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Bai, Chenyao, Leeson, Mark S. and Higgins, Matthew D. (2015) Performance of SW-ARQ in bacterial quorum communications. Nano Communication Networks, Volume 6 (Number 1). pp. 3-14. doi:10.1016/j.nancom.2014.11.001 ISSN 1878-7789.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nancom.2014.11.001
Abstract
Bacteria communicate with one another by exchanging specific chemical signals called autoinducers. This process, also called quorum sensing, enables a cluster of bacteria to regulate their gene expression and behaviour collectively and synchronously, such as bioluminescence, virulence, sporulation and conjugation. Bacteria assess their population density by detecting the concentration of autoinducers. In Vibrio fischeri, which is a heterotrophic Gram-negative marine bacterium, quorum sensing relies on the synthesis, accumulation and subsequent sensing of a signalling molecule (3-oxo-C6-HSL, an N-acyl homoserine lactone or AHL). In this work, a data link layer protocol for a bacterial communication paradigm based on diffusion is introduced, considering two populations of bacteria as the transmitter node and the receiver node, instead of employing two individual bacteria. Moreover, some initial results are provided, which concern the application of the Stop-N-Wait Automatic Repeat reQuest (SW-ARQ) schemes to the proposed model. The performances of the system are later evaluated, in terms of the transmission time, frame error rate, energy consumption and transmission efficiency.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry Q Science > QR Microbiology T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Bacteria -- Research, Quorum sensing (Microbiology) , Molecular communication (Telecommunication), Nanotechnology, Nanonetworks | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Nano Communication Networks | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 1878-7789 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | March 2015 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | Volume 6 | ||||||||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||||||||
Number of Pages: | 12 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 3-14 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.nancom.2014.11.001 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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