Development of Molecular based Communication Protocols for Nanomachines

Frank Walsh; Sasitharan Balasubramaniam; Dmitri Botvich; William Donnelly; Sergey Sergeyev

2nd Internationa ICST Conference on Nano-Networks

Research Article

Development of Molecular based Communication Protocols for Nanomachines

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.NANONET2007.2239,
    author={Frank Walsh and Sasitharan Balasubramaniam and Dmitri Botvich and William Donnelly and Sergey Sergeyev},
    title={Development of Molecular based Communication Protocols for Nanomachines},
    proceedings={2nd Internationa ICST Conference on Nano-Networks},
    proceedings_a={NANO-NET},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={Nanomachine Nano-Communication Communication Protocols Molecular Communication Nano-Computation},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.NANONET2007.2239}
}

Frank Walsh
Sasitharan Balasubramaniam
Dmitri Botvich
William Donnelly
Sergey Sergeyev
Year: 2010
Development of Molecular based Communication Protocols for Nanomachines
NANO-NET
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.NANONET2007.2239

Frank Walsh¹^,*, Sasitharan Balasubramaniam²^,*, Dmitri Botvich²^,*, William Donnelly²^,*, Sergey Sergeyev¹^,*

1: Waterford Institute of Technology Carriganore Campus, Ireland
2: Telecommunication Software and Systems Group, Waterford Institute of Technology Carriganore Campus, Ireland

*Contact email: fwwalsh@wit.ie, sasib@tssg.org, dbotvich@tssg.org, wdonnelly@tssg.org, ssergeyev@wit.ie

Abstract

Communication between nanomachines (e.g. biological nano-scale devices) has the potential to open up new opportunities and applications, especially in areas such as health care and information processing. Inspired by current data communication protocols, we propose a molecular-based communication protocol to enable reliable communication between nanomachines. In this paper, we present a protocol stack which enables nanomachine communication through the encoding and transmission of data as biomolecules. Extending previous work in logical nano-computation, we define an error-recovery process through the use of a chemical state machine based on nano-logic circuit. Finally, we present initial results of simulation of nanomachine communication in the presence of both channel and chemical instability and demonstrate the performance of the nano-circuit in such conditions.

Keywords: Nanomachine Nano-Communication Communication Protocols Molecular Communication Nano-Computation

Published: 2010-05-16
Modified: 2011-09-12

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.NANONET2007.2239