UAV-Relaying Cooperation for Internet of Everything with CRT-Based NOMA

Abstract

Due to the great potential of the combination of machine learning technology and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enabled wireless communications, various optimization algorithms on resource allocation have been proposed for the Internet of Things. UAVs not only can perform the missions under the extreme conditions but also enhance the overall performance of the system as an aerial relay assisting transmission in the public and civil domains, which have been received extensive attentions. However, with the limited capacity and power constraints, they are difficult to support the transmission for the big data information users. In addition, the lack of spectrum resource poses challenges to satisfy the quality of service (QoS) of mobile users in wireless networks. To contribute to these urgent problems, this article first studies the potential and effective applications of UAVs, by introducing the Chinese remainder theorem (CRT) and nonorthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technologies into UAV relay networks. Two scenarios with/without direct transmissions between the source and destination nodes are investigated, following the decomposition and reconstruction mechanisms to satisfy the big data information transmission. Considering the user fairness, we further discuss the effect of the UAV numbers to the overall system capacity. To maximize the system capacity, the designs of transmission protocol and receiver are also discussed, in various channel conditions. Finally, a low complexity and efficient two-stage power allocation scheme is established for the perspective of users and UAV relays.