Open Accessα ‐Fair resource allocation in non‐orthogonal multiple access systems
Author(s) -
Pham QuocViet,
Hwang WonJoo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
iet communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1751-8636
pISSN - 1751-8628
DOI - 10.1049/iet-com.2017.0326
Subject(s) - noma , computer science , resource allocation , spectral efficiency , max min fairness , single antenna interference cancellation , interference (communication) , mathematical optimization , focus (optics) , computer network , mathematics , telecommunications link , channel (broadcasting) , physics , optics
A non‐orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system is now considered as a promising radio access technique for next‐generation networks owing to its benefits, e.g. spectral efficiency improvement. Due to the successive interference cancellation order at receivers, fairness among users in NOMA may not be guaranteed. In this study, the authors focus on α ‐fair resource allocation in NOMA. The complexity of the considered problem is then analysed. In particular, the problem is shown to be convex when 1 ≤ α < ∞ and α = ∞ , non‐deterministic polynomial‐time (NP)‐hard when 0 < α < 1 , and polynomial‐time solvable when α = 0 . Finally, simulation results are provided to examine the effects of the fairness degree on the system performance and verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.