Amplify-and-Forward Relaying in Two-Hop Diffusion-Based Molecular Communication Networks

Ahmadzadeh A, Noel A, Burkovski A, Schober R (2015)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2015

Event location: San Diego, CA, USA US

ISBN: 978-1-4799-5952-5

DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2015.7417069

Abstract

This paper studies a three-node network in which an intermediate nano-transceiver, acting as a relay, is placed between a nano-transmitter and a nano-receiver to improve the range of diffusion- based molecular communication. Motivated by the relaying protocols used in traditional wireless communication systems, we study amplify-and- forward (AF) relaying with fixed and variable amplification factor for use in molecular communication systems. To this end, we derive a closed-form expression for the expected end-to-end error probability. Furthermore, we derive a closed-form expression for the optimal amplification factor at the relay node for minimization of an approximation of the expected error probability of the network. Our analytical and simulation results show the potential of AF relaying to improve the overall performance of nano-networks.

Authors with CRIS profile

Arman Ahmadzadeh Lehrstuhl für Digitale Übertragung Andreas Burkovski Professur für Mikrobiologie Robert Schober Lehrstuhl für Digitale Übertragung

Involved external institutions

University of Warwick GB United Kingdom (GB)

How to cite

APA:

Ahmadzadeh, A., Noel, A., Burkovski, A., & Schober, R. (2015). Amplify-and-Forward Relaying in Two-Hop Diffusion-Based Molecular Communication Networks. In IEEE (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). San Diego, CA, USA, US.

MLA:

Ahmadzadeh, Arman, et al. "Amplify-and-Forward Relaying in Two-Hop Diffusion-Based Molecular Communication Networks." Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), San Diego, CA, USA Ed. IEEE, 2015.

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