Weighted Proportional Fair Scheduling for Downlink Nonorthogonal Multiple Access

• Published in: Wireless communications and mobile computing Vol. 2018; no. 2018; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Douillard, Catherine, Farah, Joumana, Abdel Nour, Charbel, Hojeij, Marie-Rita
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2018; Hindawi; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Complexity; Design; Downlinking; Efficiency; Nonorthogonal multiple access; Quality of service; Receivers & amplifiers; Resource allocation; Scheduling; Simulation; Transmitters

A weighted proportional fair (PF) scheduling method is proposed in the context of nonorthogonal multiple access (NOMA) with successive interference cancellation (SIC) at the receiver side. The new scheme introduces weights that adapt the classical PF metric to the NOMA scenario, improving performanc...