Modeling Duct Flow for Molecular Communication

Wicke W, Schwering T, Ahmadzadeh A, Jamali V, Noel A, Schober R (2019)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2019

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Conference Proceedings Title: 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2018 - Proceedings

Event location: Abu Dhabi AE

ISBN: 9781538647271

DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2018.8647632

Abstract

Active transport such as fluid flow is sought in molecular communication to extend coverage, improve reliability, and mitigate interference. Flow models are often over-simplified, assuming one-dimensional diffusion with constant drift. However, diffusion and flow are usually encountered in three-dimensional bounded environments where the flow is highly non-uniform such as in blood vessels or microfluidic channels. For a qualitative understanding of the relevant physical effects inherent to these channels, based on the Péclet number and the transmitter-receiver distance, we study when simplified models of uniform flow and advection-only transport are applicable. For these two regimes, analytical expressions for the channel impulse response are derived and validated by particle-based simulation. Furthermore, as advection-only transport is typically overlooked and hence not analyzed in the molecular communication literature, we evaluate the symbol error rate for exemplary on-off keying as performance metric.

Authors with CRIS profile

Wayan Wicke Lehrstuhl für Digitale Übertragung (IDC) Arman Ahmadzadeh Lehrstuhl für Digitale Übertragung (IDC) Vahid Jamali Kooshkghazi Lehrstuhl für Digitale Übertragung (IDC) Robert Schober Lehrstuhl für Digitale Übertragung (IDC)

Involved external institutions

University of Warwick GB United Kingdom (GB)

How to cite

APA:

Wicke, W., Schwering, T., Ahmadzadeh, A., Jamali, V., Noel, A., & Schober, R. (2019). Modeling Duct Flow for Molecular Communication. In 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2018 - Proceedings. Abu Dhabi, AE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

MLA:

Wicke, Wayan, et al. "Modeling Duct Flow for Molecular Communication." Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2018, Abu Dhabi Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019.

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