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Models of Molecular

Communications Systems

Dr. Mauro FemminellaCNIT - University of Perugia

mauro.femminella@unipg.it

Summary

Definition & high level view

TX-RX model

Taxonomy of channel models

A case study: pure diffusion

Conclusion and future work

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MolCom Definition:

Molecular communication is defined as the transmission and reception of information by means of molecules among nanomachines

Introductory material: I. F. Akyildiz et al., “Nanonetworks: A New Communication Paradigm”,

Computer Networks, 2008. T. Nakano et al., “Molecular communication and networking:

Opportunities and challenges”, IEEE Trans. on NanoBioscience, 2012 T. Nakano et al., “ Molecular Communication Among Biological

Nanomachines: A Layered Architecture and Research Issues”, IEEE Trans. on NanoBioscience, 2014

L. Felicetti et al. “Applications of molecular communications to medicine: A survey”, Nano Communication Networks, 2016

N. Farsad et al. “A Comprehensive Survey of Recent Advancements in Molecular Communication”, IEEE Comm. Surveys & Tutorials, in press

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Technology for nanomachines

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MolCom: a big picture

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Taxonomy of active research areas

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TX-RX model

Traditional

MolCom

A protocol stack model

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Taxonomy on propagation schemes

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Active vs. Passive transport

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Free diffusion: reference model

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Free diffusion

Fick’s law of diffusion

Concentration in free space w/o receiver for a pulse of Q molecules

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Free diffusion with receiver

Boundary conditions:

Very far from transmitter

On the receiver surface

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Absorbing receiver

H. B. Yilmaz et al., "3-D Channel Characteristics for Molecular Communications with an Absorbing Receiver“, IEEE Communications Letters, 2014.

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Receiver with absorbing receptors

A. Akkaya et al., "Effect of Receptor Density and Size on Signal Reception in Molecular Communication via Diffusion With an Absorbing Receiver“, IEEE Communications Letters, 2015.

A more advanced scenario

L. Felicetti et al., "Modeling CD40-Based Molecular Communications in Blood Vessels,“ IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, 2014.

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Proposed modelNumberbonds

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Parameter matching

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Molecular communications focus on

Modeling of communication aspects At all networking layers

Potential disruptive applications Medicine

Food control

Environmental monitoring

Validation by experiment is the next step

Examples: bacteria, flux chambers, microfluidics

Drop me an email at mauro.femminella@unipg.it if you are interested in MolCom!

Conclusion & outlook