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Molecular Communication in Nanonetworks

Hao Yan1( ), Ge Chang1, Tianhao Sun1, Yingzhan Xu1, Zhongke Ma1, Tao Zhou1, Lin Lin2( )
Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Diagnosis and Therapy Instrument, Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering; National Center for Translational Medicine, Collaborative Innovational Center for System Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, China
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Abstract

With the development of nanotechnology, bioengineering and biology, it is envisioned that biological nanomachines may flourish in assorted valuable applications considering their unique characteristics including energy efficiency, bio-compatibility and extremely small scale. However, current biological nanomachines are only able to perform simple tasks at nano-level. Therefore, nanonetworks which interconnect bio-nanomachines into a network have been proposed to overcome the limitations of individual biological nanomachine. Among the possible communication schemes for nanonetworks, modern electromagnetic communication techniques are not good solutions due to the limitation of antenna size. Inspired by nature, one promising candidate is molecular communication proposed from the perspective of communication and computer engineering. Integrated with the knowledge from communication and computer engineering, molecular communication enables biological nanomachines to interface with other biological nanomachines and existing biological systems. Their interconnections form a bio-nanonetwork which is capable to provide functions that individual nanomachines cannot accomplish. In this paper, we introduce the state-of-the-art progress in the emerging field of molecular communication. The framework, design and engineering of components and theoretical modeling of molecular communication are discussed. The research challenges and opportunities are also talked about to inspire future researches of more feasible molecular communication systems.

Keywords

Biological nanomachinesMolecular CommunicationNanonetworks

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Nano Biomedicine and Engineering
Volume 8 Issue 4,
December 2016
Pages 274-287
DOI: 10.5101/nbe.v8i4.p274-287
Cite this article:
Yan H, Chang G, Sun T, et al. Molecular Communication in Nanonetworks. Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, 2016, 8(4): 274-287. https://doi.org/10.5101/nbe.v8i4.p274-287

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Received: 04 December 2016
Accepted: 07 December 2016
Published: 20 December 2016
© 2016 Hao Yan, Ge Chang, Tianhao Sun, Yingzhan Xu, Zhongke Ma, Tao Zhou, and Lin Lin.

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