Widely Linear Processing Improves the Throughput of Nonorthogonal User Access

The quality-of-service (QoS) provided by wireless communication networks can be upgraded by the technique of non-orthogonal multiple-access (NOMA) in tandem with widely linear beamforming (WLB), which uses a pair of beamformers for each information symbol. Conventionally, rate-fairness among the use...

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Main Authors: A. A. Nasir, H. D. Tuan, H. V. Poor, L. Hanzo
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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description The quality-of-service (QoS) provided by wireless communication networks can be upgraded by the technique of non-orthogonal multiple-access (NOMA) in tandem with widely linear beamforming (WLB), which uses a pair of beamformers for each information symbol. Conventionally, rate-fairness among the users is achieved by maximizing the users’ minimal throughput (max-min throughput optimization). However, this is computationally challenging, as each iteration requires solving a high-dimensional convex optimization problem, even for small networks. We circumvent this by maximizing the geometric mean (GM) of the users’ throughput (GM-throughput maximization) and design novel algorithms based on iterating closed-form expressions are developed, which are shown to be hundreds of times more computationally efficient than the existing algorithms that are based on convex-solvers. The proposed algorithms are developed for both conventional wireless networks and networks requiring ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC).
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spelling doaj-art-eccc9f9b0b7f4cc7a20708bc8523d0af2025-08-20T03:33:34ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society2644-125X2025-01-0165395541310.1109/OJCOMS.2025.358184711045687Widely Linear Processing Improves the Throughput of Nonorthogonal User AccessA. A. Nasir0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5012-1562H. D. Tuan1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0292-6061H. V. Poor2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2062-131XL. Hanzo3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-5214Department of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaSchool of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW, AustraliaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USASchool of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K.The quality-of-service (QoS) provided by wireless communication networks can be upgraded by the technique of non-orthogonal multiple-access (NOMA) in tandem with widely linear beamforming (WLB), which uses a pair of beamformers for each information symbol. Conventionally, rate-fairness among the users is achieved by maximizing the users’ minimal throughput (max-min throughput optimization). However, this is computationally challenging, as each iteration requires solving a high-dimensional convex optimization problem, even for small networks. We circumvent this by maximizing the geometric mean (GM) of the users’ throughput (GM-throughput maximization) and design novel algorithms based on iterating closed-form expressions are developed, which are shown to be hundreds of times more computationally efficient than the existing algorithms that are based on convex-solvers. The proposed algorithms are developed for both conventional wireless networks and networks requiring ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC).https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11045687/Widely linear beamformingnon-orthogonal multiple accessultra-reliable and low-latency communicationgeometric mean maximization
spellingShingle A. A. Nasir
H. D. Tuan
H. V. Poor
L. Hanzo
Widely Linear Processing Improves the Throughput of Nonorthogonal User Access
IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
Widely linear beamforming
non-orthogonal multiple access
ultra-reliable and low-latency communication
geometric mean maximization
title Widely Linear Processing Improves the Throughput of Nonorthogonal User Access
title_full Widely Linear Processing Improves the Throughput of Nonorthogonal User Access
title_fullStr Widely Linear Processing Improves the Throughput of Nonorthogonal User Access
title_full_unstemmed Widely Linear Processing Improves the Throughput of Nonorthogonal User Access
title_short Widely Linear Processing Improves the Throughput of Nonorthogonal User Access
title_sort widely linear processing improves the throughput of nonorthogonal user access
topic Widely linear beamforming
non-orthogonal multiple access
ultra-reliable and low-latency communication
geometric mean maximization
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11045687/
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