Rate Loss Analysis for Multiple-Antenna NOMA with Limited Feedback

Abstract

In the limited feedback downlink multiple-input single-output (MISO) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system, both the effective channel gain and the channel direction need to be quantized. The quantization error affects the feasible region of NOMA and the rate loss compared with the case of full channel state information (CSI). In this work, we analyze these effects and obtain an upper bound for the rate loss. Numerical results show that the sum rate of the limited feedback MISO-NOMA system approaches that of the full CSI as the number of feedback bits increases.