User Clustering and Power Allocation for Massive MIMO With NOMA-Inspired Cognitive Radio

Abstract

This paper proposes a massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system based on cognitive radio (CR) networks. To reduce the users interference, we propose an efficient user clustering algorithm. Within a cluster, we consider the user with the weak channel gain as a primary user (PU) and the user with the strong channel gain as a secondary user (SU). Given the quality of service for both PUs and SUs, we propose a power allocation (PA) method that maximizes the sum rate. The PA optimization problem is discussed into three scenarios which depend on the available transmit power. Thereafter, we derive a robust solution for the PA issue under imperfect channel state information (CSI) assumptions. Simulation results demonstrate that our proposed NOMA-CR scheme can significantly improve the spectral efficiency (SE). In addition, the proposed robust PA scheme for the imperfect CSI case reduces the performance loss due to the channel uncertainty.