Improving Receiver Performance of Diffusive Molecular Communication With Enzymes

Noel A, Cheung K, Schober R (2014)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2014

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Book Volume: 13

Pages Range: 31 - 43

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2013.2295546

Abstract

This paper studies the mitigation of intersymbol interference in a diffusive molecular communication system using enzymes that freely diffuse in the propagation environment. The enzymes form reaction intermediates with information molecules and then degrade them so that they cannot interfere with future transmissions. A lower bound expression on the expected number of molecules measured at the receiver is derived. A simple binary receiver detection scheme is proposed where the number of observed molecules is sampled at the time when the maximum number of molecules is expected. Insight is also provided into the selection of an appropriate bit interval. The expected bit error probability is derived as a function of the current and all previously transmitted bits. Simulation results show the accuracy of the bit error probability expression and the improvement in communication performance by having active enzymes present.


Authors with CRIS profile

Robert Schober Lehrstuhl für Digitale Übertragung

Involved external institutions

University of British Columbia CA Canada (CA) University of Warwick GB United Kingdom (GB)

How to cite

APA:

Noel, A., Cheung, K., & Schober, R. (2014). Improving Receiver Performance of Diffusive Molecular Communication With Enzymes. IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, 13(1), 31 - 43. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNB.2013.2295546

MLA:

Noel, Adam, Karen Cheung, and Robert Schober. "Improving Receiver Performance of Diffusive Molecular Communication With Enzymes." IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience 13.1 (2014): 31 - 43.

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