Molecular communication nanonetworks inside human body

Nano Communication Networks

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-35

  Malak, Derya ^a   Akan, Ozgur B ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intra body molecular communication channels; Intra body molecular nanonetworks; Molecular communications

Indexed keywords

BIO-INSPIRED; CARDIOMYOCYTES; CHANNEL MODEL; COMMUNICATION FAILURE; COMMUNICATION PERFORMANCE; COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES; ELEMENTARY MODEL; ENGINEERING SKILLS; FIVE SENSE; HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNICATION; HUMAN BODIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTRA-BODY MOLECULAR NANONETWORKS; MOLECULAR CHANNELS; MOLECULAR COMMUNICATION; MOLECULAR COMMUNICATIONS; MOLECULAR INFORMATION; MULTI TERMINALS; NANO SCALE; NANO-NETWORKS; NANOMACHINES; NATURAL EVOLUTION; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; TREATMENT TECHNIQUES;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84857996523     PISSN: 18787789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nancom.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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