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In this paper, we propose an energy-efficient spatial modulation based molecular communication (SM-MC) scheme, in which a transmitted symbol is composed of two parts, i.e., a space derived symbol and a concentration derived symbol. The…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-07-06 Yu Huang , Miaowen Wen , Lie-Liang Yang , Chan-Byoung Chae , Fei Ji

In order to fully exploit the potential of molecular communication (MC) for intra-body communication, practically implementable cellular receivers are an important long-term goal. A variety of receiver architectures based on chemical…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-05-11 Bastian Heinlein , Lukas Brand , Malcolm Egan , Maximilian Schäfer , Robert Schober , Sebastian Lotter

In this paper, a diffusion-based molecular communication channel between two nano-machines is considered. The effect of the amount of memory on performance is characterized, and a simple memory-limited decoder is proposed and its…

Biological Physics · Physics 2014-05-05 Reza Mosayebi , Hamidreza Arjmandi , Amin Gohari , Masoumeh Nasiri Kenari , Urbashi Mitra

The design and analysis of communication systems typically rely on the development of mathematical models that describe the underlying communication channel, which dictates the relationship between the transmitted and the received signals.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-08-01 Nariman Farsad , Andrea Goldsmith

As the potential of molecular communication via diffusion (MCvD) systems at nano-scale communication increases, designing molecular schemes robust to the inevitable effects of molecular interference has become of vital importance. There are…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2021-12-02 Ozgur Kara , Gokberk Yaylali , Ali Emre Pusane , Tuna Tugcu

Inter-symbol interference (ISI) with heteroscedastic, or state-dependent, noise is a defining feature of molecular communication via diffusion (MCvD). However, such noise variance dependency across ISI states has not been systematically…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Erencem Ozbey , H. Birkan Yilmaz , Chan-Byoung Chae

To accomplish relatively complex tasks, in Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT), information collected by different nano-machines (NMs) is usually sent via multiple-access channels to fusion centers (FCs) for further processing. Relying on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-27 Weidong Gao , Lu Shi , Lie-Liang Yang

One of the main challenges in diffusion-based molecular communication is dealing with the non-linearity of reaction-diffusion chemical equations. While numerical methods can be used to solve these equations, a change in the input signals or…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-04 Hamidreza Abin , Amin Gohari , Masoumeh Nasiri-Kenari

This paper considers base station cooperation (BSC) strategies for the uplink of a multi-user multi-cell high frequency reuse scenario where distributed iterative detection (DID) schemes with soft/hard interference cancellation algorithms…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-01-03 Peng Li , Rodrigo C. de Lamare

Realistic models of the components and processes are required for molecular communication (MC) systems. In this paper, a spheroidal receiver structure is proposed for MC that is inspired by the 3D cell cultures known as spheroids being…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Hamidreza Arjmandi , Mohamad Zoofaghari , Mitra Rezaei , Kajsa Kanebratt , Liisa Vilen , David Janzen , Peter Gennemark , Adam Noel

In this paper, we consider diffusive molecular communication (MC) systems affected by signal-dependent diffusive noise, inter-symbol interference, and external noise. We design linear and nonlinear fractionally-spaced equalization schemes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-28 Trang Ngoc Cao , Vahid Jamali , Nikola Zlatanov , Phee Lep Yeoh , Jamie Evans , Robert Schober

In this paper, we present an analytical framework to derive the performance of a molecular communication system where a transmitter bio-nano-machine (TBN) is communicating with a fully-absorbing spherical receiver bio-nano-machine (RBN) in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-07 Nithin V. Sabu , Abhishek K. Gupta

Cell signaling networks are complex and often incompletely characterized, making it difficult to obtain a comprehensive picture of the mechanisms they encode. Mathematical modeling of these networks provides important clues, but the models…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2022-11-07 Soutick Saha , Hye-ran Moon , Bumsoo Han , Andrew Mugler

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) are regarded as a key technology for future wireless communications, enabling programmable radio propagation environments. However, the passive reflecting feature of RISs induces notable challenges…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-15 Liuhang Wang , Nir Shlezinger , George C. Alexandropoulos , Haiyang Zhang , Baoyun Wang , Yonina C. Elda

Molecular communication is a promising solution to enable intra-body communications among nanomachines. However, malicious and non-cooperative receivers can degrade the performance, compromising these systems' security. Analyzing the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-25 Nithin V. Sabu , Abhishek K. Gupta , Neeraj Varshney , Anshuman Jindal

Molecular Communication (MC) is an emerging field of research focused on understanding how cells in the human body communicate and exploring potential medical applications. In theoretical analysis, the goal is to investigate cellular…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Wafa Labidi , Vida Gholamian , Yaning Zhao , Christian Deppe , Holger Boche

Conventional multiuser detection techniques either require a large number of antennas at the receiver for a desired performance, or they are too complex for practical implementation. Moreover, many of these techniques, such as successive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-19 Matthias Mehlhose , Daniyal Amir Awan , Renato L. G. Cavalcante , Martin Kurras , Slawomir Stanczak

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

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

A canonical wireless communication system consists of a transmitter and a receiver. The information bit stream is transmitted after coding, modulation, and pulse shaping. Due to the effects of radio frequency (RF) impairments, channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-01 Shilian Zheng , Shichuan Chen , Xiaoniu Yang