Open AccessPerformance Analysis of Filtered OFDM Based Downlink and Uplink NOMA System over Nakagami-m Fading Channel
Author(s) -
Shaika Mukhtar,
Gh. Rasool Begh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of telecommunications and information technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.151
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1899-8852
pISSN - 1509-4553
DOI - 10.26636/jtit.2021.148020
Subject(s) - telecommunications link , orthogonal frequency division multiplexing , fading , noma , computer science , nakagami distribution , electronic engineering , interference (communication) , bit error rate , spectral efficiency , transmission (telecommunications) , single antenna interference cancellation , channel (broadcasting) , computer network , telecommunications , engineering
Efficient consumption of available resources and fulfillment of increasing demands are the two main challenges which are addressed by exploring advanced multiple access schemes along with efficient modulation techniques. To this end, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is discussed as a promising scheme for future 5G traffic. NOMA enables the users to share same resource block, permitting certain level of interference. In this paper, we propose filtered OFDM (F-OFDM) as a transmission waveform for NOMA systems, as it offers all the advantages of OFDM with the additional provision of sub-band filtering to satisfy the diverse services of the users. We examine F-OFDM in both downlink and uplink NOMA systems. Error-related performances of both downlink and uplink F-OFDM NOMA systems are analyzed and compared with conventional OFDM NOMA system over Nakagami-m fading channel. The results show that the error performance of F-OFDM NOMA is better than that of OFDM NOMA. An improvement of about 2 dB and 1 dB in bit error rate is achieved in downlink and uplink F-OFDM NOMA, respectively. Monte Carlo simulations are conducted for different values of fading parameter m, supporting the obtained analytical results