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Thermodynamic Properties of Molecular Communication

Information Theory 2018-05-10 v1 math.IT

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the energy cost of communicating using molecular communication. In a simplified scenario, we show that the energy bound in Landauer's principle can be achieved, implying that molecular communication can approach fundamental thermodynamic limits.

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@article{arxiv.1805.03535,
  title  = {Thermodynamic Properties of Molecular Communication},
  author = {Andrew W. Eckford and Benjamin Kuznets-Speck and Michael Hinczewski and Peter J. Thomas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.03535},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

Accepted for publication at the 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Vail, Colorado