2nd Workshop on Computing and Communications from Biological Systems: Theory and Applications

Research Article

Simulation Framework for Communication Protocols of Molecular Communication Systems

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.BIONETICS2008.4724,
        author={Frank Walsh and Sasitharan Balasubramaniam and Dmitri Botvich and Tadashi Nakano and Tatsuya Suda},
        title={Simulation Framework for Communication Protocols of Molecular Communication Systems},
        proceedings={2nd Workshop on Computing and Communications from Biological Systems: Theory and Applications},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={CCBS},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={Molecular Communication Molecular Computing Communication Protocols.},
        doi={10.4108/ICST.BIONETICS2008.4724}
    }
    
  • Frank Walsh
    Sasitharan Balasubramaniam
    Dmitri Botvich
    Tadashi Nakano
    Tatsuya Suda
    Year: 2010
    Simulation Framework for Communication Protocols of Molecular Communication Systems
    CCBS
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.BIONETICS2008.4724
Frank Walsh1,*, Sasitharan Balasubramaniam2,*, Dmitri Botvich2,*, Tadashi Nakano3,*, Tatsuya Suda3,*
  • 1: Dept. of Computing, Mathematics and Physics, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland.
  • 2: Telecommunications Software and Systems Group, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland.
  • 3: Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine CA, USA.
*Contact email: fxwalsh@wit.ie, sasib@tssg.org, dbotvich@tssg.org, tanacano@ics.uci.edu, suda@ics.uci.edu

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a protocol stack to enable communication between biological nano scale (bio-nano) devices. We identify key design considerations and protocol components and suggest suitable molecular computing mechanisms to create these components. Finally, we introduce a modeling and simulation framework for bio-nano communication networks.