Down-Link NOMA Networks in the Presence of IQI and Imperfect SIC: Receiver Design and Performance Analysis

This article addresses the practical aspects that may affect the performance of down-link non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) systems. The system performance of two down-link NOMA users, where both users suffer from the effects of in-phase/quadrature-phase imbalance (IQI), while the first user also experiences imperfect successive interference cancellation (SIC) is examined. In order to mitigate the effects of IQI, an optimal maximum...