TCP-like molecular communications

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2354-2367

  Felicetti, Luca ^a   Femminella, Mauro ^a   Reali, Gianluca ^a   Nakano, Tadashi ^b   Vasilakos, Athanasios V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

biological nanomachines; channel congestion; congestion avoidance; connection oriented communications; feedback based flow control; Molecular communication; receiver congestion

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL; TRANSMITTERS;

CHANNEL CONGESTION; CONGESTION AVOIDANCE; CONNECTION ORIENTED COMMUNICATION; FEED-BACK BASED; MOLECULAR COMMUNICATION; NANOMACHINES;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 84907640319     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2014.2367653     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. I. F. Akyildiz, F. Brunetti, and C. Blázquez, "Nanonetworks: A new communication paradigm," Comput. Netw., vol. 52, no. 12, pp. 2260-2279, Aug. 2008.
2. T. Nakano, M. J. Moore, F Wei, A. V. Vasilakos, and J. Shuai, "Molecular communication and networking: Opportunities and challenges," IEEE Trans. Nanobiosci., vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 135-148, Jun. 2012.
3. T. Nakano, A. Eckford, and T. Haraguchi, Molecular Communication. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013.
4. J. Philibert, "One and a half century of diffusion: Fick, Einstein, before and beyond," Diffusion Fundam., vol. 4, pp. 6.1-6.19, 2006.
5. H. Mahmoud, H. Arslan, and M. Ozdemir, "Initial ranging for WiMAX (802.16e) OFDMA," in Proc. IEEE MILCOM, 2006, pp. 1-7.
6. M. Pierobon and I. Akyildiz, "A physical end-to-end model for molecular communication in nanonetworks," IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 602-611, May 2010.
7. M. Kuran, H. B. Yilmaz, T. Tugcu, and B. Ozerman, "Energy model for communication via diffusion in nanonetworks," Nano Commun. Netw., vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 86-95, Jun. 2010.
8. W. Guo, S. Wang, A. Eckford, and J. Wu, "Reliable communication envelopes of molecular diffusion channels," Electron. Lett., vol. 49, no. 19, pp. 1248-1249, Sep. 2013.
9. M. J. Moore, T. Nakano, A. Enomoto, and T. Suda, "Measuring distance from single spike feedback signals in molecular communication," IEEE Trans. Signal Process., vol. 60, no. 7, pp. 3576-3587, Jul. 2012.
10. T. Nakano, Y. Okaie, and A. V. Vasilakos, "Transmission rate control for molecular communication among biological nanomachines," IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 835-846, Dec. 2013, supplement.
11. A. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA: Prentice-Hall, 2002.
12. R. A. Freitas, Jr., "Exploratory design in medical nanotechnology: A mechanical artificial red cell," Artif. Cells, Blood Substitutes, Immobil. Biotechnol., vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 411-430, Jul. 1998.
13. T. M. Allen and P. R. Cullis, Science, vol. 303, no. 5665, pp. 1818-1822, Mar. 2004.
14. J.-W. Yoo, D. J. Irvine, E. Discher, and S. Mitragotri, "Bio-inspired, bioengineered and biomimetic drug delivery carriers," Nature Rev. Drug Discovery, no. 7, pp. 521-535, 2011.
15. T. Nakano, M. J. Moore, D. Nakano, and T. Okaie, "Swarming biological nanomachines through molecular communication for targeted drug delivery," in Proc. SCIS-ISIS, 2012, pp. 2317-2320.
16. P. Bogdan, G. Wei, and R. Marculescu, "Modeling populations of micro-robots for biological applications," in Proc. IEEE ICC, 2012, pp. 6188-6192.
17. G. Maltzahn et al., "Nanoparticles that communicate in vivo to amplify tumour targeting," Nature Mater., vol. 10, pp. 545-552, 2011.
18. M. Moore, T. Suda, and K. Oiwa, "Molecular communication: Modeling noise effects on information rate," IEEE Trans. Nanobiosci., vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 169-180, 2009.
19. T. Nakano, Y. Okaie, and J.-Q. Liu, "Channel model and capacity analysis of molecular communication with brownian motion," IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 797-800, 2012.
20. S. Kadloor, R. Adve, and A. Eckford, "Molecular communication using brownian motion with drift," IEEE Trans. Nanobiosci., vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 89-99, Jun. 2012.
21. K. V. Srinivas, A. Eckford, and R. Adve, "Molecular communication in fluid media: The additive inverse Gaussian noise channel," IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, vol. 58, no. 7, pp. 4678-4692, Jul. 2012.
22. B. Atakan and O. B. Akan, "On molecular multiple-access, broadcast, relay channels in nanonetworks," in Proc. ICST BIONETICS, 2010, Art. ID. 16.
23. B. Atakan and O. B. Akan, "Deterministic capacity of information flow in molecular nanonetworks," Nano Commun. Netw., vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 31-42, Mar. 2010.
24. M. U. Mahfuz, D. Makrakis, and H. T. Mouftah, "On the characterization of binary concentration-encoded molecular communication in nanonet-works," Nano Commun. Netw., vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 289-300, Dec. 2010.
25. M. Pierobon and I. Akyildiz, "Diffusion-based noise analysis for molecular communication in nanonetworks," IEEE Trans. Signal Process., vol. 59, no. 6, pp. 2532-2547, Jun. 2011.
26. T. Nakano and J.-Q. Liu, "Design and analysis of molecular relay channels: An information theoretic approach," IEEE Trans. Nanobiosci., vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 213-221, 2010.
27. T. Nakano and J. Shuai, "Repeater design and modeling for molecular communication networks," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM Workshop, 2011, pp. 501-506.
28. A. Eckford, N. Farsad, S. Hiyama, and Y. Moritani, "Microchannel molecular communication with nanoscale carriers: Brownian motion versus active transport," in Proc. IEEE-NANO, 2010, pp. 854-858.
29. A. Guney, B. Atakan, and O. Akan, "Mobile Ad Hoc nanonetworks with collision-based molecular communication," IEEE Trans. Mobile Comput., vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 353-366, Mar. 2012.
30. H. ShahMohammadian, G. G. Messier, and S. Magierowski, "Optimum receiver for molecule shift keying modulation in diffusion-based molecular communication channels," Nano Commun. Netw., vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 183-195, Sep. 2012.
31. B. Atakan and O. Akan, "Deterministic capacity of information flow in molecular nanonetworks," Nano Commun. Netw., vol. 1, pp. 31-42, 2010.
32. H. ShahMohammadian, G. Messier, and S. Magierowski, "Blind synchronization in diffusion-based molecular communication channels," IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 17, no. 11, pp. 2156-2159, Nov. 2013.
33. M. Pierobon and I. Akyildiz, "Noise analysis in ligand-binding reception for molecular communication in nanonetworks," IEEE Trans. Signal Process., vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 4168-4182, Sep. 2011.
34. L. Felicetti et al., "Modeling CD40-based molecular communications in blood vessels," IEEE Trans. Nanobiosci., vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 4168-4182, Sep. 2014.
35. M. J. Moore and T. Nakano, "Addressing by beacon distances using molecular communication," Nano Commun. Netw., vol. 2, no. 2/3, pp. 161-173, 2011.
36. M. J. Moore and T. Nakano, "Synchronization of inhibitory molecular spike oscillators," in Proc. ICST BIONETICS, 2012, vol. 103, pp. 183-195.
37. L. Cobo and I. Akyildiz, "Bacteria-based communication in nanonet-works," Nano Commun. Netw., vol. 1, pp. 244-256, 2010.
38. T. Nakano, T. Suda, Y. Okaie, Y Moore, and A. V. Vasilakos, "Molecular communication among biological nanomachines: A layered architecture and research issues," IEEE Trans. Nanobiosci., vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 169- 197, Sep. 2014. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNB.2014. 2316674
39. E. Gul, B. Atakan, and O. B. Akan, "Nanons: A nanoscale network simulator framework for molecular communications," Nano Commun. Netw., vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 138-156, 2010.
40. N. Garralda, I. Llatser, A. Cabellos-Aparicio, E. Alarcon, and M. Pierobon, "Diffusion-based physical channel identification in molecular nanonetworks," Nano Commun. Netw., vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 196-204, Dec. 2011.
41. L. Felicetti, M. Femminella, and G. Reali, "A simulation tool for nanoscale biological networks," Nano Commun. Netw., vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 2-18, Mar. 2012.
42. L. Felicetti, M. Femminella, and G. Reali, "Simulation of molecular signaling in blood vessels: Software design and application to atherogen-esis," Nano Commun. Netw., vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 98-119, Sep. 2013.
43. L. Felicetti, M. Femminella, G. Reali, P. Gresele, and M. Malvestiti, "Simulating an in vitro experiment on nanoscale communications by using bins2," Nano Commun. Netw., vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 172-180, Dec. 2013.
44. A. Akkaya, G. Genc, and T. Tugcu, "HLA based architecture for molecular communication simulation," Simul. Model. Practice Theory, vol. 42, no. 0, pp. 163-177, 2014.
45. J. Keener and J. Sneyd, Mathematical Physiology I: Cellular Physiology. New York, NY, USA: Springer-Verlag, 2008.
46. X. Wang, M. D. Higgins, and M. S. Leeson, "Simulating the performance of SW-ARQ schemes within molecular communications," Simul. Model. Practice Theory, vol. 42, pp. 178-188, Mar. 2014.
47. D. Lauffenburger and J. Linderman, Receptors: Models for Binding, Trafficking, Signalling. London, U.K.: Oxford Univ. Press, 1996.