Experimental System for Molecular Communication in Pipe Flow With Magnetic Nanoparticles

Wicke W, Unterweger H, Kirchner J, Brand L, Ahmadzadeh A, Ahmed D, Jamali V, Alexiou C, Fischer G, Schober R (2021)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications IEEE

URI: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9493754

DOI: 10.1109/TMBMC.2021.3099399

Open Access Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9493754

Abstract

In the emerging field of molecular communication (MC), testbeds are needed to validate theoretical concepts, motivate applications, and guide further modeling efforts. To this end, this paper presents a flexible and extendable in-vessel testbed for flow-based macroscopic MC, abstractly modeling, e.g., a part of a chemical reactor or a blood vessel. Signaling is based on injecting non-reactive superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) dispersed in an aqueous suspension into a tube with background flow. A commercial magnetic susceptometer is used for non-intrusive downstream signal reception. To shed light on the operation of the testbed, we identify the physical mechanisms governing the transmission, propagation, and reception of the information-carrying SPIONs. Moreover, to facilitate system design, we propose a closed-form parametric expression for the end-to-end channel impulse response (CIR). The proposed CIR model is shown to consistently capture the experimentally observed distance-dependent impulse response peak heights and peak decays for transmission distances from 540. Moreover, to validate our testbed, reliable communication is demonstrated based on experimental data for model-agnostic and model-based detection methods.

Authors with CRIS profile

Wayan Wicke Lehrstuhl für Digitale Übertragung Harald Unterweger Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Jens Kirchner Lehrstuhl für Technische Elektronik Lukas Brand Lehrstuhl für Digitale Übertragung Arman Ahmadzadeh Lehrstuhl für Digitale Übertragung Doaa Ahmed Lehrstuhl für Technische Elektronik Christoph Alexiou Professur für Nanomedizin Georg Fischer Professur für Technische Elektronik Robert Schober Lehrstuhl für Digitale Übertragung

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APA:

Wicke, W., Unterweger, H., Kirchner, J., Brand, L., Ahmadzadeh, A., Ahmed, D.,... Schober, R. (2021). Experimental System for Molecular Communication in Pipe Flow With Magnetic Nanoparticles. IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMBMC.2021.3099399

MLA:

Wicke, Wayan, et al. "Experimental System for Molecular Communication in Pipe Flow With Magnetic Nanoparticles." IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications (2021).

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