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Hierarchical Rate-Splitting for Non-Orthogonal Broadcast Multicast and Unicast Transmission in Multibeam Satellite System

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Yuyan Ren
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Meilin Xu
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Jiayan Zhang
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Yunkai Guo
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Chengzhao Shan
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Shuai Han
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Yongkui Ma
DOI:10.1109/tbc.2026.3696548delete
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Multibeam satellite systems, benefiting from wide coverage, enable ubiquitous connectivity. Meanwhile, the promising hierarchical rate-splitting multiple access (HRSMA) technique, with robust interference management capabilities, can effectively handle both inter-beam and intra-beam interference caused by multibeam satellite systems. To simultaneously support diverse information services in multibeam satellite systems, this paper proposes a non-orthogonal broadcast, multicast, and unicast (NOBMU) joint transmission scheme based on HRSMA. Specifically, we formulate a maximum sum rate (MSR) problem and develop a block coordinate descent (BCD) iterative optimization (IO) algorithm based on weighted minimum mean square error (WMMSE). The closed-form expressions for beamforming vectors are derived using the Lagrangian expression and Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) conditions. To enhance the sum rate while ensuring fairness, a two-stage optimization framework is proposed: the first stage solves a max-min fairness (MMF) problem to obtain a guaranteed minimum user rate, which is then applied as a constraint in the second-stage MSR problem. Finally, simulation results demonstrate that the proposed HRSMA-assisted NOBMU transmission scheme significantly outperforms other multiple access schemes.
Keywords:
Non-orthogonal broadcast multicast and unicast (NOBMU)
hierarchical rate-splitting
multiple access interference management
multibeam satellite system

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IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting cover
IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting
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Harbin Institute of Technology
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