Area Rate Efficiency in Multi-Link Molecular Communications

IF 2.4 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications Pub Date : 2023-10-02 DOI:10.1109/TMBMC.2023.3321193
Lukas Brand;Sebastian Lotter;Vahid Jamali;Robert Schober;Maximilian Schäfer
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We consider a multi-link diffusion-based molecular communication (MC) system where multiple spatially distributed transmitter (TX)-receiver (RX) pairs establish point-to-point communication links employing the same type of signaling molecules. To exploit the full potential of such a system, an in-depth understanding of the interplay between the spatial link density and inter-link interference (ILI) and its impact on system performance is needed. In this paper, we consider a three-dimensional unbounded domain with multiple spatially distributed point-to-point non-cooperative transmission links, where both the TXs and RXs are positioned on a regular fixed grid. For this setup, we first derive an analytical expression for the channel impulse responses (CIRs) between the TXs and RXs in the system. Then, we derive the maximum likelihood (ML) detector for the RXs and show that it reduces to a threshold-based detector. Moreover, we derive an analytical expression for the corresponding detection threshold which depends on the statistics of the desired signal from the dedicated TX, the statistics of the MC channel, and the statistics of the ILI. We also provide a low-complexity suboptimal decision threshold. Furthermore, we derive an analytical expression for the bit error rate (BER) and the achievable rate of a single transmission link. Finally, we propose two new performance metrics, namely area rate efficiency (ARE) and area and time rate efficiency (ARTE), suitable for holistically evaluating spatially distributed multi-link MC systems. In particular, ARE and ARTE capture the tradeoff between transmission link density and achievable rate per link and the tradeoff between transmission link density, achievable rate per link, and inter-symbol interference (ISI), respectively. Hence, ARE and ARTE can be exploited to determine the optimal transmission link density for maximizing the throughput of the entire system.
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多链路分子通信中的区域速率效率
我们考虑了一种基于多链路扩散的分子通信(MC)系统,在该系统中,多个空间分布的发射器(TX)-接收器(RX)对利用同类信号分子建立点对点通信链路。为了充分发挥这种系统的潜力,需要深入了解空间链路密度和链路间干扰(ILI)之间的相互作用及其对系统性能的影响。在本文中,我们考虑了一个具有多个空间分布式点对点非合作传输链路的三维无界域,其中发送端和接收端都位于一个规则的固定网格上。对于这种设置,我们首先推导出系统中发射机和接收机之间信道脉冲响应(CIR)的解析表达式。然后,我们推导出 RX 的最大似然 (ML) 检测器,并证明它可以简化为基于阈值的检测器。此外,我们还推导出了相应检测阈值的解析表达式,该阈值取决于专用 TX 的期望信号统计量、MC 信道统计量和 ILI 统计量。我们还提供了一个低复杂度的次优决策阈值。此外,我们还推导出了单个传输链路的误码率 (BER) 和可实现速率的分析表达式。最后,我们提出了两个新的性能指标,即区域速率效率(ARE)和区域与时间速率效率(ARTE),适用于整体评估空间分布式多链路 MC 系统。其中,ARE 和 ARTE 分别捕捉了传输链路密度和每个链路的可实现速率之间的权衡,以及传输链路密度、每个链路的可实现速率和符号间干扰(ISI)之间的权衡。因此,可以利用 ARE 和 ARTE 来确定最佳传输链路密度,从而最大限度地提高整个系统的吞吐量。
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