Concentration-encoded molecular communication in nanonetworks. Part 2: Performance evaluation

Abstract

As discussed in the previous chapter, concentration-encoded molecular communication (CEMC) is an information encoding approach to molecular communication (MC) where a transmitting nanomachine (TN) encodes information by varying the transmission rate of molecules, and correspondingly, a receiving nanomachine (RN) decodes the transmitted information by observing the concentration of information molecules available at the RN. While the previous chapter basically dealt with the fundamentals, issues, and challenges of CEMC system, the main objective of this chapter is to particularly focus on performance evaluation of CEMC system in detail. Understanding a single CEMC link completely and accurately is of utmost importance in order to fully understand CEMC-based molecular nanonetworks in the emerging biological information and communication technology (bio-ICT) paradigm. Hence this chapter focuses on the performance evaluation of a single-link CEMC system between a pair of nanomachines.