Molecular Communications: An Analysis from Networking Theories Perspective

✍ Scribed by Yesenia Cevallos, Cristian Vacacela Gómez, Luis Tello-Oquendo, Talia Tene, Deysi Inca, Ivone Santillán, Albert Espinal, Nicolay Samaniego

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 209
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides a complete analysis of molecular communications systems from the paradigm of TCP/IP network stack, and it exploits network theories (e.g. independent functions of a layer into a stack, addressing, flow control, error control, and traffic control) and applies them to biological systems. The authors show how these models can be applied in different areas such as industry, medicine, engineering, biochemistry, biotechnology, computer sciences, and other disciplines. The authors then explain how it is possible to obtain enormous benefits from these practices when applied in medicine, such as enhancing current treatment of diseases and reducing the side effects of drugs and improving the quality of treatment for patients. The authors show how molecular communications systems, in contrast to existing telecommunication paradigms, use molecules as information carriers. They show how sender biological nanomachines (bio-nano machines) encode data on molecules (signal molecules) and release the molecules into the environment. They go on to explain how the molecules then travel through the environment to reach the receiver bio-nano machines, where they biochemically react with the molecules to decipher information. This book is relevant to those studying telecommunications and biomedical students, engineers, masters, PhDs, and researchers.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Technical Supervisors
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
References
2 Analysis of Layer's Tasks in Molecular Communication: Application, Transport, Network, and Link Layers
2.1 Molecular Communication Network Architecture
2.1.1 Molecular Application Layer
2.1.1.1 Molecular Application Layer Functionalities
2.1.2 Molecular Transport Layer
2.1.2.1 Molecular Transport Layer Communication Model
2.1.2.2 Molecular Transport Layer Functionalities
2.1.2.3 Significant Cases of Investigations in Molecular Transport Layer
2.1.3 Molecular Network Layer
2.1.3.1 Molecular Network Layer Communication Model
2.1.3.2 Molecular Network Layer Functionalities
2.1.3.3 Significant Research Studies in Molecular Network Layer
2.1.4 Molecular Link Layer
2.1.4.1 Molecular Link Layer Communication Model
2.1.4.2 Molecular Link Layer Functionalities
2.1.4.3 Significant Cases of Investigations in Molecular Link Layer
References
3 Analysis of the Molecular Physical Layer's Tasks
3.1 Definition of Nanomachine and Bio-nanomachine
3.2 Definition of Nanonetwork (Bio-nanonetwork)
3.3 Molecular Communication Systems
3.3.1 Molecular Communication System Components
3.3.2 Theoretical Modeling of Molecular Communication
3.3.2.1 Random Walk
3.3.2.2 Random Walk with Drift
3.3.2.3 Random Walk with Reaction by Amplifiers
3.3.3 ISI, Noise Analysis, and Error Control Techniques
3.3.3.1 Molecular Communications and the Impact of Noises
3.3.3.2 A Classification of Noises and Their Sources
3.3.3.3 Error Control Techniques
3.3.4 Analysis of Physical Estimation Parameters
3.3.5 Molecular Modulation
3.3.5.1 Time Modulation
3.3.5.2 Concentration-Based Techniques
3.3.5.3 Type-Based Techniques
3.3.5.4 Timing-Based Techniques
3.3.5.5 A Hybrid Type of Modulation
3.3.6 Molecular Physical Layer
3.3.6.1 Bio-nanomachine Sublayer
3.3.6.2 Signaling Sublayer
References
4 Case Studies of Applications of Digital Networks Theories to Molecular Network Stacks
4.1 Case 1. Bacterial Molecular Communication BasedNanonetworks
4.2 Case 2. Internet-of-Nano-Things Healthcare Applications
4.3 Case 3. Modeling Nonviral Gene Delivery as a Macro-to-Nano-Communication System
4.4 Case 4. Internet of Things for Advanced Targeted Nanomedical Applications
4.5 Case 5. Hybrid DNA- and Enzyme-Based Computing for Address Encoding, Link Switching, and Error Correction in Molecular Communication
4.6 Case 6. Efficient Molecular Communication Protocol Based on Mobile Ad Hoc Nanonetwork
4.7 Case 7. IEEE Standard Data Model for Nanoscale Communication Systems
4.8 Case 8. Gene Expression and Protein Delivery Analysis from a Network-Layered Paradigm
References
Index