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We study non-coherent detection schemes for molecular communication (MC) systems that do not require knowledge of the channel state information (CSI). In particular, we first derive the optimal maximum likelihood (ML) multiple-symbol (MS)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-28 Vahid Jamali , Nariman Farsad , Robert Schober , Andrea Goldsmith

This paper explores the Achievable Information Rate (AIR) of a diffusive Molecular Communication (MC) channel featuring a fully absorbing receiver that counts the absorbed particles during symbol time intervals (STIs) and resets the counter…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Fardad Vakilipoor , Luca Barletta , Stefano Bregni , Maurizio Magarini

This paper studies the impact of a transmitter's molecule generation process on the capacity of a concentration based Molecular Communication (MC) system. Constraints caused by the molecule generation process affect the availability of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-27 Hamid G. Bafghi , Amin Gohari , Mahtab Mirmohseni , Masoumeh Nasiri-Kenari

Molecular communication (MC) enables information exchange at the nano- and microscale, with applications in areas like drug delivery and health monitoring. These event-driven scenarios often require alternatives to traditional transmission.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-18 Yaning Zhao , Luca Miszewski , Christian Deppe , Massimiliano Pierobon

We consider a multiuser diffusion-based molecular communication (MC) system where multiple spatially distributed transmitter (TX)-receiver (RX) pairs establish point-to-point communication links employing the same type of signaling…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-05 Lukas Brand , Sebastian Lotter , Vahid Jamali , Robert Schober

Molecular communication (MC) can enable the transfer of information between nanomachines using molecules as the information carrier. In MC systems, multiple receiver nanomachines often co-exist in the same communication channel to serve…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-07 Nithin V. Sabu , Abhishek K. Gupta , Neeraj Varshney , Anshuman Jindal

Molecular Communication via Diffusion (MCvD) is a prominent small-scale technology, which roots from the nature. With solid analytical foundations on channel response and advanced modulation techniques, molecular single-input-single-output…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Gokberk Yaylali , Bayram Cevdet Akdeniz , Tuna Tugcu , Ali Emre Pusane

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 consider abnormality detection via diffusive molecular communications (MCs) for a network consisting of several sensors and a fusion center (FC). If a sensor detects an abnormality, it injects into the medium a number of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-30 Reza Mosayebi , Vahid Jamali , Nafiseh Ghoroghchian , Robert Schober , Masoumeh Nasiri-Kenari , Mahdieh Mehrabi

We consider a molecular communication system comprised of a transmitter, an absorbing receiver, and an interference source. Assuming amplitude modulation, we analyze the dependence of the bit error rate (BER) on the detection interval,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-05 Trang Ngoc Cao , Nikola Zlatanov , Phee Lep Yeoh , Jamie S. Evans

Secured opportunistic Medium Access Control (MAC) and complexity reduction in channel estimation are proposed in the Cross layer design Cognitive Radio Networks deploying the secured dynamic channel allocation from the endorsed channel…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-03-19 Niraj Shakhakarmi

In this paper, we present a deep learning (DL) algorithm for channel estimation in communication systems. We consider the time-frequency response of a fast fading communication channel as a two-dimensional image. The aim is to find the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-20 Mehran Soltani , Vahid Pourahmadi , Ali Mirzaei , Hamid Sheikhzadeh

Accurate estimation of the distance between the transmitter (TX) and the receiver (RX) in molecular communication (MC) systems can provide faster and more reliable communication. Existing theoretical models in the literature are not…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-20 Fatih Gulec , Baris Atakan

This work introduces the particle-intensity channel (PIC) as a model for molecular communication systems and characterizes the properties of the optimal input distribution and the capacity limits for this system. In the PIC, the transmitter…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-24 Nariman Farsad , Christopher Rose , Muriel Médard , Andrea Goldsmith

Molecular communication (MC) implemented on Nano networks has extremely attractive characteristics in terms of energy efficiency, dependability, and robustness. Even though, the impact of incredibly slow molecule diffusion and high…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-21 Soha Mohamed , Mahmoud S. Fayed

Flow velocity is an important characteristic of the fluidic mediums. In this paper, we introduce a molecular based flow velocity meter consisting of a molecule releasing node and a receiver that counts these molecules. We consider both flow…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-12 Maryam Farahnak-Ghazani , Mahtab Mirmohseni , Masoumeh Nasiri-Kenari

Air-based molecular communication (MC) has the potential to be one of the first MC systems to be deployed in real-world applications, enabled by commercially available sensors. However, these sensors usually exhibit non-linear and…

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

In diffusion-based molecular communication, information particles locomote via a diffusion process, characterized by random movement and heavy tail distribution for the random arrival time. As a result, the molecular communication shows…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-04-05 Changmin Lee , H. Birkan Yilmaz , Chan-Byoung Chae , Nariman Farsad , Andrea Goldsmith

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