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Mobile molecular communication (MC) links with counting receivers are sensitive to transmitter--receiver geometry especially when nodes are mobile. We study binary detection from within-symbol count observations with unknown finite-memory…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-20 Shaojie Zhang , Ozgur B. Akan

In this paper, we apply deep learning for communication over dispersive channels with power detection, as encountered in low-cost optical intensity modulation/direct detection (IM/DD) links. We consider an autoencoder based on the recently…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-03 Boris Karanov , Gabriele Liga , Vahid Aref , Domaniç Lavery , Polina Bayvel , Laurent Schmalen

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

Underwater environments create a challenging channel for communications. In this paper, we design a novel receiver system by exploring the machine learning technique--Deep Belief Network (DBN)-- to combat the signal distortion caused by the…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-01 Abigail Lee-Leon , Chau Yuen , Dorien Herremans

We provide a fundamental treatment of the molecular communication channel wherein "inscribed matter" is transmitted across a spatial gap to provide reliable signaling between a sender and receiver. Inscribed matter is defined as an ensemble…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-09-22 Christopher Rose , Ismat Saira Mian

Diffusion-based molecular communication (DMC) is one of the most promising approaches for realizing nano-scale communications for healthcare applications. The DMC systems in in-vivo environments may encounter biological entities that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-26 Ali Etemadi , Paeiz Azmi , Hamidreza Arjmandi , Nader Mokari

Diffusive molecular communication (DMC) is envisioned as a promising approach to help realize healthcare applications within bounded biological environments. In this paper, a DMC system within a biological spherical environment is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-11-15 Hamidreza Arjmandi , Mohammad Zoofaghari , Adam Noel

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

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 has a key role to play in future medical applications, including detecting, analyzing, and addressing infectious disease outbreaks. Overcoming inter-symbol interference (ISI) is one of the key challenges in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-20 Xuan Chen , Miaowen Wen , Fei Ji , Yu Huang , Yuankun Tang , Andrew W. Eckford

We consider anomalous diffusion for molecular communication with a passive receiver. We first consider the probability density function of molecules' location at a given time in a space of arbitrary dimension. The expected number of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-09 Dung Phuong Trinh , Youngmin Jeong , Sang-Hyo Kim

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

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

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

This paper studies the capacity of molecular communications in fluid media, where the information is encoded in the number of transmitted molecules in a time-slot (amplitude shift keying). The propagation of molecules is governed by random…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-29 Siavash Ghavami , Raviraj Adve , Farshad Lahouti

The Binomial channel serves as a fundamental model for molecular communication (MC) systems employing molecule-counting receivers. Here, deterministic identification (DI) is addressed for the discrete-time Binomial channels (DTBC), subject…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-26 Mohammad Javad Salariseddigh , Vahid Jamali , Holger Boche , Christian Deppe , Robert Schober

Molecular communication via diffusion (MCvD) is a molecular communication method that utilizes the free diffusion of carrier molecules to transfer information at the nano-scale. Due to the random propagation of carrier molecules,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-09-20 Mustafa Can Gursoy , Ertugrul Basar , Ali Emre Pusane , Tuna Tugcu

Molecular communication (MC) offers a groundbreaking approach to communication inspired by biological signaling. It is particularly suited for environments where traditional electromagnetic methods fail, such as fluid mediums or within the…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2025-03-18 Aravind Muraleedharan , Abhishek K. Gupta

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

This paper considers the impact of external noise sources, including interfering transmitters, on a diffusive molecular communication system, where the impact is measured as the number of noise molecules expected to be observed at a passive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-11-20 Adam Noel , Karen C. Cheung , Robert Schober