Multi-branch NOMA wireless communication

A method of wireless communication at a user equipment, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the user equipment and from a base station, a message including information that identifies a first plurality of multiple access resources and an order of the first plurality of multiple access resources;
• determining, by the user equipment, a second plurality of multiple access resources, the determined second plurality of multiple access resources being a subset of the first plurality of multiple access resources;
• and
• transmitting, by the user equipment and to the base station, a multi-branch data stream in accordance with multi-branch non orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) communications and using the determined second plurality of multiple access resources in accordance with the order of the first plurality of multiple access resources.

A base station comprising:

• a wireless transceiver;
• a processor;
• and
• computer-readable storage memory comprising instructions to implement a base station resource manager, the base station resource manager upon execution by the processor directing the base station to
• determine a first plurality of multiple access resources and an order of the first plurality of multiple access resources;
• transmit, to a user equipment, a message, the message including information that identifies the determined first plurality of multiple access resources and the determined order of the first plurality of multiple access resources;
• determine a second plurality of multiple access resources, the second plurality of multiple access resources being a subset of the determined first plurality of multiple access resources;
• receive, from the user equipment, a multi-branch data stream;
• and decode data from the multi-branch data stream, the decoding being a result of the base station combining the determined second plurality of multiple access resources in accordance with the determined order of the first plurality of multiple access resources.

A user equipment comprising:

• a wireless transceiver;
• a processor;
• and
• computer-readable storage memory comprising instructions to implement a user equipment resource manager, the user equipment resource manager upon execution by the processor directing the user equipment to:
• receive, from a base station, a message, a message including information that identifies a determined first plurality of multiple access resources and a determined order of the first plurality of multiple access resources;
• determine a second plurality of multiple access resources, the determined second plurality of multiple access resources being a subset of the determined first plurality of multiple access resources;
• and
• transmit, to the base station, a multi-branch data stream using the determined second plurality of multiple access resources in accordance with the determined order of the first plurality of multiple access resources.