Visibility Region-Aware NOMA in XL-MIMO Systems


Christophe C. M., Kihero A. B., ARSLAN H.

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, cilt.75, sa.6, ss.11792-11797, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 75 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/tvt.2025.3636212
  • Dergi Adı: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aerospace Database, Compendex, INSPEC, Materials Science & Engineering Collection (ProQuest), Technology Collection (ProQuest)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.11792-11797
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Array non-stationarity, multi-user detection, near field, NOMA, visibility region, XL-MIMO
  • İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper introduces two novel non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) configurations tailored for extra-large MIMO (XL-MIMO) systems, leveraging non-stationary channel characteristics to improve multi-userseparation and spectral efficiency (SE). Specifically, a visibility region (VR)-aware scheduling strategy is proposed, allowing the superposition of near and far-field users through both partial and full NOMA approaches. Low-complexity, VR-aware detection techniques are developed for each NOMA configuration. In this design, near-field users with distinct, non-overlapping VRs share frequency resources with a far-field user occupying a larger VR, with the proposed detection techniques ensuring effective multi-user separation. This approach enhances system capacity and supports massive connectivity within the XL-MIMO framework. Simulations demonstrate significant gains in bit error rate (BER) and SE across all users, while maintaining low complexity.