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Tabletop Molecular Communication: Text Messages through Chemical Signals
In this work, we describe the first modular, and programmable platform capable of transmitting a text message using chemical signalling – a method also known as molecular communication. This form of communication is attractive for applications where conventional wireless systems perform poorly, from...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3867433/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24367571 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082935 |
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author | Farsad, Nariman Guo, Weisi Eckford, Andrew W. |
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description | In this work, we describe the first modular, and programmable platform capable of transmitting a text message using chemical signalling – a method also known as molecular communication. This form of communication is attractive for applications where conventional wireless systems perform poorly, from nanotechnology to urban health monitoring. Using examples, we demonstrate the use of our platform as a testbed for molecular communication, and illustrate the features of these communication systems using experiments. By providing a simple and inexpensive means of performing experiments, our system fills an important gap in the molecular communication literature, where much current work is done in simulation with simplified system models. A key finding in this paper is that these systems are often nonlinear in practice, whereas current simulations and analysis often assume that the system is linear. However, as we show in this work, despite the nonlinearity, reliable communication is still possible. Furthermore, this work motivates future studies on more realistic modelling, analysis, and design of theoretical models and algorithms for these systems. |
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spelling | pubmed-38674332013-12-23 Tabletop Molecular Communication: Text Messages through Chemical Signals Farsad, Nariman Guo, Weisi Eckford, Andrew W. PLoS One Research Article In this work, we describe the first modular, and programmable platform capable of transmitting a text message using chemical signalling – a method also known as molecular communication. This form of communication is attractive for applications where conventional wireless systems perform poorly, from nanotechnology to urban health monitoring. Using examples, we demonstrate the use of our platform as a testbed for molecular communication, and illustrate the features of these communication systems using experiments. By providing a simple and inexpensive means of performing experiments, our system fills an important gap in the molecular communication literature, where much current work is done in simulation with simplified system models. A key finding in this paper is that these systems are often nonlinear in practice, whereas current simulations and analysis often assume that the system is linear. However, as we show in this work, despite the nonlinearity, reliable communication is still possible. Furthermore, this work motivates future studies on more realistic modelling, analysis, and design of theoretical models and algorithms for these systems. Public Library of Science 2013-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3867433/ /pubmed/24367571 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082935 Text en © 2013 Farsad et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Farsad, Nariman Guo, Weisi Eckford, Andrew W. Tabletop Molecular Communication: Text Messages through Chemical Signals |
title | Tabletop Molecular Communication: Text Messages through Chemical Signals |
title_full | Tabletop Molecular Communication: Text Messages through Chemical Signals |
title_fullStr | Tabletop Molecular Communication: Text Messages through Chemical Signals |
title_full_unstemmed | Tabletop Molecular Communication: Text Messages through Chemical Signals |
title_short | Tabletop Molecular Communication: Text Messages through Chemical Signals |
title_sort | tabletop molecular communication: text messages through chemical signals |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3867433/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24367571 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082935 |
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