Presentation 2023-11-15
Beam Selection Based on Angle-Domain Beam Grouping for Massive MIMO Analog Beamforming Using NOMA in Cellular Downlink
Nobuhide Nonaka, Kenichi Higuchi,
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Abstract(in English) In this paper, we introduce non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) into the massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) analog beamforming (BF) in cellular downlink. In analog BF with NOMA system, in order to non-orthogonally multiplex users within a beam, the beam selection method is important which selects the beam with appropriate NOMA user-pairs. In addition, analog BF with NOMA suffers from limited channel state information since the feedback interval of signal-to-noise power ratio (SNR) of candidate beams from users is longer than the scheduling interval. In order to solve the problems, we propose an angle-domain beam grouping (ADG), which generate beam-groups with multiple neighboring analog beams, as a beam selection method. ADG selects the beams with appropriate NOMA user-pairs, since ADG considers the semi-optimal neighboring beams as well as optimal beam of each of respective users. ADG also alleviates the inter-beam interference by selecting the simultaneously used beams from different beam-groups. Moreover, we also propose the method which reuses the signal-to-interference and noise power ratio (SINR) measured for user-scheduling and transmission rate control every beam-update interval into the beam selection. The SINR reuse method further improves the system throughput since the beam selection accuracy in time is improved. Computer simulation results show that proposed methods are especially effective when the beam update interval is long, and system throughput is significantly improved when using NOMA.
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Keyword(in English) Non-orthogonal multiple access / NOMA / SIC / Massive MIMO / Analog beamforming
Paper # RCS2023-152
Date of Issue 2023-11-08 (RCS)

Conference Information
Committee AP / RCS
Conference Date 2023/11/15(3days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Kumamoto Prefectural Workers' Welfare Hall
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Adaptive Antenna, Equalization, Interference Canceler, MIMO, Wireless Communications, etc.
Chair Kunio Sakakibara(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.) / Kenichi Higuchi(Tokyo Univ. of Science)
Vice Chair YUAN Qiaowei(Tohoku Inst. of Tech.) / Fumihide Kojima(NICT) / Osamu Muta(Kyushu Univ.) / Naoto Ishii(NEC)
Secretary YUAN Qiaowei(Iwate Univ.) / Fumihide Kojima(Mitsubishi Electric) / Osamu Muta(Univ. of Electro-Comm) / Naoto Ishii(Sharp)
Assistant Tomoki Murakami(NTT) / Masashi Iwabuchi(NTT) / Issei Kanno(KDDI Research) / Yuyuan Chang(Tokyo Inst. of Tech) / Kazuki Maruta(Tokyo Univ. of Science) / Kiichi Tateishi(NTT Docomo)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Antennas and Propagation / Technical Committee on Radio Communication Systems
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Beam Selection Based on Angle-Domain Beam Grouping for Massive MIMO Analog Beamforming Using NOMA in Cellular Downlink
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Non-orthogonal multiple access
Keyword(2) NOMA
Keyword(3) SIC
Keyword(4) Massive MIMO
Keyword(5) Analog beamforming
1st Author's Name Nobuhide Nonaka
1st Author's Affiliation Tokyo University of Science(Tokyo Univ. of Science)
2nd Author's Name Kenichi Higuchi
2nd Author's Affiliation Tokyo University of Science(Tokyo Univ. of Science)
Date 2023-11-15
Paper # RCS2023-152
Volume (vol) vol.123
Number (no) RCS-263
Page pp.pp.7-12(RCS),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2023-11-08 (RCS)