Design and strain selection criteria for bacterial communication networks
Publication date: December 2013 Source:Nano Communication Networks, Volume 4, Issue 4 Author(s): Claudio Angione , Giovanni Carapezza , Jole Costanza , Pietro Lió , Giuseppe Nicosia In this paper, we discuss data and methodological challenges for building bacterial communication networks using two examples: E. coli as a flagellate bacterium and G. sulfurreducens as a biofilm forming bacterium. We first highlight the link between the bacterial network communication design with respect to metabolic information processing design. The potentialities of designing routing network schemes described previously in the lit...
Source: Nano Communication Networks - October 12, 2014 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: research
Coverage and throughput analysis for FRET-based mobile molecular sensor/actor nanonetworks
In this study, we focus on the spatial characteristics of FRET-Based Mobile Molecular Sensor/Actor Nanonetworks (FRET-MSAN) by investigating the network performance in terms of communication coverage, network throughput and information propagation rate through extensive Monte Carlo simulations. The effect of fundamental system parameters related to FRET and to the mobility of the network nodes on the network performance is revealed. The results of the simulations indicate that the throughput and propagation rate as a function of distance from the information source are well-fitted by exponential curves. We also observe tha...
Source: Nano Communication Networks - October 12, 2014 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: research
Low-weight error-prevention codes for electromagnetic nanonetworks in the Terahertz Band
Publication date: March–June 2014 Source:Nano Communication Networks, Volume 5, Issues 1–2 Author(s): Josep Miquel Jornet In this paper, a novel error control strategy for electromagnetic nanonetworks, based on the utilization of low-weight channel codes and aimed at the prevention of channel errors, is proposed. In particular, it is first analytically shown that both the molecular absorption noise and the multi-user interference in nanonetworks can be mitigated by reducing the channel code weight, which results into a lower channel error probability. Then, the relation between the channel code weight and the code...
Source: Nano Communication Networks - October 12, 2014 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: research
A systems-theoretic model of a biological circuit for molecular communication in nanonetworks
Publication date: March–June 2014 Source:Nano Communication Networks, Volume 5, Issues 1–2 Author(s): Massimiliano Pierobon Recent advances in synthetic biology, in particular towards the engineering of DNA-based circuits, are providing tools to program man-designed functions within biological cells, thus paving the way for the realization of biological nanoscale devices, known as nanomachines. By stemming from the way biological cells communicate in the nature, Molecular Communication (MC), i.e., the exchange of information through the emission, propagation, and reception of molecules, has been identified as the ...
Source: Nano Communication Networks - October 12, 2014 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: research
Forward and Reverse coding for chromosome transfer in bacterial nanonetworks
Publication date: March–June 2014 Source:Nano Communication Networks, Volume 5, Issues 1–2 Author(s): Vitaly Petrov , Sasitharan Balasubramaniam , Rahmi Lale , Dmitri Moltchanov , Pietro Lio’ , Yevgeni Koucheryavy Bacteria has been proposed in recent years as one approach to achieve molecular communication. Bacterial cells can harbour DNA encoded information and can deliver this information from one nanomachine to another by swimming (motility). One aspect of bacterial communication that could further enhance the performance of information delivery in bacterial nanonetworks is conjugation. Conjugation invol...
Source: Nano Communication Networks - October 12, 2014 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: research
Opto-ultrasonic communications for wireless intra-body nanonetworks
Publication date: March–June 2014 Source:Nano Communication Networks, Volume 5, Issues 1–2 Author(s): G. Enrico Santagati , Tommaso Melodia Wirelessly interconnected nanorobots, i.e., engineered devices of sizes ranging from one to a few hundred nanometers, are promising revolutionary diagnostic and therapeutic medical applications that could enhance the treatment of major diseases. Each nanorobot is usually designed to perform a set of basic tasks such as sensing and actuation. A dense wireless network of nano-devices, i.e., a nanonetwork, could potentially accomplish new and more complex functionalities, e.g....
Source: Nano Communication Networks - October 12, 2014 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: research
Nanonetworks editorial for 2013
Publication date: March–June 2014 Source:Nano Communication Networks, Volume 5, Issues 1–2 Author(s): Ian F. Akyildiz (Source: Nano Communication Networks)
Source: Nano Communication Networks - October 12, 2014 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: research
Capacity and throughput analysis of nanoscale machine communication through transparency windows in the terahertz band
Publication date: September 2014 Source:Nano Communication Networks, Volume 5, Issue 3 Author(s): Pavel Boronin , Vitaly Petrov , Dmitri Moltchanov , Yevgeni Koucheryavy , Josep Miquel Jornet The expectedly very limited communication distance of nanoscale machines in the Terahertz Band (0.1–10 THz) is one of the main factors narrowing the scope of the nanonetworking applications. In this paper, the use of the transparency windows in the THz Band, which provide molecular-absorption-free transmission, is proposed as a way to extend the communication distance of nanomachines. The trade-offs between the signal-to-n...
Source: Nano Communication Networks - October 12, 2014 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: research
Autonomous mobile bionanosensor networks for target tracking: A two-dimensional model
Publication date: September 2014 Source:Nano Communication Networks, Volume 5, Issue 3 Author(s): Yutaka Okaie , Tadashi Nakano , Takahiro Hara , Shojiro Nishio This paper designs and models autonomous mobile bionanosensor networks for target tracking. In the bionanosensor networks considered in this paper, nano-to-micro scale bionanosensors autonomously coordinate their movement through the use of two types of signaling molecules: attractants to recruit bionanosensors to a location in the environment, and repellents to spread bionanosensors from a location over the environment. A mathematical model of autonomous m...
Source: Nano Communication Networks - October 12, 2014 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: research
Autonomous anomaly detection and molecular signaling framework for synthetic nanodevices
In this study, we are presenting a knowledge harvesting framework that is designed for synthetic nanodevice model presented in Akgül and Canberk (2014). As the model is applied for mobile synthetic devices, the transmission of the harvested data becomes a challenge. A molecular flooding algorithm is also proposed to help the spread of the detected anomalies. In particular, we focus on the blood sugar anomaly, which leads us the performance metric of capability of regulation. The effects of interference and sampling time are investigated in the performance evaluation part. (Source: Nano Communication Networks)
Source: Nano Communication Networks - October 12, 2014 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: research
An interference-free and simultaneous molecular transmission model for multi-user nanonetworks
Publication date: Available online 7 October 2014 Source:Nano Communication Networks Author(s): Özgur Umut Akgül , Berk Canberk Recent studies in nanotechnology show that, the membrane selection process and distance adaptation algorithms can be used to maintain the simultaneous molecular communication in multi-user nanonetworks. However, such methods prevent the cooperation between different nanodevices, thus, degrade the performance. Moreover, the existing frameworks are not suitable for dense nanonetworks containing huge number of nano-devices. To the best of our knowledge, a simultaneous communication framework ...
Source: Nano Communication Networks - October 12, 2014 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: research
