{"title":"Experimental Implementation of Molecule Shift Keying for Enhanced Molecular Communication","authors":"Federico Calì;Salvatore Barreca;Giovanni Li-Destri;Alberto Torrisi;Antonino Licciardello;Nunzio Tuccitto","doi":"10.1109/TMBMC.2024.3368759","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Molecular communication is a communication paradigm inspired by biological systems, where chemical signals are used to encode and transmit information. MoSK (Molecule Shift Keying) is proposed as a modulation technique that utilizes different types of signaling molecules to encode digital information. A prototype platform for MoSK implementation is presented, including a transmitter with infusion and selection valves, and a fluorescence-based receiver. The receiver detects and decodes fluorescence signals emitted by Graphene Quantum Dots (GQDs), which are water-soluble and fluorescent molecular messengers. The fluorescence signals of Blue-GQDs and Cyan-GQDs are acquired by the receiver, and the performance of the system is evaluated in terms of synchronization, detection threshold, and symbol recognition using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The results demonstrate the successful detection and recognition of different symbols, even at lower concentrations. PCA proves to be an efficient method for qualitative recognition of molecular messengers in MoSK-based molecular communication systems.","PeriodicalId":36530,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications","volume":"10 1","pages":"175-184"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10443671/","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Molecular communication is a communication paradigm inspired by biological systems, where chemical signals are used to encode and transmit information. MoSK (Molecule Shift Keying) is proposed as a modulation technique that utilizes different types of signaling molecules to encode digital information. A prototype platform for MoSK implementation is presented, including a transmitter with infusion and selection valves, and a fluorescence-based receiver. The receiver detects and decodes fluorescence signals emitted by Graphene Quantum Dots (GQDs), which are water-soluble and fluorescent molecular messengers. The fluorescence signals of Blue-GQDs and Cyan-GQDs are acquired by the receiver, and the performance of the system is evaluated in terms of synchronization, detection threshold, and symbol recognition using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The results demonstrate the successful detection and recognition of different symbols, even at lower concentrations. PCA proves to be an efficient method for qualitative recognition of molecular messengers in MoSK-based molecular communication systems.
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As a result of recent advances in MEMS/NEMS and systems biology, as well as the emergence of synthetic bacteria and lab/process-on-a-chip techniques, it is now possible to design chemical “circuits”, custom organisms, micro/nanoscale swarms of devices, and a host of other new systems. This success opens up a new frontier for interdisciplinary communications techniques using chemistry, biology, and other principles that have not been considered in the communications literature. The IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications (T-MBMSC) is devoted to the principles, design, and analysis of communication systems that use physics beyond classical electromagnetism. This includes molecular, quantum, and other physical, chemical and biological techniques; as well as new communication techniques at small scales or across multiple scales (e.g., nano to micro to macro; note that strictly nanoscale systems, 1-100 nm, are outside the scope of this journal). Original research articles on one or more of the following topics are within scope: mathematical modeling, information/communication and network theoretic analysis, standardization and industrial applications, and analytical or experimental studies on communication processes or networks in biology. Contributions on related topics may also be considered for publication. Contributions from researchers outside the IEEE’s typical audience are encouraged.