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NOMA-Based Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems with Phase Shift Estimation

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dc.contributor.author Dessie, Fikir
dc.date.accessioned 2025-03-03T07:53:14Z
dc.date.available 2025-03-03T07:53:14Z
dc.date.issued 2024-10
dc.identifier.uri http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/16519
dc.description.abstract The growth of network devices and services has caused a substantial rise in global data tra c demand. Cellular networks face challenges in meeting high data demands of future wireless networks due to uneven data rates between cell centers and edges. Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF mMIMO) has emerged as a promising solution to support rising data demands by leveraging distributed access points (APs) to cooperatively serve users across a coverage area. Inter-user interference (IUI) from unpredictable phase shifts and ine cient power allocation should be addressed to improve performance. In this thesis, we analyzed CF mMIMO systems using power-domain non-orthogonal multiple access (PD-NOMA) and successive interference cancellation (SIC) with phase shift-aware channel estimation. Phase of the line-of-site (LoS) components are modeled as a uniformly distributed random variables to take phase-shifts concerning user equipment (UE) mobility in the estimation process. Three estimation methods|phase-aware minimum mean square error (PA-MMSE), non-phase-aware minimum mean square error (NPA-MMSE), and least squares (LS)|are applied. The favorable phase range of the APs' LoS component is investigated. For NOMA, we employed an e cient power allocation method where UEs are sorted based on the e ective channel gain connected to each AP. Lastly, phase-synchronized AP cooperation is compared to unsynchronized to analyze the e ect on phase shifts. Downlink spectral e ciency (SE) and energy e ciency (EE) are analyzed through Monte Carlo simulations. The results demonstrate improvements in system performance, showcasing the potential of phase shift-aware channel estimation in CF mMIMO-NOMA systems. PA-MMSE estimator with NOMA improves the SE by 14.2% and 4.1% from PA-MMSE and NPA-MMSE NOMA, respectively, while EE improves by 44% and 11.1% respectively. The employed power allocation technique outperforms the conventional method by achieving a gain of over 25.2% in SE performance. Keywords: Cell-Free Massive MIMO, Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access, Phase Shifts, Power Allocation, Successive Interference Cancellation, Spectral Effciency. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.subject Electrical and Computer Engineering en_US
dc.title NOMA-Based Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems with Phase Shift Estimation en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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