Molecular Communication

A comprehensive introduction to molecular communication for graduates and researchers, this second edition includes seven new chapters.

Tadashi Nakano (Author), Andrew Eckford (Author), Tokuko Haraguchi (Author)

9781108832762, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 19 December 2024

326 pages
25.2 x 17.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.736 kg

'The authors are among the earliest and most distinguished researchers in the field of molecular communication, and this book stands as the first comprehensive book in the domain, providing an in-depth exploration from overarching concepts to specific details of molecular communication systems. The book has been immensely helpful to me, and I believe that the 2nd edition will undoubtedly be beneficial to both professionals with years of experience and newcomers entering the field for the first time.' Lin Lin, Tongji University

Fully revised and updated, this second edition is a comprehensive introduction to molecular communication including the theory, applications, and latest developments. Written with accessibility in mind, it requires little background knowledge, and carefully introduces the relevant aspects of biology and information theory, as well as practical systems. Capturing the significant changes and developments in the past decade, this edition includes seven new chapters covering: the architecture of molecular communication; modelling of biological molecular communication; mobile molecular communication; macroscale systems; design of components and bio-nanomachine formations. The authors present the biological foundations followed by analyses of biological systems in terms of communication theory, and go on to discuss the practical aspects of designing molecular communication systems such as drug delivery, lab-on-a-chip, and tissue engineering. Including case studies and experimental techniques, this remains a definitive guide to molecular communication for graduate students and researchers in electrical engineering, computer science, and molecular biology.

Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
1. Introduction
2. Natural biological nanomachines
3. Molecular communication in biological systems
4. Molecular communication paradigm
5. A layered architecture of molecular communication
6 Mathematical modelling and simulation: diffusion-based molecular communication
7. Mathematical modelling and simulation: biological molecular communication
8. Communication and information theory of molecular communication
9. Mobile molecular communication
10. Experimental molecular communication: macroscale systems
11. Design and engineering of molecular communication components
12. Design and engineering of molecular communication systems
13. Targeted cluster formation of bio-nanomachines
14. Large-scale structure formation of bio-nanomachines
15. Externally controllable molecular communication
16. Standardization in molecular communication
17. Conclusion
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: Communications engineering / telecommunications [TJK]