With Statistical Channel State Information , 2015, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

[54]  Tharmalingam Ratnarajah,et al.  A Minorization-Maximization Method for Optimizing Sum Rate in the Downlink of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Systems , 2015, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

[55]  Joumana Farah,et al.  New Optimal and Suboptimal Resource Allocation Techniques for Downlink Non-orthogonal Multiple Access , 2016, Wirel. Pers. Commun..

[56]  Ioannis Krikidis,et al.  Fairness for Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in 5G Systems , 2015, IEEE Signal Processing Letters.

[57]  Thomas L. Marzetta,et al.  Noncooperative Cellular Wireless with Unlimited Numbers of Base Station Antennas , 2010, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

[58]  Pingzhi Fan,et al.  On the Performance of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in 5G Systems with Randomly Deployed Users , 2014, IEEE Signal Processing Letters.

[59]  Theodore S. Rappaport,et al.  Millimeter Wave Mobile Communications for 5G Cellular: It Will Work! , 2013, IEEE Access.

[60]  Zhouyue Pi,et al.  An introduction to millimeter-wave mobile broadband systems , 2011, IEEE Communications Magazine.

[61]  Hosein Nikopour,et al.  Sparse code multiple access , 2013, 2013 IEEE 24th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC).

[62]  Jinho Choi,et al.  Minimum Power Multicast Beamforming With Superposition Coding for Multiresolution Broadcast and Application to NOMA Systems , 2015, IEEE Transactions on Communications.

[63]  Zhengang Pan,et al.  On the Ergodic Capacity of MIMO NOMA Systems , 2015, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.

[64]  Frank Schaich,et al.  5GNOW: non-orthogonal, asynchronous waveforms for future mobile applications , 2014, IEEE Communications Magazine.

[65]  Pingzhi Fan,et al.  On the Performance of Non-orthogonal Multiple Access Systems With Partial Channel Information , 2016, IEEE Transactions on Communications.

[66]  Upamanyu Madhow,et al.  On the capacity of picocellular networks , 2013, 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory.

[67]  H. Vincent Poor,et al.  Cooperative Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in 5G Systems , 2014, IEEE Communications Letters.