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Multipath Channel Metrics and Detection in Vascular Molecular Communication: A Wireless-Inspired Perspective
Timo Jakumeit, Lukas Brand, Josep M. Jornet +3
Motivated by classical communications engineering, early works in molecular communication (MC) largely adopted established modeling and signal processing concepts from wireless ele…
Codebook-Based Self-Sustainable RIS: Optimal Splitting Schemes and Power Allocation
Friedemann Laue, Sebastian Lotter, Nikita Shani +1
This paper studies the codebook-based configuration of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) that extends the coverage of a base station (BS) while utilizing energy harvesting…
Molecule Mixture Detection and Design for MC Systems with Non-linear, Cross-reactive Receiver Arrays
Bastian Heinlein, Kaikai Zhu, Sümeyye Carkit-Yilmaz +6
Air-based molecular communication (MC) has the potential to be one of the first MC systems to be deployed in real-world applications, enabled by commercially available sensors. How…
Vessel Network Topology in Molecular Communication: Insights from Experiments and Theory
Timo Jakumeit, Lukas Brand, Jens Kirchner +2
The notion of synthetic molecular communication (MC) refers to the transmission of information via signaling molecules and is foreseen to enable innovative medical applications in…
Modulation Schemes for Functionalized Vesicle-based MC Transmitters
Teena tom Dieck, Lukas Brand, Sebastian Lotter +3
Molecular communication (MC) enables information exchange through the transmission of signaling molecules (SMs) and holds promise for many innovative applications. However, most ex…
Mixture of Inverse Gaussians for Hemodynamic Transport (MIGHT) in Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Vascular Networks
Timo Jakumeit, Bastian Heinlein, Nunzio Tuccitto +3
Synthetic molecular communication (MC) in the cardiovascular system is a key enabler for many envisioned medical applications inside the human body, such as targeted drug delivery,…
Molecule Mixture Detection and Alphabet Design for Non-linear, Cross-reactive Receiver Arrays in MC
Bastian Heinlein, Kaikai Zhu, Sümeyye Carkit-Yilmaz +6
Air-based molecular communication (MC) has the potential to be one of the first MC systems to be deployed in real-world applications, enabled by existing sensor technologies such a…
Molecular Communication for Gastroretentive Drug Delivery
Sebastian Lotter, Marco Seiter, Maryam Pirmoradi +3
Recently, bacterial nanocellulose (BNC), a biological material produced by non-pathogenic bacteria that possesses excellent material properties for various medical applications, ha…
Synthetic MC via Biological Transmitters: Therapeutic Modulation of the Gut-Brain Axis
Sebastian Lotter, Elisabeth Mohr, Andrina Rutsch +3
Synthetic molecular communication (SMC) is a key enabler for future healthcare systems in which Internet of Bio-Nano-Things (IoBNT) devices facilitate the continuous monitoring of…
Closed-Loop Molecular Communication with Local and Global Degradation: Modeling and ISI Analysis
Lukas Brand, Fardad Vakilipoor, Sören Botsch +4
This paper presents a novel physics-based model for signal propagation in closed-loop molecular communication (MC) systems, which are particularly relevant for many envisioned biom…
Communicating Smartly in Molecular Communication Environments: Neural Networks in the Internet of Bio-Nano Things
Jorge Torres Gómez, Pit Hofmann, Lisa Y. Debus +10
Recent developments in the Internet of Bio-Nano-Things (IoBNT) are laying the foundation for innovative healthcare applications that envision a network of remotely coordinated nano…
The CAM Model: An in vivo Testbed for Molecular Communication Systems
Fardad Vakilipoor, Andreas Ettner-Sitter, Lucas Brand +5
Molecular communication (MC) research increasingly focuses on biomedical applications like health monitoring and drug delivery, demanding testing in realistic living environments.…
Closed-Loop Long-Term Experimental Molecular Communication System
Maike Scherer, Lukas Brand, Louis Wolf +7
We present a fluid-based experimental molecular communication (MC) testbed which uses media modulation. Motivated by the natural human cardiovascular system, the testbed operates i…
Molecular Signal Reception in Complex Vessel Networks: The Role of the Network Topology
Timo Jakumeit, Lukas Brand, Jens Kirchner +2
The notion of synthetic molecular communication (MC) refers to the transmission of information via molecules and is largely foreseen for use within the human body, where traditiona…
The Chorioallantoic Membrane Model: A 3D in vivo Testbed for Design and Analysis of MC Systems
Maximilian Schäfer, Andreas Ettner-Sitter, Lukas Brand +5
Molecular Communications (MC) research is increasingly focused on applications within the human body, such as health monitoring and drug delivery. These applications require testin…
Practical Transmitters for Molecular Communication: Functionalized Nanodevices Employing Cooperative Transmembrane Transport Proteins
Teena tom Dieck, Lukas Brand, Lea Erbacher +5
This paper introduces a novel optically controllable molecular communication (MC) transmitter (TX) design based on vesicular nanodevices (NDs). The NDs are functionalized for the c…
Closing the Implementation Gap in MC: Fully Chemical Synchronization and Detection for Cellular Receivers
Bastian Heinlein, Lukas Brand, Malcolm Egan +3
In the context of the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT), nano-devices are envisioned to perform complex tasks collaboratively, i.e., by communicating with each other. One candida…
User Tracking and Direction Estimation Codebook Design for IRS-Assisted mmWave Communication
Moritz Garkisch, Sebastian Lotter, Gui Zhou +2
Future communication systems are envisioned to employ intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) and the millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency band to provide reliable high-rate services.…
Semantic Information in MC: Chemotaxis Beyond Shannon
Lukas Brand, Yan Wang, Maurizio Magarini +2
The recently emerged molecular communication (MC) paradigm intends to leverage communication engineering tools for the design of synthetic chemical communication systems. These sys…
Closed Loop Molecular Communication Testbed: Setup, Interference Analysis, and Experimental Results
Lukas Brand, Maike Scherer, Teena tom Dieck +6
In this paper, we present a fluid-based experimental molecular communication (MC) testbed that, similar to the human cardiovascular system, operates in a closed circuit tube system…
Joint Transmit Signal and Beamforming Design for Integrated Sensing and Power Transfer Systems
Kenneth MacSporran Mayer, Nikita Shanin, Zhenlong You +5
Integrating different functionalities, conventionally implemented as dedicated systems, into a single platform allows utilising the available resources more efficiently. We conside…
Stochastic Chemical Reaction Networks for MAP Detection in Cellular Receivers
Bastian Heinlein, Lukas Brand, Malcolm Egan +3
In order to fully exploit the potential of molecular communication (MC) for intra-body communication, practically implementable cellular receivers are an important long-term goal.…
Microparticle-based Controlled Drug Delivery Systems: From Experiments to Statistical Analysis and Design
Sebastian Lotter, Tom Bellmann, Sophie Marx +5
Controlled drug delivery (CDD), the controlled release and delivery of therapeutic drugs inside the human body, is a promising approach to increase the efficacy of drug administrat…
Switchable Signaling Molecules for Media Modulation: Fundamentals, Applications, and Research Directions
Lukas Brand, Maike Scherer, Sebastian Lotter +6
Although visionary applications of molecular communication (MC), such as long-term continuous health monitoring by cooperative in-body nanomachines, have been proposed, MC is still…