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In this paper, we design matched filters for diffusive molecular communication systems taking into account the following impairments: signal-dependent diffusion noise, inter-symbol interference (ISI), and external interfering molecules. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-05 Vahid Jamali , Arman Ahmadzadeh , Robert Schober

A diffusion-based molecular communication system has two major components: the diffusion in the medium, and the ligand-reception. Information bits, encoded in the time variations of the concentration of molecules, are conveyed to the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-05-23 Arash Einolghozati , Mohsen Sardari , Faramarz Fekri

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

Molecular communication (MC), one of the emerging techniques in the field of communication, is entering a new phase following several decades of foundational research. Recently, attention has shifted toward MC in liquid media, particularly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Yun-Feng Lo , Changmin Lee , Chan-Byoung Chae

We utilize a multiscale modeling framework to study the effect of shape, size and ligand composition on the efficacy of binding of a ligand-coated-particle to a substrate functionalized with the target receptors. First, we show how…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-03-08 Matt McKenzie , Sung Min Ha , Aravind Rammohan , Ravi Radhakrishnan , N. Ramakrishnan

Molecular Communications (MC) uses molecules as information carriers between nanomachines. MC channel in practice can be crowded with different types of molecules, i.e., ligands, which can have similar binding properties causing severe…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-08-13 Murat Kuscu , Ozgur B. Akan

In this paper, a cooperative diffusion-based molecular communication system is considered where distributed receivers collaboratively determine a transmitter's signal. In this system, the receivers first make local hard decisions about the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-20 Yuting Fang , Adam Noel , Nan Yang , Andrew W. Eckford , Rodney A. Kennedy

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

This paper focuses on molecular communication (MC) systems where the signaling molecules may participate in a reversible bimolecular reaction in the channel. The motivation for studying these MC systems is that they can realize the concept…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-02 Vahid Jamali , Nariman Farsad , Robert Schober , Andrea Goldsmith

Recent developments in the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT) are laying the groundwork for innovative applications across the healthcare sector. Nanodevices designed to operate within the body, managed remotely via the internet, are…

Recently, molecular communication (MC) has been studied as a micro-scale communication between cells or molecular robots. In previous works, the MC channels in unbounded environment was analyzed. However, many of the experimentally…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-28 Taishi Kotsuka , Yutaka Hori

In this paper, we propose a novel design for molecular communication in which both the transmitter and the receiver have, in a 3-dimensional environment, multiple bulges (in RF communication this corresponds to antenna). The proposed system…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Bonhong Koo , H. Birkan Yilmaz , Andrew Eckford , Chan-Byoung Chae

Air-based molecular communication (MC) has the potential to be one of the first MC systems to be deployed in real-world applications, enabled by existing sensor technologies such as metal-oxide semi-conductor (MOS) sensors. However,…

In this paper an analytical model is introduced to describe the impulse response of the diffusive channel between a pointwise transmitter and a given fully-absorbing (FA) receiver in a molecular communication (MC) system. The presence of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-25 Marco Ferrari , Fardad Vakilipoor , Eric Regonesi , Mariangela Rapisarda , Maurizio Magarini

We present COmpetitive Mechanisms for Efficient Transfer (COMET), a modular world model which leverages reusable, independent mechanisms across different environments. COMET is trained on multiple environments with varying dynamics via a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-24 Anson Lei , Frederik Nolte , Bernhard Schölkopf , Ingmar Posner

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 transmitters employ unique mixtures of different types of signaling…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Vahid Jamali , Helene M. Loos , Andrea Buettner , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor

In this paper, we consider a molecular diffusion based communications link that conveys information on the macro-scale (several metres). The motivation is to apply molecular-based communications to challenging electromagnetic environments.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Siyi Wang , Weisi Guo , Song Qiu , Mark D. McDonnell

This paper studies the mitigation of intersymbol interference in a diffusive molecular communication system using enzymes that freely diffuse in the propagation environment. The enzymes form reaction intermediates with information molecules…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-01-21 Adam Noel , Karen C. Cheung , Robert Schober

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) is a new communication engineering paradigm where molecules are employed as information carriers. MC systems are expected to enable new revolutionary applications such as sensing of target substances in…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-12-14 Vahid Jamali , Arman Ahmadzadeh , Wayan Wicke , Adam Noel , Robert Schober