Salman, HanadiJanjua, Muhammad BilalArslan, Hüseyin2021-11-042021-11-042021Salman, H., Janjua, M. B. ve Arslan, H. (2021). Improving connectivity via multi-user scheduling in 5G and beyond networks. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC). Nanjing, Peoples R China, March 29-April 01, 2021. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WCNC49053.2021.94174791525-3511https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WCNC49053.2021.9417479https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12511/8559In this paper, a novel, yet efficient, multi-user scheduling scheme based on mode selection and power allocation is presented for 5G and beyond networks. The proposed scheme schedules the users in co-existence (CE) and non coexistence (NCE) modes to maximize the connectivity under signal separability and reliability constraints. In addition, two multi-user scheduling mechanisms; check requirements before scheduling (CRBS) and check requirements after scheduling (CRAS), are proposed for practical scenarios to study the impact of quality of service (QoS) on multi-user scheduling in terms of users' reliability requirements. Analytical results show that CRBS outperforms CRAS and orthogonal multiple access (OMA) schemes in terms of connectivity and system throughput with a complexity trade-off.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessConnectivityReliabilitySignal Separability5GCo-ExistenceMulti-User SchedulingConference Object10.1109/WCNC49053.2021.9417479N/AN/A