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Joint Beamforming Design for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Backscatter-Assisted Uplink NOMA Communication System

  • Shuai Han
  • , Zeyang Sun*
  • , Sai Xu
  • , Cheng Li
  • , Abderrahim Benslimane
  • , Weixiao Meng
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • University College London
  • Simon Fraser University
  • Avignon Université

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Abstract

This paper investigates a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) backscatter assisted uplink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) communication system, where each wireless device is equipped with a RIS serving as a passive transmitter through backscatter modulation. Specifically, the RIS leverages the incident signal from a dedicated power beacon (PB) to modulate and deliver uplink information. We formulate a weighted sum rate maximization problem, subject to the constraints of the maximum power at the PB and the unit modulus requirement for the RIS. The optimization problem is solved by jointly optimizing the active beamforming vectors at the PB and the passive reflection coefficients at the RIS. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the proposed RIS backscatter uplink NOMA scheme achieves rapid convergence and significantly outperforms conventional active-antenna NOMA and time division multiple access schemes, validating the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed design for future IoT communications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGLOBECOM 2025 - 2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages5502-5507
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9798331577810
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Externally publishedYes
Event2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2025 - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: 8 Dec 202512 Dec 2025

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM
ISSN (Print)2334-0983
ISSN (Electronic)2576-6813

Conference

Conference2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2025
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityTaipei
Period8/12/2512/12/25

Keywords

  • Reconfigurable intelligent surface
  • backscatter
  • non-orthogonal multiple access

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