English
Related papers

Related papers: Advanced Target Detection via Molecular Communicat…

200 papers

A network of nanomachines (NMs) can be used to build a target detection system for a variety of promising applications. They have the potential to detect toxic chemicals, infectious bacteria, and biomarkers of dangerous diseases such as…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-10 Nithin V. Sabu , Abhishek K. Gupta

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

In this paper, we propose using mobile nanosensors (MNSs) for early stage anomaly detection. For concreteness, we focus on the detection of cancer cells located in a particular region of a blood vessel. These cancer cells produce and emit…

Tissues and Organs · Quantitative Biology 2018-05-24 Reza Mosayebi , Arman Ahmadzadeh , Wayan Wicke , Vahid Jamali , Robert Schober , Masoumeh Nasiri-Kenari

In this paper, we propose a molecular communication system to localize an abnormality in a diffusion based medium. We consider a general setup to perform joint sensing, communication and localization. This setup consists of three types of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-01 Ladan Khaloopour , Mahtab Mirmohseni , Masoumeh Nasiri-Kenari

Molecular Communications (MC) is a bio-inspired communication technique that uses molecules to transfer information among bio-nano devices. In this paper, we focus on the detection problem for biological MC receivers employing ligand…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2021-05-13 Murat Kuscu , Ozgur B. Akan

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

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

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

Molecular Communication (MC) is an important nanoscale communication paradigm, which is employed for the interconnection of the nanomachines (NMs) to form nanonetworks. A transmitter NM (TN) sends the information symbols by emitting…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-27 Baris Atakan , Fatih Gulec

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

As one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide, plaque formation in human arteries, known as atherosclerosis, is the focus of many research efforts. Previously, molecular communication (MC) models have been proposed to capture and analyze…

Molecular communication (MC) is a promising paradigm for applications where traditional electromagnetic communications are impractical. However, decoding chemical signals, especially in multi-transmitter systems, remains a key challenge due…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-05 Vivien Walter , Dadi Bi , Daniel L. Ruiz Blanco , Yansha Deng

A scheme for detection of abnormality in molecular nano-networks is proposed. This is motivated by the fact that early diagnosis, classification and detection of diseases such as cancer play a crucial role in their successful treatment. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Siavash Ghavami , Farshad Lahouti , Ali Masoudi-Nejad

In biological cells and novel diagnostic devices biochemical receptors need to be sensitive to extremely small concentration changes of signaling molecules. The accuracy of such molecular signaling is ultimately limited by the counting…

Subcellular Processes · Quantitative Biology 2023-04-06 Aljaz Godec , Ralf Metzler

Early detection of cancer is essential for timely diagnosis and improved patient outcomes. Among emerging technologies, intra-body nanoscale communication offers an innovative solution to identify molecular cues within the human…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Abdollah Rezagholi , Sergi Abadal , Filip Lemic , Eduard Alarcon , Ethungshan Shitiri

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

This work presents a performance analysis for diffusive molecular communication with mobile transmit and receive nanomachines. To begin with, the optimal test is obtained for symbol detection at the receiver nanomachine. Subsequently,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-04 Neeraj Varshney , Aditya K. Jagannatham , Pramod K. Varshney

Molecular Communications (MC) is an emerging research paradigm that utilizes molecules to transmit information, with promising applications in biomedicine such as targeted drug delivery or tumor detection. It is also envisioned as a key…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-05 Martín Schottlender , Maximilian Schäfer , Ricardo A. Veiga

In this paper, a cooperative diffusion-based molecular communication system is considered where distributed receivers collaboratively determine a transmitter's signal. In this system, the receivers first make local hard decisions about the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-20 Yuting Fang , Adam Noel , Nan Yang , Andrew W. Eckford , Rodney A. Kennedy

This paper introduces a novel optically controllable molecular communication (MC) transmitter (TX) design based on vesicular nanodevices (NDs). The NDs are functionalized for the controlled release of signaling molecules (SMs) via…

‹ Prev 1 2 3 10 Next ›