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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

Chemical reactions are a prominent feature of molecular communication (MC) systems, with no direct parallels in wireless communications. While chemical reactions may be used inside the transmitter nodes, receiver nodes or the communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-04-25 Maryam Farahnak-Ghazani , Gholamali Aminian , Mahtab Mirmohseni , Amin Gohari , Masoumeh Nasiri-Kenari

In a diffusion-based molecular communication network, transmitters and receivers communicate by using signalling molecules (or ligands) in a fluid medium. This paper assumes that the transmitter uses different chemical reactions to generate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-04-25 Chun Tung Chou

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) is a bio-inspired communication method based on the exchange of molecules for information transfer among nanoscale devices. MC has been extensively studied from various aspects in the literature; however, the…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-07-26 M. Kuscu , O. B. Akan

The design of communication systems capable of processing and exchanging information through molecules and chemical processes is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field, which holds the promise to revolutionize how we realize computing…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-08-12 Dadi Bi , Yansha Deng , Massimiliano Pierobon , Arumugam Nallanathan

In this letter, we consider a 3D molecular communication via diffusion system (MCvDS) with a single point transmitter and multiple fully-absorbing spherical receivers whose centers are distributed as a Poisson point process (PPP) in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-20 Nithin V. Sabu , Abhishek K. Gupta

In this paper an analytical model is introduced to describe the impulse response of the diffusive channel between a pointwise transmitter and a given fully-absorbing (FA) receiver in a molecular communication (MC) system. The presence of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-25 Marco Ferrari , Fardad Vakilipoor , Eric Regonesi , Mariangela Rapisarda , Maurizio Magarini

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

Synaptic communication is a natural Molecular Communication (MC) system which may serve as a blueprint for the design of synthetic MC systems. In particular, it features highly specialized mechanisms to enable inter-symbol interference…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2021-10-01 Sebastian Lotter , Maximilian Schäfer , Johannes Zeitler , Robert Schober

This paper considers particle propagation in a cylindrical molecular communication channel, e.g. a simplified model of a blood vessel. Emitted particles are influenced by diffusion, flow, and a vertical force induced e.g. by gravity or…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-02-26 Maximilian Schäfer , Wayan Wicke , Rudolf Rabenstein , Robert Schober

Molecular Communication (MC) channels are characterized by significant memory and nonlinear dynamics arising from diffusion and receptor kinetics. While often viewed as impairments to reliable data transmission, this work introduces a…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Mustafa Uzun , Kaan Burak Ikiz , Murat Kuscu

In this paper, we propose adding enzymes to the propagation environment of a diffusive molecular communication system as a strategy for mitigating intersymbol interference. The enzymes form reaction intermediates with information molecules…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-10-17 Adam Noel , Karen C. Cheung , Robert Schober

This paper presents an analytical comparison of active and passive receiver models in diffusive molecular communication. In the active model, molecules are absorbed when they collide with the receiver surface. In the passive model, the…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-03-20 Adam Noel , Yansha Deng , Dimitrios Makrakis , Abdelhakim Hafid

Molecular communication via diffusion (MCvD) is a method of achieving nano- and micro-scale connectivity by utilizing the free diffusion mechanism of information molecules. The randomness in diffusive propagation is the main cause of…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-04-09 Mustafa Can Gursoy , H. Birkan Yilmaz , Ali Emre Pusane , Tuna Tugcu

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

Spherical multi-layered structures are prevalent in numerous biological systems and engineered applications, including tumor spheroids, layered tissues, and multi-shell nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery. Despite their widespread…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-19 Mitra Rezaei , Michael Chappell , Adam Noel

A one-dimensional (1-D) anomalous-diffusive molecular communication channel is considered, wherein the devices (transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX)) can move in either direction along the axis. For modeling the anomalous diffusion of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-29 Lokendra Chouhan , Prabhat Kumar Upadhyay , Prabhat Kumar Sharma , Anas M. Salhab

Due to the limited capabilities of a single bio-nanomachine, complicated tasks can be performed only with the co-operation of multiple bio-nanomachines. In this work, we consider a diffusion-based molecular communication system with a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-20 Nithin V. Sabu , Abhishek K. Gupta

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