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Molecular communication (MC) allows nanomachines to communicate and cooperate with each other in a fluid environment. The diffusion-based MC is popular but is easily constrained by the transmit distance due to the severe attenuation of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-28 Shuo Yuan , Jiaxing Wang , Mugen Peng

This paper investigates the channel impulse response (CIR), i.e., the molecule hitting rate, of a molecular communication (MC) system employing an absorbing receiver (RX) covered by multiple non overlapping receptors. In this system,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2022-04-29 Xinyu Huang , Yuting Fang , Stuart T. Johnston , Mattew Faria , Nan Yang , Robert Schober

This work studies optimal detection for communication over diffusion-based molecular timing (DBMT) channels. The transmitter simultaneously releases multiple information particles, where the information is encoded in the time of release.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-12 Yonathan Murin , Nariman Farsad , Mainak Chowdhury , Andrea Goldsmith

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

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

Molecular Communication via Diffusion (MCvD) is a prominent small-scale technology, which roots from the nature. With solid analytical foundations on channel response and advanced modulation techniques, molecular single-input-single-output…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Gokberk Yaylali , Bayram Cevdet Akdeniz , Tuna Tugcu , Ali Emre Pusane

This paper presents a stochastic analysis of the time-variant channel impulse response (CIR) of a three dimensional diffusive mobile molecular communication (MC) system where the transmitter, the absorbing receiver, and the molecules can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-08-16 Trang Ngoc Cao , Arman Ahmadzadeh , Vahid Jamali , Wayan Wicke , Phee Lep Yeoh , Jamie Evans , Robert Schober

This paper studies the impact of a transmitter's molecule generation process on the capacity of a concentration based Molecular Communication (MC) system. Constraints caused by the molecule generation process affect the availability of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-27 Hamid G. Bafghi , Amin Gohari , Mahtab Mirmohseni , Masoumeh Nasiri-Kenari

In Molecular Communications via Diffusion (MCvD), messenger molecules are emitted by a transmitter and propagate randomly through the fluidic environment. In biological systems, the environment can be considered a bounded space, surrounded…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Anil Kamber , H. Birkan Yilmaz , Ali Emre Pusane , Tuna Tugcu

Molecular communication (MC) enables cooperation of spatially dispersed molecular robots through the feedback control mediated by diffusing signal molecules. However, conventional analysis frameworks for the MC channels mostly consider the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-11 Taishi Kotsuka , Yutaka Hori

Molecular communication (MC) is a communication paradigm in which information is conveyed through the controlled release, propagation, and reception of molecules. Many envisioned healthcare applications of MC are expected to operate inside…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Theofilos Symeonidis , Fardad Vakilipoor , Robert Schober , Nunzio Tuccitto , Maximilian Schäfer

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 (MC) is a model of information transmission where the signal is transmitted by information-carrying molecules through their physical transport from a transmitter to a receiver through a communication channel. Prior…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-05 Phanindra Dewan , Sumantra Sarkar

In this paper, we investigate the achievable rate of a diffusive Molecular Communication (MC) channel with fully absorbing receiver, which counts particles absorbed along each symbol interval and resets the counter at every interval…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-08 Fardad Vakilipoor , Luca Barletta , Stefano Bregni , Maurizio Magarini

Diffusion is the macroscopic manifestation of disordered molecular motion. Mathematically, diffusion equations are partial differential equations describing the fluid-like large-scale dynamics of parcels of molecules. Spatially…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-10-26 F. Sattin , A. Bonato , L. Salasnich

This paper studies microfluidic molecular communication receivers with finite-capacity Langmuir adsorption driven by an effective surface concentration. In the reaction-limited regime, we derive a closed-form single-pulse response kernel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-19 Ruifeng Zheng , Pengjie Zhou , Pit Hofmann , Martín Schottlender , Fatima Rani , Juan A. Cabrera , Frank H. P. Fitzek

Molecular Communication (MC) architectures suffer from molecular build-up in the channel if they do not have appropriate reuptake mechanisms. The molecular build-up either leads to intersymbol interference (ISI) or reduces the transmission…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2024-02-27 Caglar Koca , Ozgur B. Akan

Diffusion-based molecular communication (MC) systems experience significant reliability losses. To boost the reliability, an MC scheme where multiple receivers (RXs) work cooperatively to decide the signal of a transmitter (TX) by sending…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-14 Yuting Fang , Adam Noel , Yiran Wang , Nan Yang

In this paper, a simple memory limited transmitter for molecular communication is proposed, in which information is encoded in the diffusion rate of the molecules. Taking advantage of memory, the proposed transmitter reduces the ISI problem…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-10-30 Mohammad Movahednasab , Mehdi Soleimanifar , Amin Gohari , Masoumeh Nasiri Kenari , Urbashi Mitra

This paper proposes a method for accurately estimating the relative position between two nodes with unknown locations in a diffusion-based molecular communication environment. A specialized node structure is designed, combining a central…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-10 Sangjun Hwang , Chan-Byoung Chae