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Variance Based Transmitter Localization in Vessel-Like Molecular Communication Channels
Dağhan Erdönmez, H. Birkan Yilmaz
Transmitter localization in vessel-like molecular communication channels is a fundamental problem with potential applications in healthcare. Existing analytical solutions either as…
Belief-Adaptive MAP Detection for Molecular ISI Channels with Heteroscedastic Noise
Erencem Ozbey, H. Birkan Yilmaz, Chan-Byoung Chae
Inter-symbol interference (ISI) with heteroscedastic (state-dependent) noise is a defining feature of molecular communication via diffusion (MCvD). However, such noise variance dep…
Half-Space Modeling with Reflecting Surface in Molecular Communication
Anil Kamber, H. Birkan Yilmaz, Ali Emre Pusane +1
In Molecular Communications via Diffusion (MCvD), messenger molecules are emitted by a transmitter and propagate randomly through the fluidic environment. In biological systems, th…
More WiFi for Everyone: Increasing Spectral Efficiency in WiFi6 Networks using OBSS/PD Mechanism
Ali Karakoç, Mehmet Şükrü Kuran, H. Birkan Yilmaz
This study aims to enhance spatial reuse by using the new features of IEEE 802.11ax WLANs. Since the wireless medium is a shared medium and there may be multiple basic service sets…
Analytical Investigation of Long-time Diffusion Dynamics in a Synaptic Channel with Glial Cells
Enes Oncu, Halil U. Ozdemir, Halil I. Orhan +7
In this letter, we first derive the analytical channel impulse response for a cylindrical synaptic channel surrounded by glial cells and validate it with particle-based simulations…
A Survey on Modulation Techniques in Molecular Communication via Diffusion
Mehmet Sukru Kuran, H. Birkan Yilmaz, Ilker Demirkol +2
This survey paper focuses on modulation aspects of molecular communication, an emerging field focused on building biologically-inspired systems that embed data within chemical sign…
Simulation Study and Analysis of Diffusive Molecular Communications with an Apertured Plane
Mustafa Can Gursoy, H. Birkan Yilmaz, Ali Emre Pusane +1
Molecular communication via diffusion (MCvD) is a method of achieving nano- and micro-scale connectivity by utilizing the free diffusion mechanism of information molecules. The ran…
Two-Way Molecular Communications
Jong Woo Kwak, H. Birkan Yilmaz, Nariman Farsad +2
For nano-scale communications, there must be cooperation and simultaneous communication between nano devices. To this end, in this paper we investigate two-way (a.k.a. bi-direction…
Synchronization for Diffusion-based Molecular Communication Systems via Faster Molecules
Mithun Mukherjee, H. Birkan Yilmaz, Bishanka Brata Bhowmik +2
In this paper, we address the symbol synchronization issue in molecular communication via diffusion (MCvD). Symbol synchronization among chemical sensors and nanomachines is one of…
Channel Model of Molecular Communication via Diffusion in a Vessel-like Environment Considering a Partially Covering Receiver
Meriç Turan, Mehmet Sukru Kuran, H. Birkan Yilmaz +2
By considering potential health problems that a fully covering receiver may cause in vessel-like environments, the implementation of a partially covering receiver is needed. To thi…
Molecular Signal Modeling of a Partially Counting Absorbing Spherical Receiver
Bayram Cevdet Akdeniz, Nafi Ahmet Turgut, H. Birkan Yilmaz +3
To communicate at the nanoscale, researchers have proposed molecular communication as an energy-efficient solution. The drawback to this solution is that the histogram of the molec…
MOL-Eye: A New Metric for the Performance Evaluation of a Molecular Signal
Meric Turan, Mehmet Sukru Kuran, H. Birkan Yilmaz +2
Inspired by the eye diagram in classical radio frequency (RF) based communications, the MOL-Eye diagram is proposed for the performance evaluation of a molecular signal within the…
Spatial Diversity in Molecular Communications
Martin Damrath, H. Birkan Yilmaz, Chan-Byoung Chae +1
In this work, spatial diversity techniques in the area of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) diffusion-based molecular communications (DBMC) are investigated. For transmitter-si…
Spatial Coding Techniques for Molecular MIMO
Martin Damrath, H. Birkan Yilmaz, Chan-Byoung Chae +1
This paper studies spatial diversity techniques applied to multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) diffusion-based molecular communications (DBMC). Two types of spatial coding techni…
Machine Learning based Channel Modeling for Molecular MIMO Communications
Changmin Lee, H. Birkan Yilmaz, Chan-Byoung Chae +2
In diffusion-based molecular communication, information particles locomote via a diffusion process, characterized by random movement and heavy tail distribution for the random arri…
Effective Enzyme Deployment for Degradation of Interference Molecules in Molecular Communication
Yae Jee Cho, H. Birkan Yilmaz, Weisi Guo +1
In molecular communication, the heavy tail nature of molecular signals causes inter-symbol interference (ISI). Because of this, it is difficult to decrease symbol periods and achie…
A Machine Learning Approach to Model the Received Signal in Molecular Communications
H. Birkan Yilmaz, Changmin Lee, Yae Jee Cho +1
A molecular communication channel is determined by the received signal. Received signal models form the basis for studies focused on modulation, receiver design, capacity, and codi…
Chemical Propagation Pattern for Molecular Communications
H. Birkan Yilmaz, Gee-Yong Suk, Chan-Byoung Chae
In a diffusion-based molecular communication system, molecules are employed to convey information. When propagation and reception processes are considered in a framework of first p…
ISI-Aware Modeling and Achievable Rate Analysis of the Diffusion Channel
Gaye Genc, Yunus Emre Kara, H. Birkan Yilmaz +1
Analyzing the achievable rate of molecular communication via diffusion (MCvD) inherits intricacies due to its nature: MCvD channel has memory, and the heavy tail of the signal caus…
Frequency Assignment Problem with Net Filter Discrimination Constraints
H. Birkan Yilmaz, Bon-Hong Koo, Sung-Ho Park +3
Managing radio spectrum resources is a crucial issue. The frequency assignment problem (FAP) basically aims to allocate, in an efficient manner, limited number of frequencies to co…
SMIET: Simultaneous Molecular Information and Energy Transfer
Weisi Guo, Yansha Deng, H. Birkan Yilmaz +5
The performance of communication systems is fundamentally limited by the loss of energy through propagation and circuit inefficiencies. In this article, we show that it is possible…
Effective inter-symbol interference mitigation with a limited amount of enzymes in molecular communications
Yae Jee Cho, H. Birkan Yilmaz, Weisi Guo +1
In molecular communication via diffusion (MCvD), the inter-symbol interference (ISI) is a well known severe problem that deteriorates both data rates and link reliability. ISI main…
Molecular MIMO: From Theory to Prototype
Bon-Hong Koo, Changmin Lee, H. Birkan Yilmaz +3
In diffusion-based molecular communication, information transport is governed by diffusion through a fluid medium. The achievable data rates for these channels are very low compare…
Energy Model for Vesicle-Based Active Transport Molecular Communication
Nariman Farsad, H. Birkan Yilmaz, Chan-Byoung Chae +1
In active transport molecular communication (ATMC), information particles are actively transported from a transmitter to a receiver using special proteins. Prior work has demonstra…