Robust Beamforming Design for RIS-Aided NOMA Networks With Imperfect Channels

Abstract

This paper studies the worst-case robust beamforming design for a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) aided non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) network with imperfect channels. We aim to minimize the transmission power while satisfying the requirement of the worst-case quality of service (QoS). With the worst-case QoS constraints, unit-modulus constraints and imperfect channel state information (CSI), this problem is a non-convex optimization problem. To solve this problem, we propose a two-procedure algorithm by applying penalty function and semidefinite relaxation (SDR). Finally, simulation results illustrate that the RIS-aided NOMA system has better performance than the traditional NOMA system.