Bartunik M, Unterweger H, Alexiou C, Schober R, Lübke M, Fischer G, Kirchner J (2020)
Publication Language: English
Publication Status: In press
Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution
Future Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2020
Pages Range: 303-316
Event location: Online
ISBN: 978-3-030-57115-3
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-57115-3_27
Testbeds are required to assess concepts and devices in the
context of molecular communication. These allow the observation of
real-life phenomena in a controlled environment and therefore present
the basis of future work. A testbed using superparamagnetic iron oxide
nanoparticles (SPIONs) as information carriers was constructed with regard
to this context and requires a sensitive receiver for the detection of
SPIONs.
This paper focusses on the comparison between a newly presented device
(inductance sensor), a previously constructed SPION sensor (resonance
bridge), and a commercial susceptometer as reference. The new inductance
sensor is intended to improve on a low sensitivity achieved with the
previous device and restrictions with respect to sample rate and measurement
aperture encountered with the susceptometer. The signal-to-noise
ratio (SNR) for each device is assessed at a variety of SPION concentrations.
Furthermore, the sensors bit error rates (BER) for a random bit
sequence are determined.
The results show the device based on an inductance sensor to be the
most promising for further investigation as values both for BER and
SNR exceed those of the resonance bridge while providing a suciently
high sample rate. On average the SNR of the new device is 13 dB higher
while the BER for the worst transmission scenario is 9% lower. The
commercial susceptometer, although returning the highest SNR, lacks
adaptability for the given use case.
APA:
Bartunik, M., Unterweger, H., Alexiou, C., Schober, R., Lübke, M., Fischer, G., & Kirchner, J. (2020). Comparative Evaluation of a New Sensor for Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in a Molecular Communication Setting. In Springer International Publishing (Eds.), Proceedings of the EAI BICT 2020 - 12th EAI International Conference on Bio-inspired Information and Communications Technologies (pp. 303-316). Online.
MLA:
Bartunik, Max, et al. "Comparative Evaluation of a New Sensor for Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in a Molecular Communication Setting." Proceedings of the EAI BICT 2020 - 12th EAI International Conference on Bio-inspired Information and Communications Technologies, Online Ed. Springer International Publishing, 2020. 303-316.
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