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Analytical Modeling of Open- and Closed-Loop Dispersive Molecular Communication Channels with Pulsatile Flow
Theofilos Symeonidis, Fardad Vakilipoor, Timo Jakumeit +3
Molecular communication (MC) is a communication paradigm in which information is conveyed through the release, propagation, and reception of molecules. Many envisioned healthcare a…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Experimental Research in Synthetic Molecular Communications -- Part II: Long-Range Communication
Sebastian Lotter, Lukas Brand, Vahid Jamali +10
In this second part of our survey on experimental research in Synthetic Molecular Communication (SMC), we review works on long-range SMC systems, i.e., systems with communication r…
Experimental Research in Synthetic Molecular Communications -- Part I: Overview and Short-Range Systems
Sebastian Lotter, Lukas Brand, Vahid Jamali +10
Since its emergence from the communication engineering community around one and a half decades ago, the field of Synthetic Molecular Communication (SMC) has experienced continued g…
Controlled Signaling and Transmitter Replenishment for MC with Functionalized Nanoparticles
Maximilian Schäfer, Lukas Brand, Sebastian Lotter +6
In this paper, we propose novel Transmitter (Tx) models for Molecular Communication (MC) systems based on functionalized Nanoparticles (NPs). Current Tx models often rely on simpli…
Signal Reception With Generic Three-State Receptors in Synaptic MC
Sebastian Lotter, Michael T. Barros, Robert Schober +1
Synaptic communication is studied by communication engineers for two main reasons. One is to enable novel neuroengineering applications that require interfacing with neurons. The o…
Media Modulation based Molecular Communication
Lukas Brand, Moritz Garkisch, Sebastian Lotter +5
In conventional molecular communication (MC) systems, the signaling molecules used for information transmission are stored, released, and then replenished by a transmitter (TX). Ho…
Molecular Noise In Synaptic Communication
Sebastian Lotter, Maximilian Schäfer, Robert Schober
In synaptic molecular communication (MC), the activation of postsynaptic receptors by neurotransmitters (NTs) is governed by a stochastic reaction-diffusion process. This randomnes…
Media Modulation in Molecular Communications
Lukas Brand, Moritz Garkisch, Sebastian Lotter +3
In conventional molecular communication (MC) systems, the signaling molecules used for information transmission are stored, released, and then replenished by a transmitter (TX). Ho…
A Chemical Master Equation Model for Synaptic Molecular Communication
Sebastian Lotter, Maximilian Schäfer, Robert Schober
In synaptic molecular communication, the activation of postsynaptic receptors by neurotransmitters (NTs) is governed by a stochastic reaction-diffusion process and, hence, inherent…
Statistical Modeling of Airborne Virus Transmission Through Imperfectly Fitted Face Masks
Sebastian Lotter, Lukas Brand, Maximilian Schäfer +1
The rapid emergence and the disastrous impact of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic on public health, societies, and economies around the wor…
Saturating Receiver and Receptor Competition in Synaptic DMC: Deterministic and Statistical Signal Models
Sebastian Lotter, Maximilian Schäfer, Johannes Zeitler +1
Synaptic communication is based on a biological Molecular Communication (MC) system which may serve as a blueprint for the design of synthetic MC systems. However, the physical mod…