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Concentration modulation, whereby information is encoded in the concentration level of chemicals, is considered. One of the main challenges with such systems is the limited control the transmitter has on the concentration level at the…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2015-12-01 Nariman Farsad , Andrea Goldsmith

In diffusion-based communication, as for molecular systems, the achievable data rate is low due to the stochastic nature of diffusion which exhibits a severe inter-symbol-interference (ISI). Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-04-26 S. M. Reza Rouzegar , Umberto Spagnolini

In this paper, we design matched filters for diffusive molecular communication systems taking into account the following impairments: signal-dependent diffusion noise, inter-symbol interference (ISI), and external interfering molecules. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-05 Vahid Jamali , Arman Ahmadzadeh , Robert Schober

While molecular communication via diffusion experiences significant inter-symbol interference (ISI), recent work suggests that ISI can be mitigated via time differentiation pre-processing which achieves pulse narrowing. Herein, the approach…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-19 Mustafa Can Gursoy , Urbashi Mitra

Molecular communication has a key role to play in future medical applications, including detecting, analyzing, and addressing infectious disease outbreaks. Overcoming inter-symbol interference (ISI) is one of the key challenges in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-20 Xuan Chen , Miaowen Wen , Fei Ji , Yu Huang , Yuankun Tang , Andrew W. Eckford

Data transmission rate in molecular communication systems can be improved by using multiple transmitters and receivers. In molecular multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems which use only single type of molecules, the performance at…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-04-23 Nithin V. Sabu , Neeraj Varshney , Abhishek K. Gupta

Intersymbol Interference (ISI) is a major bottleneck in Molecular Communication via Diffusion (MCvD), degrading system performance. This paper introduces two families of linear channel codes to mitigate ISI: Zero Pad Zero Start (ZPZS) and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Tamoghno Nath , Krishna Gopal Benerjee , Adrish Banerjee

This letter introduces a novel algorithm for generating codebooks in molecular communications (MC). The proposed algorithm utilizes character entropy to effectively mitigate inter-symbol interference (ISI) during MC via diffusion. Based on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-07 Haewoong Hyun Changmin Lee , Miaowen Wen , Sang-Hyo Kim , Chan-Byoung Chae

This paper focuses on molecular communication (MC) systems using two types of signaling molecules which may participate in a reversible bimolecular reaction in the channel. The motivation for studying these MC systems is that they can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-25 Vahid Jamali , Nariman Farsad , Robert Schober , Andrea Goldsmith

In diffusion-based molecular communication, information is transferred from a transmitter to a receiver using molecular carriers. The low achievable data rate is the main disadvantage of diffusion-based molecular over radio-based…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-09-18 Tayyebeh Jahani-Nezhad , Foroogh S. Tabataba

This paper studies the mitigation of intersymbol interference in a diffusive molecular communication system using enzymes that freely diffuse in the propagation environment. The enzymes form reaction intermediates with information molecules…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-01-21 Adam Noel , Karen C. Cheung , Robert Schober

This paper studies the capacity of molecular communications in fluid media, where the information is encoded in the number of transmitted molecules in a time-slot (amplitude shift keying). The propagation of molecules is governed by random…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-29 Siavash Ghavami , Raviraj Adve , Farshad Lahouti

In the nanonetworking literature, many solutions have been suggested to enable the nanomachine-to-nanomachine communication. Among these solutions, we focus on what constitutes the basis for molecular communication paradigms --molecular…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2014-10-30 Akif Cem Heren , H. Birkan Yilmaz , Chan-Byoung Chae , Tuna Tugcu

Molecular communication is a novel approach for data transmission between miniaturized devices, especially in contexts where electrical signals are to be avoided. The communication is based on sending molecules (or other particles) at nano…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Max Bartunik , Jens Kirchner , Oliver Keszocze

Molecular communication (MC) enables information transfer via molecules, making it ideal for biomedical applications where traditional methods fall short. In many such scenarios, identifying specific events is more critical than decoding…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Yaning Zhao , Pau Colomer , Holger Boche , Christian Deppe

In this paper, we address the symbol synchronization issue in molecular communication via diffusion (MCvD). Symbol synchronization among chemical sensors and nanomachines is one of the critical challenges to manage complex tasks in the…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-03-06 Mithun Mukherjee , H. Birkan Yilmaz , Bishanka Brata Bhowmik , Jaime Lloret , Yunrong Lv

In molecular communication, the heavy tail nature of molecular signals causes inter-symbol interference (ISI). Because of this, it is difficult to decrease symbol periods and achieve high data rate. As a probable solution for ISI…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-03-21 Yae Jee Cho , H. Birkan Yilmaz , Weisi Guo , Chan-Byoung Chae

In the physical layer (PHY) of modern cellular systems, information is transmitted as a sequence of resource blocks (RBs) across various domains with each resource block limited to a certain time and frequency duration. In the PHY of 4G/5G…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-10 Karim A. Said , A. A. Louis Beex , Elizabeth Bentley , Lingjia Liu

Molecular Communication (MC) architectures suffer from molecular build-up in the channel if they do not have appropriate reuptake mechanisms. The molecular build-up either leads to intersymbol interference (ISI) or reduces the transmission…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2024-02-27 Caglar Koca , Ozgur B. Akan

To communicate at the nanoscale, researchers have proposed molecular communication as an energy-efficient solution. The drawback to this solution is that the histogram of the molecules' hitting times, which constitute the molecular signal…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-08-21 Bayram Cevdet Akdeniz , Nafi Ahmet Turgut , H. Birkan Yilmaz , Chan-Byoung Chae , Tuna Tugcu , Ali Emre Pusane