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This paper proposes a method for accurately estimating the relative position between two nodes with unknown locations in a diffusion-based molecular communication environment. A specialized node structure is designed, combining a central…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-10 Sangjun Hwang , Chan-Byoung Chae

Today, pipeline networks serve as critical infrastructure for transporting materials such as water, gas, and oil. Modern technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), sensor nodes, and inspection robots enable efficient pipeline…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-30 Muneer M. Al-Zubi , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

In this paper, we consider target detection in suspicious tissue via diffusive molecular communications (MCs). If a target is present, it continuously and with a constant rate secretes molecules of a specific type, so-called biomarkers,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-05-07 Reza Mosayebi , Wayan Wicke , Vahid Jamali , Arman Ahmadzadeh , Robert Schober , Masoumeh Nasiri-Kenari

This paper investigates the channel impulse response (CIR), i.e., the molecule hitting rate, of a molecular communication (MC) system employing an absorbing receiver (RX) covered by multiple non overlapping receptors. In this system,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2022-04-29 Xinyu Huang , Yuting Fang , Stuart T. Johnston , Mattew Faria , Nan Yang , Robert Schober

In biological cells and novel diagnostic devices biochemical receptors need to be sensitive to extremely small concentration changes of signaling molecules. The accuracy of such molecular signaling is ultimately limited by the counting…

Subcellular Processes · Quantitative Biology 2023-04-06 Aljaz Godec , Ralf Metzler

Quantum repeaters with multiple quantum memories provide high throughput, low latency, and high fidelity quantum state (qubit) transfer over long distances. However, conventional quantum repeater protocols require full connections among the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-10 Yuhei Sekiguchi , Satsuki Okumura , Hideo Kosaka

This paper investigates a spherical transmitter (TX) with a membrane covered by heterogeneous receptors of varying sizes and arbitrary locations for molecular communication (MC), where molecules are encapsulated within vesicles and released…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-07-27 Xinyu Huang , Yu Huang , Miaowen Wen , Nan Yang , Robert Schober

Molecular communication (MC) engineering is inspired by the use of chemical signals as information carriers in cell biology. The biological nature of chemical signaling makes MC a promising methodology for interdisciplinary applications…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-09-02 Dadi Bi , Apostolos Almpanis , Adam Noel , Yansha Deng , Robert Schober

In this letter, we consider a 3D molecular communication via diffusion system (MCvDS) with a single point transmitter and multiple fully-absorbing spherical receivers whose centers are distributed as a Poisson point process (PPP) in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-20 Nithin V. Sabu , Abhishek K. Gupta

In the domain of molecular communication (MC), information is conveyed through the characteristics of molecules transmitted between the transmitter and the receiver bionanosensors via propagation. The constrained size of the transmitter…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Dongliang Jing , Linjuan Li , Lin Lin , Andrew W. Eckford

Collisions with hidden terminals is a major cause of performance degradation in 802.11 and likewise wireless networks. Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) is utilized to avoid collisions at the cost of spatial…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-01-30 Zhiyi Zhou , Dongning Guo , Michael L. Honig

Intra-body communication is a method that utilizes the human body as a broadcast biological medium for electromagnetic signals to inter-connect wireless body sensors. Study of the collaboration between electromagnetic waves and human cells…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-02 Mona Youssef , Fatima Ghanim , Noor Imad , Ayesha Alqasim , Raed Shubair

In conventional molecular communication (MC) systems, the signaling molecules used for information transmission are stored, released, and then replenished by a transmitter (TX). However, the replenishment of signaling molecules at the TX is…

Information delivery using chemical molecules is an integral part of biology at multiple distance scales and has attracted recent interest in bioengineering and communication. The collective signal strength at the receiver (i.e., the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-04 Yansha Deng , Adam Noel , Weisi Guo , Arumugam Nallanathan , Maged Elkashlan

Molecular communication (MC) is a concept in communication engineering, where diffusive molecules are used to transmit information between nano or micro-scale chemical reaction systems. Engineering MC to control the reaction systems in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-01 Shoichiro Kitada , Taishi Kotsuka , Yutaka Hori

In this paper, we apply dimensional analysis to study a diffusive molecular communication system that uses diffusing enzymes in the propagation environment to mitigate intersymbol interference. The enzymes bind to information molecules and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-11-21 Adam Noel , Karen C. Cheung , Robert Schober

Information delivery using chemical molecules is an integral part of biology at multiple distance scales and has attracted recent interest in bioengineering and communication theory. Potential applications include cooperative networks with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-05 Yansha Deng , Adam Noel , Weisi Guo , Arumugam Nallanathan , Maged Elkashlan

Diffusion-based and neural communication are two interesting domains in molecular communication. Both of them have distinct advantages and are exploited separately in many works. However, in some cases, neural and diffusion-based ways have…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2015-07-07 Peng He , Yuming Mao , Qiang Liu , Kun Yang

Molecular communication promises to enable communication between nanomachines with a view to increasing their functionalities and open up new possible applications. Due to some of the biological properties, bacteria have been proposed as a…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Monowar Hasan , Ekram Hossain , Sasitharan Balasubramaniam , Yevgeni Koucheryavy

The Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT), envisioned as a revolutionary healthcare paradigm, shows promise for epidemic control. This paper explores the potential of using molecular communication (MC) to address the challenges in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Xuan Chen , Yu Huang , Miaowen Wen , Shahid Mumtaz , Fatih Gulec , Anwer Al-Dulaimi , Andrew W. Eckford