Research Article
Single and Multiple-Access Channel Capacity in Molecular Nanonetworks
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-04850-0_2, author={Baris Atakan and Ozgur Akan}, title={Single and Multiple-Access Channel Capacity in Molecular Nanonetworks}, proceedings={Nano-Net. 4th International ICST Conference, Nano-Net 2009, Lucerne, Switzerland, October 18-20, 2009. Proceedings}, proceedings_a={NANO-NET}, year={2012}, month={5}, keywords={Molecular communication Nanonetworks Single molecular channel Molecular multiple-access channel}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-04850-0_2} }- Baris Atakan
Ozgur Akan
Year: 2012
Single and Multiple-Access Channel Capacity in Molecular Nanonetworks
NANO-NET
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04850-0_2
Abstract
Molecular communication is a new nano-scale communication paradigm that enables nanomachines to communicate with each other by emitting molecules to their surrounding environment. Nanonetworks are also envisioned to be composed of a number of nanomachines with molecular communication capability that are deployed in an environment to share specific molecular information such as odor, flavour, light, or any chemical state. In this paper, using the principles of natural ligand-receptor binding mechanisms in biology, we first derive a capacity expression for single molecular channel in which a single Transmitter Nanomachine (TN) communicates with a single Receiver Nanomachine (RN). Then, we investigate the capacity of the molecular multiple-access channel in which multiple TNs communicate with a single RN. Numerical results reveal that high molecular communication capacities can be attainable for the single and multiple-access molecular channels.
