Apparatus and method for non-orthogonal multiple access in wireless communication system

1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, for a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), from a base station, first information related to an entire codebook set for a plurality of terminals;

receiving, for the NOMA, from the base station, second information indicating a codebook set for the terminal that is a subset of the entire codebook set for the plurality of terminals;

generating uplink signals by using a plurality of codebooks of the codebook set for the terminal; and

transmitting the uplink signals to a base station,

wherein a first uplink signal of a first resource among the uplink signals is generated based on a first codeword of a first codebook among the plurality of codebooks,

wherein a second uplink signal of a second resource adjacent to the first resource among the uplink signals is generated based on a second codeword of a second codebook that is different from the first codebook among the plurality of codebooks,

wherein the first information is indicated by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling,

wherein the second information is indicated by a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) or downlink control information (DCI),

wherein the first resource comprises N number of subcarriers in a frequency domain,

wherein the second resource comprises N number of other subcarriers adjacent to the N number of subcarriers, and

wherein the N corresponds to a number of resource elements (REs) to which a code of the codebook applies.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second codebook is a codebook that has a distance metric with the first codebook in the codebook set for the terminal, and

wherein the distance metric comprises a minimum Euclidean distance of an adjacent constellation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the codebook set for the terminal comprises codebooks,

each of the codebooks comprises a code for a sparse code multiple access (SCMA) or a pattern division multiple access (PDMA) according to each of the first codeword and the second codeword, and

the code is configured to spread information bits during a radio resource period of a predetermined length.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, first information related to an entire codebook set for the plurality of terminals; and

obtaining the codebook set for the terminal among the entire codebook set for the plurality of terminals based on a predetermined rule,

wherein the predetermined rule comprises one of a random selection, cyclic selection or user equipment (UE) identity-based selection.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second information indicates the codebook set for the terminal based on one of a timing advance (TA) size, numerology or random access preamble identity.

6. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

obtaining an entire codebook set for a plurality of terminals;

transmitting, for a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), to a terminal, first information related to the entire codebook set for the plurality of terminals;

transmitting, for the NOMA, to the terminal, second information indicating a codebook set for the terminal that is a subset of the entire codebook set for the plurality of terminals;

receiving a first overlapping signal in which signals of the plurality of terminals overlap one another in a first resource;

receiving a second overlapping signal in which the signals of the plurality of terminals overlap one another in a second resource;

detecting a first uplink signal of the terminal in the first resource based on the codebook set for the terminal; and

detecting a second uplink signal of the terminal in the second resource adjacent to the first resource based on the codebook set for the terminal,

wherein the codebook set for the terminal comprises a plurality of codebooks in the entire codebook set for the plurality of terminals,

wherein the first uplink signal is generated based on a first codeword of a first codebook among the plurality of codebooks, and

wherein the second uplink signal of the second resource is generated based on a second codeword of a second codebook that is different from the first codebook among the plurality of codebooks.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the first information is indicated by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling,

the second information is indicated by a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) or downlink control information (DCI),

the first resource comprises N number of subcarriers in a frequency domain,

the second resource comprises N number of other subcarriers adjacent to the N number of subcarriers, and

the N corresponds to a number of resource elements (REs) to which a code of the codebook applies.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second codebook is a codebook that has a distance metric with the first codebook in the codebook set for the terminal, and

wherein the distance metric comprises a minimum Euclidean distance of an adjacent constellation.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the codebook set for the terminal comprises codebooks,

each of the codebooks comprises a code for a sparse code multiple access (SCMA) or a pattern division multiple access (PDMA) according to each of the first codeword and the second codeword, and

the code is configured to spread information bits during a radio resource period of a predetermined length.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

obtaining overlapping information for the plurality of terminals based on the entire codebook set for the plurality of terminals,

identifying a codebook order based on the overlapping information,

performing successive interference cancellation (SIC) based on the codebook order,

wherein the overlapping information comprises at least one of diversity information or interference information.

11. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, for a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), from a base station, first information related to an entire codebook set for a plurality of terminals;

receive, for the NOMA, from the base station, second information indicating a codebook set for the terminal that is a subset of the entire codebook set for the plurality of terminals;

generate uplink signals by using a plurality of codebooks of the codebook set for the terminal; and

control the transceiver to transmit the uplink signals to a base station,

wherein a first uplink signal of a first resource among the uplink signals is generated based on a first codeword of a first codebook among the plurality of codebooks,

wherein a second uplink signal of a second resource adjacent to the first resource among the uplink signals is generated based on a second codeword of a second codebook that is different from the first codebook among the plurality of codebooks,

wherein the first information is indicated by a radio resource control (RRC) signaling,

wherein the second information is indicated by a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) or downlink control information (DCI),

wherein the first resource comprises N number of subcarriers in a frequency domain,

wherein the second resource comprises N number of other subcarriers adjacent to the N number of subcarriers, and

wherein the N corresponds to a number of resource elements (REs) to which a code of the codebook applies.

12. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the second codebook is a codebook that has a distance metric with the first codebook in the codebook set for the terminal, and

wherein the distance metric comprises a minimum Euclidean distance of an adjacent constellation.

13. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein:

the codebook set for the terminal comprises codebooks,

each of the codebooks comprises a code for a sparse code multiple access (SCMA) or a pattern division multiple access (PDMA) according to each of the first codeword and the second codeword, and

the code is configured to spread information bits during a radio resource period of a predetermined length.

14. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive, from the base station, first information related to the entire codebook set for the plurality of terminals, and

obtain the codebook set for the terminal among the entire codebook set for the plurality of terminals based on a predetermined rule,

wherein the predetermined rule comprises one of a random selection, cyclic selection or user equipment (UE) identity-based selection.

15. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the second information indicates the codebook set for the terminal based on one of a timing advance (TA) size, numerology or random access preamble identity.