Achievable Information Rates for Molecular Communication with Distinct Molecules

Andrew W. Eckford

1st International ICST Workshop on Computing and Communications from Biological Systems: Theory and Applications

Research Article

Achievable Information Rates for Molecular Communication with Distinct Molecules

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.BIONETICS2007.2415,
    author={Andrew W. Eckford},
    title={Achievable Information Rates for Molecular Communication with Distinct Molecules},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Computing and Communications from Biological Systems: Theory and Applications},
    proceedings_a={CCBS},
    year={2008},
    month={8},
    keywords={Molecular communication   channel capacity   information theory},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.BIONETICS2007.2415}
}

Andrew W. Eckford
Year: 2008
Achievable Information Rates for Molecular Communication with Distinct Molecules
CCBS
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.BIONETICS2007.2415

Andrew W. Eckford¹^,*

1: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, York University 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3

*Contact email: aeckford@yorku.ca

Abstract

In molecular communication, messages are conveyed from a transmitter to a receiver by releasing a pattern of molecules at the transmitter, and allowing those molecules to propagate through a fluid medium towards a receiver. In this paper, achievable information rates are estimated for a molecular communication system when information is encoded using a set of distinct molecules, and when the molecules propagate across the medium via Brownian motion. Results are provided which indicate large gains in information rate over the case where the released molecules are indistinguishable from each other.

Keywords: Molecular communication channel capacity information theory

Published: 2008-08-29
Modified: 2011-07-07

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.BIONETICS2007.2415