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This work considers the problem of flow-induced diffusive molecular communication under various mobility conditions such as (i) both transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) nanomachines are mobile, (ii) TX is mobile and RX is fixed, and (iii) TX…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-14 Neeraj Varshney , Werner Haselmayr , Weisi Guo

In molecular communication (MC) systems, the \textit{expected} number of molecules observed at the receiver over time after the instantaneous release of molecules by the transmitter is referred to as the channel impulse response (CIR).…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Vahid Jamali , Arman Ahmadzadeh , Christophe Jardin , Heinrich Sticht , Robert Schober

For nano-scale communications, there must be cooperation and simultaneous communication between nano devices. To this end, in this paper we investigate two-way (a.k.a. bi-directional) molecular communications between nano devices. If…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-05-06 Jong Woo Kwak , H. Birkan Yilmaz , Nariman Farsad , Chan-Byoung Chae , Andrea Goldsmith

In this paper, we investigate the scheduling design of a mobile-edge computing (MEC) system, where the random arrival of mobile devices with computation tasks in both spatial and temporal domains is considered. The binary computation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-09-06 Shanfeng Huang , Bojie Lv , Rui Wang

The exponential growth of electric vehicles (EVs) presents novel challenges in preserving battery health and in addressing the persistent problem of vehicle range anxiety. To address these concerns, wireless charging, particularly, Mobile…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-31 Jiaming Wang , Jiqian Dong , Sikai Chen , Shreyas Sundaram , Samuel Labi

We investigate algorithmic approaches for targeted drug delivery in a complex, maze-like environment, such as a vascular system. The basic scenario is given by a large swarm of micro-scale particles (''agents'') and a particular target…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Aaron T. Becker , Sándor P. Fekete , Li Huang , Phillip Keldenich , Linda Kleist , Dominik Krupke , Christian Rieck , Arne Schmidt

Achieving precise synchronisation between transmitters and receivers is particularly challenging in diffusive molecular communication environments. To this end, point-to-point molecular communication system design is examined wherein…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-11-09 Tze-Yang Tung , Urbashi Mitra

The analysis and design of advection-diffusion based molecular communication (MC) systems in cylindrical environments is of particular interest for applications such as micro-fluidics and targeted drug delivery in blood vessels. Therefore,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-07-06 Maximilian Schäfer , Wayan Wicke , Lukas Brand , Rudolf Rabenstein , Robert Schober

In this paper we propose a solution for transmitting digital information within the cardiocirculatory system. In particular, we make use of a channel delivering burst of molecules, emitted by mobile transmitters, which diffuse in the blood…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-09-30 Luca Felicetti , Mauro Femminella , Gianluca Reali

Nanocomposite membranes based on thermosensitive, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based nanogels and magnetite nanoparticles have been designed to achieve "on-demand" drug delivery upon the application of an oscillating magnetic field. On-off…

Discrete diffusion models have recently emerged as a powerful class of generative models for chemistry and biology data. In these fields, the goal is to generate various samples with high rewards (e.g., drug-likeness in molecules), making…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Prin Phunyaphibarn , Minhyuk Sung

Organoids have garnered attention due to their effectiveness in modeling the 3D structure of organ interactions. However, the communication engineering perspective has received relatively little attention. One way to achieve organoids…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Shaojie Zhang , Ozgur B. Akan

Molecular Communication (MC) is a bio-inspired communication modality that utilizes chemical signals in the form of molecules to exchange information between spatially separated entities. Pulse shaping is an important process in all…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-01-16 Maryam Kahvazi Zadeh , Iman Mokari Bolhassan , Murat Kuscu

The paper presents a distributed model predictive control (DMPC) scheme for continuous-time nonlinear systems based on the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM). A stopping criterion in the ADMM algorithm limits the iterations…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-06-30 Anja Bestler , Knut Graichen

While RNA technologies hold immense therapeutic potential in a range of applications from vaccination to gene editing, the broad implementation of these technologies is hindered by the challenge of delivering these agents effectively. Lipid…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2023-08-30 Daisy Yi Ding , Yuhui Zhang , Yuan Jia , Jiuzhi Sun

In the domain of molecular communication (MC), information is conveyed through the characteristics of molecules transmitted between the transmitter and the receiver bionanosensors via propagation. The constrained size of the transmitter…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Dongliang Jing , Linjuan Li , Lin Lin , Andrew W. Eckford

This paper presents a mathematical framework for optimizing drug delivery in cancer treatment using a nonlocal model of solid tumor growth. We present a coupled system of partial differential equations that incorporate long-range cellular…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-13 Bouhamidi Abderrahman , El Harraki Imad , Melouani Yassine

Mathematical modelling and computer simulation are increasingly being used alongside experiments to help optimise and guide the design of drug delivery systems. Recent drug delivery research has (i) highlighted the advantages of drug…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-08-28 Obi A. Carwood , Elliot J. Carr

Time-varying coverage control addresses the challenge of coordinating multiple agents covering an environment where regions of interest change over time. This problem has broad applications, including the deployment of autonomous taxis and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-03 Patrick Benito Eberhard , Johannes Köhler , Oliver Hüsser , Melanie N. Zeilinger , Andrea Carron

Many drug delivery systems suffer from undesirable interactions with the host immune system. It has been experimentally established that covalent attachment (irreversible adsorption) of suitable macromolecules to the surface of the drug…

Biological Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Radek Erban , Jonathan Chapman , Kerry D. Fisher , Ioannis G. Kevrekidis , Leonard W. Seymour