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Effective relaying mechanisms in future device to device communication : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in School of Food and Advanced Technology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Listed in 2020 Dean's List of Exceptional ThesesFuture wireless networks embrace a large number of assorted network-enabled devices
such as mobile phones, sensor nodes, drones, smart gears, etc., with different applications
and purpose, but they all share one common characteristic which is the dependence
on strong network connectivity. Growing demand of internet-connected devices
and data applications is burdensome for the currently deployed cellular wireless networks.
For this reason, future networks are likely to embrace cutting-edge technological
advancements in network infrastructure such as, small cells, device-to-device communication,
non-orthogonal multiple access scheme (NOMA), multiple-input-multiple out,
etc., to increase spectral efficiency, improve network coverage, and reduce network latency.
Individual devices acquire network connectivity by accessing radio resources in
orthogonal manner which limits spectrum utilisation resulting in data congestion and
latency in dense cellular networks. NOMA is a prominent scheme in which multiple
users are paired together and access radio resources by slicing the power domain. While
several research works study power control mechanisms by base station to communicate
with NOMA users, it is equally important to maintain distinction between the
users in uplink communication. Furthermore, these users in a NOMA pair are able to
perform cooperative relaying where one device assists another device in a NOMA pair
to increase signal diversity. However, the benefits of using a NOMA pair in improving
network coverage is still overlooked. With a varierty of cellular connected devices, use
of NOMA is studied on devices with similar channel characteristics and the need of
adopting NOMA for aerial devices has not been investigated. Therefore, this research
establishes a novel mechanism to offer distinction in uplink communication for NOMA
pair, a relaying scheme to extend the coverage of a base station by utilising NOMA
pair and a ranking scheme for ground and aerial devices to access radio resources by
NOMA
TEMPORAL CONNECTIVITY AS A MEASURE OF ROBUSTNESS IN NONORTHOGONAL MULTIPLE ACCESS WIRELESS NETWORKS
Supplementary Material has been provided, but is not yet published.Nonorthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is recognized as an important technology to meet the performance requirements of fifth generation (5G) and beyond 5G (B5G) wireless networks. Through the technique of overloading, NOMA has the potential to support higher connection densities, increased spectral efficiency, and lower latency than orthogonal multiple access. The role of NOMA in 5G/B5G wireless networks necessitates a clear understanding of how overloading variability affects network robustness. This dissertation considers the relationship between variable overloading and network robustness through the lens of temporal network theory, where robustness is measured through the evolution of temporal connectivity between network devices (ND). We develop a NOMA temporal graph model and stochastic temporal component framework to characterize time-varying network connectivity as a function of NOMA overloading. The analysis is extended to derive stochastic expressions and probability mass functions for unidirectional connectivity, bidirectional connectivity, the inter-event time between unidirectional connectivity, and the minimum time required for bidirectional connectivity between all NDs. We test the accuracy of our analytical results through numerical simulations. Our results provide an overloading-based characterization of time-varying network robustness that is generalizable to any underlying NOMA implementation.National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20775Major, United States Marine CorpsApproved for public release. Distribution is unlimited