Calcium signaling: Overview and research directions of a molecular communication paradigm

IEEE Wireless Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 20-27

  Kuran, Mehmet Sukru ^a   Tugcu, Tuna ^b   Edis, Bilge ^c  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION PARADIGM; CONTROLLABLE SYSTEMS; DEPLOYMENT SCENARIOS; INFORMATION CARRIERS; INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS; MOLECULAR COMMUNICATION; MOLECULAR CONCENTRATION; NANOSCALE COMMUNICATIONS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SENSOR NETWORKS;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84873733789     PISSN: 15361284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MWC.2012.6339468     Document Type: Article

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