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Farsad, Nariman, Yilmaz, Birkan, Eckford, Andrew W., Chae, Chan-Byoung and Guo, Weisi (2016) A comprehensive survey of recent advancements in molecular communication. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, 18 (3). 1887 -1919. doi:10.1109/COMST.2016.2527741
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1109/COMST.2016.2527741
Abstract
With much advancement in the field of nanotechnology, bioengineering and synthetic biology over the past decade, microscales and nanoscales devices are becoming a reality. Yet the problem of engineering a reliable communication system between tiny devices is still an open problem. At the same time, despite the prevalence of radio communication, there are still areas where traditional electromagnetic waves find it difficult or expensive to reach. Points of interest in industry, cities, and medical applications often lie in embedded and entrenched areas, accessible only by ventricles at scales too small for conventional radio waves and microwaves, or they are located in such a way that directional high frequency systems are ineffective. Inspired by nature, one solution to these problems is molecular communication (MC), where chemical signals are used to transfer information. Although biologists have studied MC for decades, it has only been researched for roughly 10 year from a communication engineering lens. Significant number of papers have been published to date, but owing to the need for interdisciplinary work, much of the results are preliminary. In this paper, the recent advancements in the field of MC engineering are highlighted. First, the biological, chemical, and physical processes used by an MC system are discussed. This includes different components of the MC transmitter and receiver, as well as the propagation and transport mechanisms. Then, a comprehensive survey of some of the recent works on MC through a communication engineering lens is provided. The paper ends with a technology readiness analysis of MC and future research directions.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Engineering | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Molecular communication (Telecommunication), Nanoelectromechanical systems | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials | ||||||||
| Publisher: | IEEE | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1553-877X | ||||||||
| Official Date: | September 2016 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 18 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 33 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | 1887 -1919 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1109/COMST.2016.2527741 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Funder: | Korea (South). Mirae Ch'angjo Kwahakpu [Ministry of Science, ICT and and Future Planning] (MSIP), National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) | ||||||||
| Grant number: | IITP-2015-R0346-15- 1008 (MSIP), 2014R1A1A1002186 (NRF) |
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