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Orthogonal and Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for Intelligent Reflection Surface in 6G Systems

Information Theory 2023-03-17 v1 Signal Processing math.IT

Abstract

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned to become a key technology for the upcoming six-generation (6G) wireless system due to its potential of reaping high performance in a power-efficient and cost-efficient way. With its disruptive capability and hardware constraint, the integration of IRS imposes some fundamental particularities on the coordination of multi-user signal transmission. Consequently, the conventional orthogonal and non-orthogonal multiple-access schemes are hard to directly apply because of the joint optimization of active beamforming at the base station and passive reflection at the IRS. Relying on an alternating optimization method, we develop novel schemes for efficient multiple access in IRS-aided multi-user multi-antenna systems in this paper. Achievable performance in terms of the sum spectral efficiency is theoretically analyzed. A comprehensive comparison of different schemes and configurations is conducted through Monte-Carlo simulations to clarify which scheme is favorable for this emerging 6G paradigm.

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@article{arxiv.2303.08825,
  title  = {Orthogonal and Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for Intelligent Reflection Surface in 6G Systems},
  author = {Wei Jiang and Hans Schotten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.08825},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC). arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2303.08659

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