Cooperative Device-to-Device Relaying Network with Power Line Communications

Abstract

Cooperative device-to-device communication with non- orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) employing additional power line communication technology is an effective way to increase the coverage and spectral efficiency of the next generation hybrid networks. In this paper, we present the outage analysis of a cooperative network with NOMA and decode-and-forward relaying assuming a direct link between the base station and the users. We consider a relaying network consisting of a wireless link for the strong user and the weak user having both wireless and a wired link which is assumed as a power line link. The wireless links are subjected to Nakagami-m fading and the power line link experiences Rayleigh fading. The outage probability expressions for both the strong and the weak users are derived assuming power division NOMA and perfect successive interference cancellation at the receivers. We also derive the optimal value of the NOMA power allocation coefficient minimizing the outage probability at the strong user and obtain the range of the power allocation coefficient between the power line and the wireless link at the weak user. Furthermore, numerical results validate the derived analytical results.