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Timing Information Rates for Active Transport Molecular Communication

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In this paper, active transport molecular communication is analyzed for microfluidic applications. It is shown how to adapt existing information-theoretic results to this new scenario. Achievable timing information rates, usable when all the molecules are indistinguishable, are obtained for microtubules propagating in a narrow kinesin-lined channel.

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  1. Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, M3J 1P3

    Andrew W. Eckford

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  1. Microelectronic Systems Laboratory STI-LSM, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL, ELD339 Btiment ELD, Station 11, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Alexandre Schmid

  2. Business Administration, State University of New York,, 310b, 1400 Washington Ave.,, 12222, Albany, NY, USA

    Sanjay Goel

  3. College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of Albany, 12222, Albany, NY, USA

    Wei Wang

  4. College of Information Technology, UAE University, P.O. Box 17555, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Valeriu Beiu

  5. Lausanne EPFL IC ISIM LSI1 INF 333 (Btment INF) Station 14, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Sandro Carrara

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Eckford, A.W. (2009). Timing Information Rates for Active Transport Molecular Communication. In: Schmid, A., Goel, S., Wang, W., Beiu, V., Carrara, S. (eds) Nano-Net. NanoNet 2009. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04850-0_3

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04850-0_3

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