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Recent advances in neuromorphic signal processing have introduced time encoding machines as a promising alternative to conventional uniform sampling for low-power communication receivers. In this paradigm, analog signals are converted into…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-25 Neil Irwin Bernardo

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

Molecular communication (MC) is emerging paradigm that employs molecules as information carriers, inspired by biological signaling processes. Existing modulation schemes such as on-off keying (OOK), although simple to implement, suffer from…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Muskan Ahuja , Abhishek K. Gupta

In this letter, a novel synchronization method for MIMO-OFDM systems is proposed. The new approach has an accurate estimate of both symbol timing and large frequency offest. Simulation results show the excellent robustness of our method in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-11-22 Jun Liu , Kai Mei , Xiaochen Zhang , Xiaoying Zhang , Dongtang Ma , Jibo Wei

This work studies optimal detection for communication over diffusion-based molecular timing (DBMT) channels. The transmitter simultaneously releases multiple information particles, where the information is encoded in the time of release.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-12 Yonathan Murin , Nariman Farsad , Mainak Chowdhury , Andrea Goldsmith

Semantic communication systems often use an end-to-end neural network to map input data into continuous symbols. These symbols, which are essentially neural network features, usually have fixed dimensions and heavy-tailed distributions.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-17 Hanju Yoo , Dongha Choi , Songkuk Kim , Chan-Byoung Chae , Robert W. Heath

Synchronization is a fundamental procedure in cellular systems whereby an UE acquires the time and frequency information required to decode the data transmitted by a BS. Due to the necessity of using large antenna arrays to obtain the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-05 Javier Rodriguez-Fernandez

This research analyzed the performance and consistency of four synchronization mechanisms-reentrant locks, semaphores, synchronized methods, and synchronized blocks-across three operating systems: macOS, Windows, and Linux. Synchronization…

Operating Systems · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Oluwatoyin Kode , Temitope Oyemade

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

Molecular communication (MC) provides a foundational framework for information transmission in the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT), where efficiency and reliability are crucial. However, the inherent limitations of molecular channels,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-02 Hanlin Cai , Ozgur B. Akan

A diffusion molecular channel is a channel with memory, as molecules released into the medium hit the receptors after a random delay. Coding over the diffusion channel is performed by choosing the type, intensity, or the released time of…

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

In this paper we consider maximum-likelihood (ML) MIMO detection under one-bit quantized observations and binary symbol constellations. This problem is motivated by the recent interest in adopting coarse quantization in massive MIMO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-24 Mingjie Shao , Wing-Kin Ma

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

Errors in realistic channels contain not only substitution errors, but synchronisation errors as well. Moreover, these errors are rarely statistically independent in nature. By extending on the idea of the Fritchman channel model, a novel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-23 Shamin Achari , Daniel Glenn Holmes , Ling Cheng

Diffusive molecular communications (DiMC) have recently gained attention as a candidate for nano- to micro- and macro-scale communications due to its simplicity and energy efficiency. As signal propagation is solely enabled by Brownian…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-11 Mustafa Can Gursoy , Masoumeh Nasiri-Kenari , Urbashi Mitra

One of the challenging tasks in LTE baseband receiver design is synchronization, which determines the symbol boundary and transmitted frame start-time, and performs cell identification. Conventional algorithms are based on correlation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Mohammad H. Nassralla , Mohammad M. Mansour , Louay M. A. Jalloul

Maximum Likelihood (ML) algorithms, for the joint estimation of synchronization impairments and channel in Multiple Input Multiple Output-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) system, are investigated in this work. A system…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-10-30 Renu Jose , K. V. S. Hari

In this paper, we investigate the achievable rate of a diffusive Molecular Communication (MC) channel with fully absorbing receiver, which counts particles absorbed along each symbol interval and resets the counter at every interval…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-08 Fardad Vakilipoor , Luca Barletta , Stefano Bregni , Maurizio Magarini

The discrete nature of transmitted symbols poses challenges for achieving optimal detection in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems associated with a large number of antennas. Recently, the combination of two powerful machine…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-11 Xingyu Zhou , Le Liang , Jing Zhang , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin