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Molecular communication (MC) is an emerging paradigm that enables data transmission through biochemical signals rather than traditional electromagnetic waves. This approach is particularly promising for environments where conventional…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-17 Vida Gholamiyan , Yaning Zhao , Wafa Labidi , Holger Boche , Christian Deppe

In this paper, we propose a new Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Molecular Communication (MC) system where multiple types of molecules are utilized for transmission and reception of information. We call the proposed framework as…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-19 Hamid Khoshfekr Rudsari , Mohammad Reza Javan , Mahdi Orooji , Nader Mokari , Eduard A. Jorswieck

Molecular communication between biological entities is a new paradigm in communications. Recently, we studied molecular communication between two nodes formed from synthetic bacteria. Due to high randomness in behavior of bacteria, we used…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2014-10-07 Arash Einolghozati , Mohsen Sardari , Faramarz Fekri

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 is a biologically-inspired method of communication with attractive properties for microscale and nanoscale devices. In molecular communication, messages are transmitted by releasing a pattern of molecules at a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-12-09 Andrew W. Eckford

Recent molecular communication (MC) research has integrated more detailed computational models to capture the dynamics of practical biophysical systems. This research focuses on developing realistic models for MC transceivers inspired by…

In diffusion-based molecular communications, messages can be conveyed via the variation in the concentration of molecules in the medium. In this paper, we intend to analyze the achievable capacity in transmission of information from one…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-05-11 Arash Einolghozati , Mohsen Sardari , Ahmad Beirami , Faramarz Fekri

This letter introduces an analytical model that gives the asymptotic cumulative number of molecules absorbed by spherical receivers in a diffusive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) molecular communication (MC) system with pointwise…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-10 Fardad Vakilipoor , Marco Ferrari , Maurizio Magarini

Molecular communication (MC) enables information transfer using particles inspired by biological systems. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are one of the most abundant and diverse classes of signaling molecules used by living or non-living…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-10 Bitop Maitra , Ozgur B. Akan

Molecular Communication (MC) leverages the power of diffusion to transmit molecules from a transmitter to a receiver. A wide variety of modulation techniques based on molecule concentration, type, and release time have been extensively…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-02-06 Boran A. Kilic , Ozgur B. Akan

In this paper, we consider a molecular diffusion based communications link that conveys information on the macro-scale (several metres). The motivation is to apply molecular-based communications to challenging electromagnetic environments.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Siyi Wang , Weisi Guo , Song Qiu , Mark D. McDonnell

In current molecular communication (MC) systems, performing computational operations at the nanoscale remains challenging, restricting their applicability in complex scenarios such as adaptive biochemical control and advanced nanoscale…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-03 Jianqiao Long , Lei Zhang , Miaowen Wen , Kezhi Wang , Natalio Krasnogor , Jichun Li

In diffusion-based molecular communication, information transport is governed by diffusion through a fluid medium. The achievable data rates for these channels are very low compared to the radio-based communication system, since diffusion…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-03-15 Bon-Hong Koo , Changmin Lee , H. Birkan Yilmaz , Nariman Farsad , Andrew Eckford , Chan-Byoung Chae

Molecular communication (MC) enables cooperation of spatially dispersed molecular robots through the feedback control mediated by diffusing signal molecules. However, conventional analysis frameworks for the MC channels mostly consider the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-11 Taishi Kotsuka , Yutaka Hori

Molecular Communications (MC), transferring information via chemical signals, holds promise for transformative healthcare applications within the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT) framework. Despite promising advances toward practical MC…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-02-03 Maide Miray Albay , Eren Akyol , Fariborz Mirlou , Levent Beker , Murat Kuscu

In this paper, we propose a novel concept for engineered molecular communication (MC) systems inspired by animal olfaction. We focus on a multi-user scenario where several transmitters wish to communicate with a central receiver. We assume…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-09 Vahid Jamali , Helene M. Loos , Andrea Buettner , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor

In this paper, a simple memory limited transmitter for molecular communication is proposed, in which information is encoded in the diffusion rate of the molecules. Taking advantage of memory, the proposed transmitter reduces the ISI problem…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-10-30 Mohammad Movahednasab , Mehdi Soleimanifar , Amin Gohari , Masoumeh Nasiri Kenari , Urbashi Mitra

Recently, molecular communication (MC) has been studied as a micro-scale communication between cells or molecular robots. In previous works, the MC channels in unbounded environment was analyzed. However, many of the experimentally…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-28 Taishi Kotsuka , Yutaka Hori

Molecular communication (MC) is an emerging paradigm that takes inspiration from biological processes, enabling communication at the nanoscale and facilitating the development of the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT). Traditional models…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Shaojie Zhang , Ozgur B. Akan

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

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-02 Vahid Jamali , Nariman Farsad , Robert Schober , Andrea Goldsmith