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Molecular communication (MC) enables information exchange through the transmission of signaling molecules (SMs) and holds promise for many innovative applications. However, most existing works in MC rely on simplified transmitter (TX)…

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Molecular codes translate information written in one type of molecules into another molecular language. We introduce a simple model that treats molecular codes as noisy information channels. An optimal code is a channel that conveys…

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We establish lower and upper bounds for the identification capacity of discrete-time Gaussian channels subject to inter-symbol interference (ISI), a canonical model in wireless communication. Our analysis accounts for deterministic encoders…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Mohammad Javad Salariseddigh , Christian Deppe

This paper is Part II of a two-paper set which develops a finest-grain per-molecule timing treatment of molecular communication. We first consider a simple one-molecule timing channel with a molecule launch deadline, similar to but…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-09-22 Christopher Rose , Ismat Saira Mian

In the wideband regime, the performance of many of the popular modulation schemes such as code division multiple access and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing falls quickly without channel state information. Obtaining the amount of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-01 Kathleen Yang , Salman Salamatian , Rafael G. L . D'Oliveira , Muriel Medard

Biological learning achieves temporal credit assignment despite sparse and imprecise feedback, often relying on neuromodulatory signals acting over space and time. Here, we introduce a learning mechanism in which error information diffuses…

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While neural lossy compression techniques have markedly advanced the efficiency of Channel State Information (CSI) compression and reconstruction for feedback in MIMO communications, efficient algorithms for more challenging and practical…

We study diversity in one-shot communication over molecular timing channels. We consider a channel model where the transmitter simultaneously releases a large number of information particles, while the information is encoded in the time of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-18 Yonathan Murin , Nariman Farsad , Mainak Chowdhury , Andrea Goldsmith

In traditional spread-spectrum techniques, a wideband transmit signal is obtained by modulating a wideband carrier by a narrowband signal containing a relatively low-rate message. In the receiver, the respective demodulation/despreading…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-17 Alexei V. Nikitin , Ruslan L. Davidchack

Symbol synchronization refers to the estimation of the start of a symbol interval and is needed for reliable detection. In this paper, we develop several symbol synchronization schemes for molecular communication (MC) systems where we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-05 Vahid Jamali , Arman Ahmadzadeh , Robert Schober

This paper considers the scenario of a targeted drug delivery system, which consists of deploying a number of biological nanomachines close to a biological target (e.g. a tumor), able to deliver drug molecules in the diseased area. Suitably…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-08-14 Mauro Femminella , Gianluca Reali , Athanasios V. Vasilakos

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

In this paper, we propose a practical adaptive coding modulation scheme to approach the capacity of free-space optical (FSO) channels with intensity modulation/direct detection based on probabilistic shaping. The encoder efficiently adapts…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Ahmed Elzanaty , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

The random propagation of molecules in a fluid medium is characterized by the spontaneous diffusion law as well as the interaction between the environment and molecules. In this paper, we embody the anomalous diffusion theory for modeling…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-05 Dung Phuong Trinh , Youngmin Jeong , Hyundong Shin , Moe Z. Win

Molecular Communications (MC) is a bio-inspired communication technique that uses molecules to encode and transfer information. Many efforts have been devoted to developing novel modulation techniques for MC based on various distinguishable…

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We provide a fundamental treatment of the molecular communication channel wherein "inscribed matter" is transmitted across a spatial gap to provide reliable signaling between a sender and receiver. Inscribed matter is defined as an ensemble…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-09-22 Christopher Rose , Ismat Saira Mian

This paper considers the impact of external noise sources, including interfering transmitters, on a diffusive molecular communication system, where the impact is measured as the number of noise molecules expected to be observed at a passive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-11-20 Adam Noel , Karen C. Cheung , Robert Schober

Delay alignment modulation (DAM) is a promising technology for inter-symbol interference (ISI)-free communication without relying on sophisticated channel equalization or multi-carrier transmissions. The key ideas of DAM are delay…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-03 Dingyang Ding , Yong Zeng

In molecular communications (MC), inter-symbol interference (ISI) and noise are key factors that degrade communication reliability. Although time-domain equalization can effectively mitigate these effects, it often entails high…

Subcellular Processes · Quantitative Biology 2025-11-25 Cheng Xiang , Yu Huang , Miaowen Wen , Weiqiang Tan , Chan-Byoung Chae

The Binomial channel serves as a fundamental model for molecular communication (MC) systems employing molecule-counting receivers. Here, deterministic identification (DI) is addressed for the discrete-time Binomial channels (DTBC), subject…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-26 Mohammad Javad Salariseddigh , Vahid Jamali , Holger Boche , Christian Deppe , Robert Schober