A Joint Interference Cancellation Method For Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Uplink Signals

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has become the key technology in 5G communication. NOMA can achieve multi-user multiplexing in transmit power domain by allocating different power, which can effectively improve the spectral efficiency, but also causes the multiple access interference of the receiver signal. The parallel interference cancellation (PIC) technology is applied to NOMA system in order to solve the problem of high-delay and error propagation in the successive interference cancellation (SIC) algorithm. PIC can effectively compensate for the deficiency of SIC algorithm but it has high complexity. Combined with the advantages of SIC and PIC, a joint interference cancellation (JIC) method is proposed. The performance and complexity of the three algorithms are simulated and analyzed. The results show that JIC can effectively reduce the delay and improve the error propagation problem in the case of low complexity.