11 papers
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…
Analytical Modeling of Dispersive Closed-loop MC Channels with Pulsatile Flow
Theofilos Symeonidis, Fardad Vakilipoor, Robert Schober +2
Molecular communication (MC) is a communication paradigm in which information is conveyed through the controlled release, propagation, and reception of molecules. Many envisioned h…
Inferring the Chemotaxis Distortion Function from Cellular Decision Strategies
Fardad Vakilipoor, Johannes Konrad, Maximilian Schäfer
Cellular intelligence enables cells to process environmental signals and make context-dependent decisions, as exemplified by chemotaxis, where cells navigate chemical gradients des…
MC for Agriculture: A Framework for Nature-inspired Sustainable Pest Control
Fardad Vakilipoor, Nora Hirschmann, Julian Schladt +5
In agriculture, molecular communication (MC) is envisioned as a framework to address critical challenges such as smart pest control. While conventional approaches mostly rely on sy…
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.…
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…
Achievable Information Rate Analysis in Diffusive Channels with Memory and Markov Source
Fardad Vakilipoor, Luca Barletta, Stefano Bregni +1
This paper explores the Achievable Information Rate (AIR) of a diffusive Molecular Communication (MC) channel featuring a fully absorbing receiver that counts the absorbed particle…
Achievable Rate Analysis in Molecular Channels with Reset-Counting Fully Absorbing Receivers
Fardad Vakilipoor, Luca Barletta, Stefano Bregni +1
In this paper, we investigate the achievable rate of a diffusive Molecular Communication (MC) channel with fully absorbing receiver, which counts particles absorbed along each symb…
Heuristic Barycenter Modeling of Fully Absorbing Receivers in Diffusive Molecular Communication Channels
Fardad Vakilipoor, Abdulhamid N. M. Ansari, Maurizio Magarini
In a recent paper it has been shown that to model a diffusive molecular communication (MC) channel with multiple fully absorbing (FA) receivers, these can be interpreted as sources…
Asymptotic MIMO Channel Model for Diffusive MC with Fully-absorbing Receivers
Fardad Vakilipoor, Marco Ferrari, Maurizio Magarini
This letter introduces an analytical model that gives the asymptotic cumulative number of molecules absorbed by spherical receivers in a diffusive multiple-input multiple-output (M…