Performance Analyses of MRT/MRC in NOMA Full-Duplex Relay Networks With Residual Hardware Impairments

This paper analyzes the performance of maximum-ratio transmission (MRT)/maximum-ratio combining (MRC) scheme in a dual-hop non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) full-duplex (FD) relay networks in the presence of residual hardware impairments (RHIs). The effects of channel estimation errors (CEEs) an...

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Main Authors: Mesut Toka, Eray Guven, Gunes Karabulut Kurt, Oguz Kucur
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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author Mesut Toka
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description This paper analyzes the performance of maximum-ratio transmission (MRT)/maximum-ratio combining (MRC) scheme in a dual-hop non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) full-duplex (FD) relay networks in the presence of residual hardware impairments (RHIs). The effects of channel estimation errors (CEEs) and imperfect successive interference cancellation are also considered to deal with a more realistic scenario. In the network, the base station and multiple users utilize MRT and MRC, respectively, while a dedicated relay operates in amplify-and-forward mode. Exact outage probability (OP) expression is derived for Nakagami-<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$m$</tex-math></inline-formula> fading channels. Furthermore, tight lower bound and asymptotic expressions are also derived to provide further insights in terms of diversity order and array gain. The investigated network has been compared to half-duplex (HD)-NOMA and FD-orthogonal multiple access counterparts. The analytical results validated by simulations and test-bed implementations (by using software defined radios) demonstrate the importance of loop-interference cancellation process in the FD relay for the investigated system to perform better than HD-NOMA counterpart. Also, a performance trade-off between the MRT and MRC schemes is observed under CEE effects among users. Furthermore, it is shown that RHIs have a significant effect on the performance of users with lower power coefficients, however it does not change the diversity order. RHIs and CEEs have the most and least deterioration effects on the system performance, respectively.
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spelling doaj-art-5dd860ea2b934996b3ccd76235daf70c2025-08-20T03:07:10ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology2644-13302025-01-0161178119210.1109/OJVT.2025.356051510964195Performance Analyses of MRT/MRC in NOMA Full-Duplex Relay Networks With Residual Hardware ImpairmentsMesut Toka0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8316-7786Eray Guven1https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2641-7601Gunes Karabulut Kurt2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7188-2619Oguz Kucur3Department of Electronics Engineering, Gebze Technical University, Gebze/Kocaeli, T&#x00FC;rkiyePoly-Grames Research Center, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montr&#x00E9;al, Montr&#x00E9;al, QC, CanadaPoly-Grames Research Center, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montr&#x00E9;al, Montr&#x00E9;al, QC, CanadaDepartment of Electronics Engineering, Gebze Technical University, Gebze/Kocaeli, T&#x00FC;rkiyeThis paper analyzes the performance of maximum-ratio transmission (MRT)/maximum-ratio combining (MRC) scheme in a dual-hop non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) full-duplex (FD) relay networks in the presence of residual hardware impairments (RHIs). The effects of channel estimation errors (CEEs) and imperfect successive interference cancellation are also considered to deal with a more realistic scenario. In the network, the base station and multiple users utilize MRT and MRC, respectively, while a dedicated relay operates in amplify-and-forward mode. Exact outage probability (OP) expression is derived for Nakagami-<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$m$</tex-math></inline-formula> fading channels. Furthermore, tight lower bound and asymptotic expressions are also derived to provide further insights in terms of diversity order and array gain. The investigated network has been compared to half-duplex (HD)-NOMA and FD-orthogonal multiple access counterparts. The analytical results validated by simulations and test-bed implementations (by using software defined radios) demonstrate the importance of loop-interference cancellation process in the FD relay for the investigated system to perform better than HD-NOMA counterpart. Also, a performance trade-off between the MRT and MRC schemes is observed under CEE effects among users. Furthermore, it is shown that RHIs have a significant effect on the performance of users with lower power coefficients, however it does not change the diversity order. RHIs and CEEs have the most and least deterioration effects on the system performance, respectively.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10964195/Channel estimation errorfull-duplex relayimperfect successive interference cancellationMIMO-NOMAresidual hardware impairments
spellingShingle Mesut Toka
Eray Guven
Gunes Karabulut Kurt
Oguz Kucur
Performance Analyses of MRT/MRC in NOMA Full-Duplex Relay Networks With Residual Hardware Impairments
IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology
Channel estimation error
full-duplex relay
imperfect successive interference cancellation
MIMO-NOMA
residual hardware impairments
title Performance Analyses of MRT/MRC in NOMA Full-Duplex Relay Networks With Residual Hardware Impairments
title_full Performance Analyses of MRT/MRC in NOMA Full-Duplex Relay Networks With Residual Hardware Impairments
title_fullStr Performance Analyses of MRT/MRC in NOMA Full-Duplex Relay Networks With Residual Hardware Impairments
title_full_unstemmed Performance Analyses of MRT/MRC in NOMA Full-Duplex Relay Networks With Residual Hardware Impairments
title_short Performance Analyses of MRT/MRC in NOMA Full-Duplex Relay Networks With Residual Hardware Impairments
title_sort performance analyses of mrt mrc in noma full duplex relay networks with residual hardware impairments
topic Channel estimation error
full-duplex relay
imperfect successive interference cancellation
MIMO-NOMA
residual hardware impairments
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10964195/
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