Full-Duplex Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in Cooperative Relay Sharing for 5G Systems

In this paper, a full-duplex (FD) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) scheme for a cooperative relay sharing network (termed as FD-NOMA-RS) is presented, in which two source-destination pairs share a dedicated FD relay FD-R. Following the principle of uplink NOMA, both sources transmit their symbols to FD-R, forming a NOMA pair, by depending on their channel conditions with respect to FD-R. The FD-R then decodes these symbols and simultaneously transmits a superimposed composite signal to the destinations with a processing delay τ according to the principle of downlink NOMA. The ergodic sum capacity, outage probability and outage sum capacity of FD-NOMA-RS are investigated comprehensively along with analytical derivations, considering both perfect and imperfect interference cancellation. A simulation is conducted to corroborate the correctness of the analysis presented here. Moreover, the effectiveness of FD-NOMA-RS is demonstrated through analysis and simulation and then compared with that of its counterpart, the half-duplex system.