An simple introduction for NOMA from power multiplexing to power diversity
Consider a downlink NOMA system, where a BS send a superimposed messages to two users simultaneously. Let h i h_i hi, i = 1 , 2 i=1,2 i=1,2 denote the channel response of the users from the BS.
The received signal at user i i i can be expressed as
y i = h i ( s 1 + s 2 ) + n i y_i = h_i(s_1+s_2) + n_i yi=hi(s1+s2)+ni,
where s i , i = 1 , 2 s_i,~i=1,2 si, i=1,2 is the desired message of user i i i, and n i n_i ni denote the noise at user i i i and n i ∼ C N ( 0 , σ i 2 ) n_i \sim \mathcal{CN}(0, \sigma_i^2) ni∼CN(0,σi2). Here, we assume that σ 1 2 = σ 2 2 = σ 2 \sigma_1^2 = \sigma_2^2 =\sigma^2 σ12=