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The study of Molecular Communication(MC) is more and more prevalence, and channel model of MC plays an important role in the MC System. Since different propagation environment and modulation techniques produce different channel model, most…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-03-14 Pengfei Lu , Yang You , Bo Liu , Zhenqiang Wu

Droplet-based communications has been investigated as a more robust alternative to diffusion-based molecular communications (MC), yet most existing demonstrations employ large "plug-like" droplets or simple T-junction designs for droplet…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Eren Akyol , Aysa Azmoudeh , Iman Mokari Bolhassan , Pelin Kubra Isgor , Murat Kuscu

Molecular communications (MC), where molecules are used to encode, transmit, and receive information, is a promising means of enabling the coordination of nanoscale devices. The paradigm has been extensively studied from various aspects,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-03-29 Murat Kuscu , Ozgur B. Akan

This paper introduces a novel optically controllable molecular communication (MC) transmitter (TX) design based on vesicular nanodevices (NDs). The NDs are functionalized for the controlled release of signaling molecules (SMs) via…

Molecular communication (MC) is an emerging paradigm that takes inspiration from biological processes, enabling communication at the nanoscale and facilitating the development of the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT). Traditional models…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Shaojie Zhang , Ozgur B. Akan

In the emerging field of molecular communication (MC), testbeds are needed to validate theoretical concepts, motivate applications, and guide further modeling efforts. To this end, this paper presents a flexible and extendable in-vessel…

In this paper, we propose a novel concept for engineered molecular communication (MC) systems inspired by animal olfaction. We focus on a multi-user scenario where several transmitters wish to communicate with a central receiver. We assume…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-09 Vahid Jamali , Helene M. Loos , Andrea Buettner , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor

This paper develops a molecular integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) framework that exploits the same molecular observations for physical-parameter sensing and data detection. As a representative instantiation, we consider a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-05 Ruifeng Zheng , Pengjie Zhou , Martín Schottlender , Veronika Volkova , Juan A. Cabrera , Frank H. P. Fitzek , Pit Hofmann

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

Molecular Communications (MC) is a bio-inspired communication paradigm which uses molecules as information carriers, thereby requiring unconventional transmitter/receiver architectures and modulation/detection techniques. Practical MC…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-04 Meltem Civas , Ali Abdali , Murat Kuscu , Ozgur B. Akan

Molecular communication is an emerging paradigm for systems that rely on the release of molecules as information carriers. Communication via molecular diffusion is a popular strategy that is ubiquitous in nature and very fast over distances…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-09-13 Adam Noel , Dimitrios Makrakis , Abdelhakim Hafid

Molecular communication (MC) engineering is inspired by the use of chemical signals as information carriers in cell biology. The biological nature of chemical signaling makes MC a promising methodology for interdisciplinary applications…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-09-02 Dadi Bi , Apostolos Almpanis , Adam Noel , Yansha Deng , Robert Schober

Molecular communication (MC) studies biological signals that are found in nature. Most MC literature focuses on particle properties, even though many natural phenomena exhibit wave-like behavior. One such signal is sound waves.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-02 Fatih Merdan , Ozgur B. Akan

Information delivery using chemical molecules is an integral part of biology at multiple distance scales and has attracted recent interest in bioengineering and communication theory. Potential applications include cooperative networks with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-05 Yansha Deng , Adam Noel , Weisi Guo , Arumugam Nallanathan , Maged Elkashlan

This work presents a novel flow-based molecular communication (MC) testbed using spectral sensing and ink intensity estimation to enable real-time multi-molecule (MUMO) transmission. MUMO communication opens up crucial opportunities for…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-03-14 Alexander Wietfeld , Sebastian Schmidt , Wolfgang Kellerer

Molecular communication (MC) enables information exchange through the transmission of signaling molecules (SMs) and holds promise for many innovative applications. However, most existing works in MC rely on simplified transmitter (TX)…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Teena tom Dieck , Lukas Brand , Sebastian Lotter , Kathrin Castiglione , Robert Schober , Maximilian Schäfer

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

In this paper we present the concept of MPF, Message Passing Fluid, an abstract fluid where the molecules move by mean of the informations that they exchange each other, on the basis of rules and methods of a generalized Cellular Automaton.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gianluca Argentini

We propose and analyse a model predictive control (MPC) strategy tailored for networks of underwater agents tasked with maintaining formation while following a shared path and using acoustic communication channels. The strategy accommodates…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-22 Emil Wengle , Damiano Varagnolo

Molecular communication is a novel approach for data transmission between miniaturized devices, especially in contexts where electrical signals are to be avoided. The communication is based on sending molecules (or other particles) at nano…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Max Bartunik , Jens Kirchner , Oliver Keszocze