Molecular communication and networking: Opportunities and challenges

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-148

  Nakano, Tadashi ^a   Moore, Michael J ^a   Wei, Fang ^b   Vasilakos, Athanasios V ^c   Shuai, Jianwei ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biological nanomachines; communication architecture and protocols; molecular communication; nanonetworks

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DEVICES; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURES; FUNCTIONAL NETWORK; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HUMAN BODIES; ITS ARCHITECTURE; MOLECULAR COMMUNICATION; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NANO-NETWORKS; NANOMACHINES; NETWORKED SYSTEMS; NEURAL SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL MODELING; SMALL-SCALE NETWORKS;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION THEORY; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MODELS; MOLECULES; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOLECULAR COMPUTER; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTERS, MOLECULAR; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84861953887     PISSN: 15361241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2012.2191570     Document Type: Article

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