Molecular communication using magnetic nanoparticles

In this paper, we propose to use magnetic nanoparticles as information carriers for molecular communication. This enables the use of an external magnetic field to guide information-carrying particles towards the receiver. We show that the particle movement can be mathematically modeled as diffusion...

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Published in2018 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors Wicke, Wayan, Ahmadzadeh, Arman, Jamali, Vahid, Schober, Robert, Unterweger, Harald, Alexiou, Christoph
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.04.2018
Subjects
Magnetic cores
Magnetic forces
Magnetic hysteresis
Magnetic levitation
Magnetic nanoparticles
Mathematical model
Saturation magnetization
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ISSN1558-2612
DOI10.1109/WCNC.2018.8376970

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Summary:In this paper, we propose to use magnetic nanoparticles as information carriers for molecular communication. This enables the use of an external magnetic field to guide information-carrying particles towards the receiver. We show that the particle movement can be mathematically modeled as diffusion with drift. Thereby, we reveal that the key parameters determining the magnetic force are particle size and magnetic field gradient. As an example, we consider magnetic nanoparticle based communication in a bounded two-dimensional environment. For this model, we derive an analytical expression for the channel impulse response subject to fluid flow and magnetic drift. Numerical results, obtained by particle-based simulation, validate the accuracy of the derived analytical expressions. Furthermore, adopting the symbol error rate as performance metric, we show that using magnetic nanoparticles facilitates reliable communication, even in the presence of fluid flow.
ISSN:1558-2612
DOI:10.1109/WCNC.2018.8376970