Abstract:
Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is an essential enabling technology for the fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks to meet the heterogeneous demands on low latency...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is an essential enabling technology for the fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks to meet the heterogeneous demands on low latency, high reliability, massive connectivity, improved fairness, and high throughput. The key idea behind NOMA is to serve multiple users in the same resource block, such as a time slot, subcarrier, or spreading code. The NOMA principle is a general framework, and several recently proposed 5G multiple access schemes can be viewed as special cases. This survey provides an overview of the latest NOMA research and innovations as well as their applications. Thereby, the papers published in this special issue are put into the context of the existing literature. Future research challenges regarding NOMA in 5G and beyond are also discussed.
Published in: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications ( Volume: 35, Issue: 10, October 2017)
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School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, Lancaster, U.K.
Zhiguo Ding (S’03–M’05–SM’15) received the B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Imperial College London in 2005. From 2005 to 2014, he was with Queen’s University Belfast, Imperial College London, and Newcastle University. From 2012 to 2017, he has been with Princeton University as a Visiting Researc...Show More
Zhiguo Ding (S’03–M’05–SM’15) received the B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Imperial College London in 2005. From 2005 to 2014, he was with Queen’s University Belfast, Imperial College London, and Newcastle University. From 2012 to 2017, he has been with Princeton University as a Visiting Researc...View more
National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Institute of Mobile Communications, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
Xianfu Lei was born in 1981. He received the Ph.D. degree in communication and information systems from Southwest Jiaotong University, China, in 2012. From 2012 to 2014, he was a Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Utah State University, USA. Since 2015, he has been an Associate Professor with Southwest Jiaotong University. His research interests include 5G communications, cooperative...Show More
Xianfu Lei was born in 1981. He received the Ph.D. degree in communication and information systems from Southwest Jiaotong University, China, in 2012. From 2012 to 2014, he was a Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Utah State University, USA. Since 2015, he has been an Associate Professor with Southwest Jiaotong University. His research interests include 5G communications, cooperative...View more
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
George K. Karagiannidis (M’96–SM’03–F’14) was born in Pithagorion, Greece. He received the University Diploma (five years) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Patras, in 1987 and 1999, respectively. From 2000 to 2004, he was a Senior Researcher with the Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Greece. In 2004, he joined the Faculty of ...Show More
George K. Karagiannidis (M’96–SM’03–F’14) was born in Pithagorion, Greece. He received the University Diploma (five years) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Patras, in 1987 and 1999, respectively. From 2000 to 2004, he was a Senior Researcher with the Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Greece. In 2004, he joined the Faculty of ...View more
Institute for Digital Communications, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Robert Schober (S’98–M’01–SM’08–F’10) was born in Neuendettelsau, Germany, in 1971. He received the Diplom (Univ.) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg in 1997 and 2000, respectively. From 2001 to 2002, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the University of Toronto, Canada, sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service. Since 2002, he has been with The Uni...Show More
Robert Schober (S’98–M’01–SM’08–F’10) was born in Neuendettelsau, Germany, in 1971. He received the Diplom (Univ.) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg in 1997 and 2000, respectively. From 2001 to 2002, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the University of Toronto, Canada, sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service. Since 2002, he has been with The Uni...View more
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Jinhong Yuan received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering in 1991 and 1997, respectively. He is currently a Telecommunications Professor with the School of EE&T, University of New South Wales, Sydney. He has authored two books, three book chapters, over 200 papers in telecommunications journals and conference proceedings, and 40 industrial reports. He holds one patent on MIMO systems and two patents on l...Show More
Jinhong Yuan received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering in 1991 and 1997, respectively. He is currently a Telecommunications Professor with the School of EE&T, University of New South Wales, Sydney. He has authored two books, three book chapters, over 200 papers in telecommunications journals and conference proceedings, and 40 industrial reports. He holds one patent on MIMO systems and two patents on l...View more
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vijay K. Bhargava (S’70–M’74–SM’82–F’92–LF’13) was born in Beawar, India, in 1948. He came to Canada in 1966 and received the B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from Queen’s University, Kingston, in 1970, 1972, and 1974, respectively. He was with the University of Victoria from 1984 to 2003, Concordia University from 1976 to 1984, the University of Waterloo in 1976, and the Indian Institute of Science from 1974 to 1975. ...Show More
Vijay K. Bhargava (S’70–M’74–SM’82–F’92–LF’13) was born in Beawar, India, in 1948. He came to Canada in 1966 and received the B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from Queen’s University, Kingston, in 1970, 1972, and 1974, respectively. He was with the University of Victoria from 1984 to 2003, Concordia University from 1976 to 1984, the University of Waterloo in 1976, and the Indian Institute of Science from 1974 to 1975. ...View more
Contents School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, Lancaster, U.K.
Zhiguo Ding (S’03–M’05–SM’15) received the B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Imperial College London in 2005. From 2005 to 2014, he was with Queen’s University Belfast, Imperial College London, and Newcastle University. From 2012 to 2017, he has been with Princeton University as a Visiting Research Collaborator. Since 2014, he has been with Lancaster University as a Chair Professor.
His research interests are 5G networks, game theory, cooperative and energy harvesting networks, and statistical signal processing. He received the best paper award in the IET Comm. Conf. on Wireless, Mobile and Computing in 2009, the IEEE Communication Letter Exemplary Reviewer in 2012, and the EU Marie Curie Fellowship from 2012to 2014. He is an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Communications and the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Networks. He was an Editor of the IEEE Wireless Communication Letters, the IEEE Communication Letters, and the Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal.
Zhiguo Ding (S’03–M’05–SM’15) received the B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Imperial College London in 2005. From 2005 to 2014, he was with Queen’s University Belfast, Imperial College London, and Newcastle University. From 2012 to 2017, he has been with Princeton University as a Visiting Research Collaborator. Since 2014, he has been with Lancaster University as a Chair Professor.
His research interests are 5G networks, game theory, cooperative and energy harvesting networks, and statistical signal processing. He received the best paper award in the IET Comm. Conf. on Wireless, Mobile and Computing in 2009, the IEEE Communication Letter Exemplary Reviewer in 2012, and the EU Marie Curie Fellowship from 2012to 2014. He is an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Communications and the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Networks. He was an Editor of the IEEE Wireless Communication Letters, the IEEE Communication Letters, and the Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal.View more
National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Institute of Mobile Communications, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
Xianfu Lei was born in 1981. He received the Ph.D. degree in communication and information systems from Southwest Jiaotong University, China, in 2012. From 2012 to 2014, he was a Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Utah State University, USA. Since 2015, he has been an Associate Professor with Southwest Jiaotong University. His research interests include 5G communications, cooperative communications, and energy harvesting. He has authored over 70 research papers on these topics. He received the Exemplary Reviewer Certificate of the IEEE Communications Letters and an Exemplary Reviewer Certificate of the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters in 2013. He has been a TPC Chair of several international conferences and workshops, including the most recently the IEEE ICC’18 Symposium on Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networking. He currently serves as an Editor of the IEEE Communications Letters and the IEEE Access. He has served as a Guest Editor of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.
Xianfu Lei was born in 1981. He received the Ph.D. degree in communication and information systems from Southwest Jiaotong University, China, in 2012. From 2012 to 2014, he was a Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Utah State University, USA. Since 2015, he has been an Associate Professor with Southwest Jiaotong University. His research interests include 5G communications, cooperative communications, and energy harvesting. He has authored over 70 research papers on these topics. He received the Exemplary Reviewer Certificate of the IEEE Communications Letters and an Exemplary Reviewer Certificate of the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters in 2013. He has been a TPC Chair of several international conferences and workshops, including the most recently the IEEE ICC’18 Symposium on Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networking. He currently serves as an Editor of the IEEE Communications Letters and the IEEE Access. He has served as a Guest Editor of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.View more
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
George K. Karagiannidis (M’96–SM’03–F’14) was born in Pithagorion, Greece. He received the University Diploma (five years) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Patras, in 1987 and 1999, respectively. From 2000 to 2004, he was a Senior Researcher with the Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Greece. In 2004, he joined the Faculty of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, where he is currently a Professor with the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department and the Director of the Digital Telecommunications Systems and Networks Laboratory. He is also an Honorary Professor with South West Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China.
His research interests include the broad area of digital communications systems and signal processing, with an emphasis on wireless communications, optical wireless communications, wireless power transfer and applications, molecular and nanoscale communications, stochastic processes in biology, and wireless security.
He has authored the Greek edition of a book on Telecommunications Systems and co-authored the book Advanced Optical Wireless Communications Systems (Cambridge Publications, 2012). He is the Author or Co-Author of over 400 technical papers published in scientific journals and presented at international conferences.
Dr. Karagiannidis is an IEEE Fellow and one of the highly cited authors across all areas of Electrical Engineering, recognized as the 2015 and 2016 Thomson Reuters Highly-Cited Researcher.
George K. Karagiannidis (M’96–SM’03–F’14) was born in Pithagorion, Greece. He received the University Diploma (five years) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Patras, in 1987 and 1999, respectively. From 2000 to 2004, he was a Senior Researcher with the Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Greece. In 2004, he joined the Faculty of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, where he is currently a Professor with the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department and the Director of the Digital Telecommunications Systems and Networks Laboratory. He is also an Honorary Professor with South West Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China.
His research interests include the broad area of digital communications systems and signal processing, with an emphasis on wireless communications, optical wireless communications, wireless power transfer and applications, molecular and nanoscale communications, stochastic processes in biology, and wireless security.
He has authored the Greek edition of a book on Telecommunications Systems and co-authored the book Advanced Optical Wireless Communications Systems (Cambridge Publications, 2012). He is the Author or Co-Author of over 400 technical papers published in scientific journals and presented at international conferences.
Dr. Karagiannidis is an IEEE Fellow and one of the highly cited authors across all areas of Electrical Engineering, recognized as the 2015 and 2016 Thomson Reuters Highly-Cited Researcher.View more
Institute for Digital Communications, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Robert Schober (S’98–M’01–SM’08–F’10) was born in Neuendettelsau, Germany, in 1971. He received the Diplom (Univ.) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg in 1997 and 2000, respectively. From 2001 to 2002, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the University of Toronto, Canada, sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service. Since 2002, he has been with The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, where he is currently a Full Professor. Since 2012, he has been an Alexander von Humboldt Professor and the Chair of Digital Communication with the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlange–Nürnberg, Germany. His research interests include the broad areas of communication theory, wireless communications, and statistical signal processing.
Dr. Schober is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Engineering Institute of Canada. From 2012 to 2015, he served as an Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Communications. Since 2014, he has been the Chair of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multiscale Communications. Furthermore, he is a Member-at-Large of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Communications Society. He has received several awards for his work, including the 2002 Heinz MaierLeibnitz Award of the German Science Foundation, the 2004 Innovations Award of the Vodafone Foundation for Research in Mobile Communications, the 2006 UBC Killam Research Prize, the 2007 Wilhelm Friedrich Bessel Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the 2008 Charles McDowell Award for Excellence in Research from UBC, a 2011 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship, and a 2012 NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship. In addition, he has received several best paper awards for his research.
Robert Schober (S’98–M’01–SM’08–F’10) was born in Neuendettelsau, Germany, in 1971. He received the Diplom (Univ.) and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg in 1997 and 2000, respectively. From 2001 to 2002, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the University of Toronto, Canada, sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service. Since 2002, he has been with The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, where he is currently a Full Professor. Since 2012, he has been an Alexander von Humboldt Professor and the Chair of Digital Communication with the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlange–Nürnberg, Germany. His research interests include the broad areas of communication theory, wireless communications, and statistical signal processing.
Dr. Schober is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Engineering Institute of Canada. From 2012 to 2015, he served as an Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Communications. Since 2014, he has been the Chair of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multiscale Communications. Furthermore, he is a Member-at-Large of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Communications Society. He has received several awards for his work, including the 2002 Heinz MaierLeibnitz Award of the German Science Foundation, the 2004 Innovations Award of the Vodafone Foundation for Research in Mobile Communications, the 2006 UBC Killam Research Prize, the 2007 Wilhelm Friedrich Bessel Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the 2008 Charles McDowell Award for Excellence in Research from UBC, a 2011 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship, and a 2012 NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship. In addition, he has received several best paper awards for his research.View more
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Jinhong Yuan received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering in 1991 and 1997, respectively. He is currently a Telecommunications Professor with the School of EE&T, University of New South Wales, Sydney. He has authored two books, three book chapters, over 200 papers in telecommunications journals and conference proceedings, and 40 industrial reports. He holds one patent on MIMO systems and two patents on low-density-parity-check codes. His current research interests communication theory, and wireless communications. He has co-authored three Best Paper Awards and one Best Poster Award. He is currently serving as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Communications. He served as the IEEE NSW Chair of the Joint Communications/Signal Processions/Ocean Engineering Chapter during 2011–2014.
Jinhong Yuan received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics engineering in 1991 and 1997, respectively. He is currently a Telecommunications Professor with the School of EE&T, University of New South Wales, Sydney. He has authored two books, three book chapters, over 200 papers in telecommunications journals and conference proceedings, and 40 industrial reports. He holds one patent on MIMO systems and two patents on low-density-parity-check codes. His current research interests communication theory, and wireless communications. He has co-authored three Best Paper Awards and one Best Poster Award. He is currently serving as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Communications. He served as the IEEE NSW Chair of the Joint Communications/Signal Processions/Ocean Engineering Chapter during 2011–2014.View more
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vijay K. Bhargava (S’70–M’74–SM’82–F’92–LF’13) was born in Beawar, India, in 1948. He came to Canada in 1966 and received the B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from Queen’s University, Kingston, in 1970, 1972, and 1974, respectively. He was with the University of Victoria from 1984 to 2003, Concordia University from 1976 to 1984, the University of Waterloo in 1976, and the Indian Institute of Science from 1974 to 1975. He has held visiting appointments with the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, the NTT Research Laboratory, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the University of Indonesia, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Tohoku University. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, where he served as the Department Head from 2003 to 2008. He is an Honourary Professor with UESTC, Chengdu, and a Gandhi Distinguished Professor with IIT Bombay. For the academic year 2015 and 2016, he is on sabbatical leave with the University of Erlangen–Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany. He is on the University of Erlangen–Nürnberg for Scientific Information Highly Cited list.
He served as the Founder and the President of Binary Communications Inc., from 1983 to 2000. He is a Co-Author (with D. Haccoun, R. Matyas, and P. Nuspl) of the book Digital Communications by Satellite (New York: Wiley, 1981), which was translated into Chinese and Japanese. He is a co-author (with S. Wicker) of the book Reed Solomon Codes and their Applications (IEEE Press: 1994), (with H. V. Poor, V. Tarokh, and S. Yoon) of the book Communications, Information and Network Security (Kluwer: 2003), (with E. Hossain) of the book Cognitive Wireless Communication Networks (Springer: 2007), (with E. Hossain and D. I. Kim) of the book Cooperative Wireless Communications Networks, (Cambridge University Press: 2011), and (with E. Hossain and G. Fettweis) of the book Green Radio Communications Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
Dr. Bhargava is a fellow of The Royal Society of Canada, The Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Engineering Institute of Canada. He is a Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering, India. He has served as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K. He has received awards for his teaching, research, and service to the IEEE. The latest awards are the Killam Prize in Engineering and the Humboldt Research Prize. He has served on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Information Theory Society and the IEEE Communications Society. He has held important positions in these societies. He has served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Communications. He played a major role in the creation of the IEEE Communications and Networking Conference and the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, for which he served as the Editor-in-Chief from 2007 to 2009. He is a past President of the IEEE Information Theory Society and the IEEE Communications Society.
Vijay K. Bhargava (S’70–M’74–SM’82–F’92–LF’13) was born in Beawar, India, in 1948. He came to Canada in 1966 and received the B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from Queen’s University, Kingston, in 1970, 1972, and 1974, respectively. He was with the University of Victoria from 1984 to 2003, Concordia University from 1976 to 1984, the University of Waterloo in 1976, and the Indian Institute of Science from 1974 to 1975. He has held visiting appointments with the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, the NTT Research Laboratory, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the University of Indonesia, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Tohoku University. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, where he served as the Department Head from 2003 to 2008. He is an Honourary Professor with UESTC, Chengdu, and a Gandhi Distinguished Professor with IIT Bombay. For the academic year 2015 and 2016, he is on sabbatical leave with the University of Erlangen–Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany. He is on the University of Erlangen–Nürnberg for Scientific Information Highly Cited list.
He served as the Founder and the President of Binary Communications Inc., from 1983 to 2000. He is a Co-Author (with D. Haccoun, R. Matyas, and P. Nuspl) of the book Digital Communications by Satellite (New York: Wiley, 1981), which was translated into Chinese and Japanese. He is a co-author (with S. Wicker) of the book Reed Solomon Codes and their Applications (IEEE Press: 1994), (with H. V. Poor, V. Tarokh, and S. Yoon) of the book Communications, Information and Network Security (Kluwer: 2003), (with E. Hossain) of the book Cognitive Wireless Communication Networks (Springer: 2007), (with E. Hossain and D. I. Kim) of the book Cooperative Wireless Communications Networks, (Cambridge University Press: 2011), and (with E. Hossain and G. Fettweis) of the book Green Radio Communications Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
Dr. Bhargava is a fellow of The Royal Society of Canada, The Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Engineering Institute of Canada. He is a Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering, India. He has served as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K. He has received awards for his teaching, research, and service to the IEEE. The latest awards are the Killam Prize in Engineering and the Humboldt Research Prize. He has served on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Information Theory Society and the IEEE Communications Society. He has held important positions in these societies. He has served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Communications. He played a major role in the creation of the IEEE Communications and Networking Conference and the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, for which he served as the Editor-in-Chief from 2007 to 2009. He is a past President of the IEEE Information Theory Society and the IEEE Communications Society.View more
