Outage Analysis of Uplink Double-RIS-Assisted NOMA and OMA via Gamma ApproximationShow others and affiliations
2026 (English)In: IEEE Access, E-ISSN 2169-3536, Vol. 14, p. 56516-56530
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Abstract [en]
In this paper, the uplink outage performance of double-reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted non-orthogonal and orthogonal multiple access (NOMA/OMA) systems is investigated. Specifically, we consider a two-user network operating over Nakagami-m fading channels, where each RIS enhances the signal of its corresponding user while introducing random interference to the other user. To accurately characterize the system's outage behavior, a Gamma approximation via the moment matching technique is employed to derive tractable closed-form expressions for the outage probability (OP) of both users, accounting for coherent and non-coherent signal components. The analytical framework captures the effects of key system parameters, including the number of RIS elements and fading severity. Furthermore, Monte Carlo simulations validate the analytical results, demonstrating that (i ) double-RIS NOMA achieves significant power-efficiency gains over OMA, (ii) a pronounced cliff effect appears in the strong user's OP beyond a critical allocation threshold, and (iii) optimal element allocation between the two user-dedicated RISs is highly sensitive to path-loss conditions. These results provide valuable insights for the design and optimization of multi-RIS-assisted NOMA/OMA systems.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2026. Vol. 14, p. 56516-56530
Keywords [en]
Double reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), Gamma approximation, Nakagami-m fading, non-orthogonal/orthogonal multiple-access (NOMA/OMA), outage probability (OP), uplink communication
National Category
Telecommunications Signal Processing Communication Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-382220DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3682579ISI: 001747679400043Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105036517977OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-382220DiVA, id: diva2:2062791
Note
QC 20260527
2026-05-272026-05-272026-05-27Bibliographically approved