Investigation of Beamforming-NOMA in mm Wave Mobile Communication Networks with Spectrum Sharing

Constantinos Vrontos, Angela Doufexi, Simon Armour

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Abstract

Orthogonal Multiple Access, or OMA, schemes have been widely adopted in microwave mobile networks to reduce interference. In the sub-6GHz spectrum, current LTE and 5G systems exploit the orthogonal communication resources in terms of time, frequency or code in order to improve the Signal-to-Interference ratio, leading to fast and reliable links. However, the low spectral usage of OMA schemes make them unsuitable for use in future generation mobile networks, especially in the mmwave spectrum. The high propagation losses at mmwave frequencies and the use of M-MIMO antennas allow experimentation with new techniques that allow a highly aggressive spectrum utilization. In this paper, a beam-based Non-orthogonal Multiple Access scheme is combined with Spectrum Sharing as a potential solution for successfully meeting the requirements set for the future generation mmwave networks. Single captures of a network were ray-traced under multiple access strategies and network performance was evaluated in terms of SINR and throughput.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2021 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
ISBN (Electronic)9781728181042
ISBN (Print)9781728181059
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2021 - Madrid, Spain
Duration: 7 Dec 202111 Dec 2021

Publication series

Name2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2021 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2021
Country/TerritorySpain
CityMadrid
Period7/12/2111/12/21

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the contribution of Professor Andrew Nix and Dr Evangelos Mellios to the development of the ray tracing software tool.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.

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