Resource allocation methods for next-generation networks

In 5G and beyond systems, the number of connections and data traffic is expected to grow significantly. To support the ever-increasing requirements, new solutions such as Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA), and Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets) are studied extensively. This thesis focuses on the resource allocation methods for uplink Hybrid NOMA for MEC offloading, downlink Hybrid NOMA, and downlink HetNets. First, a joint resource allocation that minimizes the total energy consumption of users for uplink Hybrid NOMA MEC Offloading is proposed. By solving the joint optimization problem, we propose a novel optimal Hybrid NOMA scheme referred to as Switched Hybrid NOMA for power and time allocation. Subsequently, we propose an algorithm to solve the sub-channel allocation (SCA) problem. We demonstrate that the proposed methods outperform the results in the literature analytically and by simulations. Then, we switch to the downlink communication, and study a resource allocation scheme that minimizes the total weighted energy consumption in the network. We propose a novel optimal Hybrid NOMA scheme for two users and then extend this idea to multiple users. Via simulations, we demonstrate that the Hybrid NOMA method outperforms Orthogonal Multiple Access (OMA) and NOMA methods. Afterward, we investigate novel distributed sub-channel and power allocation algorithms for HetNets. We introduce an SCA algorithm that minimizes the effective interference experienced by users in the network. Then, a distributed algorithm for power allocation is proposed, and a joint resource allocation method is constructed by combining the proposed algorithms, which outperforms the existing methods in the literature.