Research Article

NOMA and OMA-Based Massive MIMO and Clustering Algorithms for Beyond 5G IoT Networks

Table 1

Distinction between OMA and NOMA.

SpecificationsOMANOMA

Full formOrthogonal multiple accessNonorthogonal multiple access
Energy consumptionLessMore
Receiver complexityLowHigh
Number of user pairsMoreLess
Number of users/clustersHigherLower
System throughput (assumption: user fairness is guaranteed)SmallerLarger