TY - JOUR
T1 - A physical end-to-end model for molecular communication in nanonetworks
AU - Pierobon, Massimiliano
AU - Akyildiz, Ian F.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Josep Miquel Jornet Montana, Maria Gregori Casas and Dr. Ozgur B. Akan for their constructive criticism which helped to improve the quality of the paper and the referees for their excellent and constructive feedback. This material is based upon work supported by the US National Science Foundation under Grant no. CNS-0910663.
PY - 2010/5
Y1 - 2010/5
N2 - Molecular communication is a promising paradigm for nanoscale networks. The end-to-end (including the channel) models developed for classical wireless communication networks need to undergo a profound revision so that they can be applied for nanonetworks. Consequently, there is a need to develop new end-to-end (including the channel) models which can give new insights into the design of these nanoscale networks. The objective of this paper is to introduce a new physical end-to-end (including the channel) model for molecular communication. The new model is investigated by means of three modules, i.e., the transmitter, the signal propagation and the receiver. Each module is related to a specific process involving particle exchanges, namely, particle emission, particle diffusion and particle reception. The particle emission process involves the increase or decrease of the particle concentration rate in the environment according to a modulating input signal. The particle diffusion provides the propagation of particles from the transmitter to the receiver by means of the physics laws underlying particle diffusion in the space. The particle reception process is identified by the sensing of the particle concentration value at the receiver location. Numerical results are provided for three modules, as well as for the overall end-to-end model, in terms of normalized gain and delay as functions of the input frequency and of the transmission range.
AB - Molecular communication is a promising paradigm for nanoscale networks. The end-to-end (including the channel) models developed for classical wireless communication networks need to undergo a profound revision so that they can be applied for nanonetworks. Consequently, there is a need to develop new end-to-end (including the channel) models which can give new insights into the design of these nanoscale networks. The objective of this paper is to introduce a new physical end-to-end (including the channel) model for molecular communication. The new model is investigated by means of three modules, i.e., the transmitter, the signal propagation and the receiver. Each module is related to a specific process involving particle exchanges, namely, particle emission, particle diffusion and particle reception. The particle emission process involves the increase or decrease of the particle concentration rate in the environment according to a modulating input signal. The particle diffusion provides the propagation of particles from the transmitter to the receiver by means of the physics laws underlying particle diffusion in the space. The particle reception process is identified by the sensing of the particle concentration value at the receiver location. Numerical results are provided for three modules, as well as for the overall end-to-end model, in terms of normalized gain and delay as functions of the input frequency and of the transmission range.
KW - Molecular communication
KW - Nanonetworks
KW - Nanotechnology
KW - Particle Diffusion
KW - Physical channel modeling
KW - Physical end-to-end modeling
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U2 - 10.1109/JSAC.2010.100509
DO - 10.1109/JSAC.2010.100509
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77953254205
SN - 0733-8716
VL - 28
SP - 602
EP - 611
JO - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
JF - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
IS - 4
M1 - 5452953
ER -