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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Sushovan Das, Kolkata, IN;
Soumallya Chatterjee, Kolkata, IN;
Amitava Mukherjee, Kolkata, IN;
Mrinal K. Naskar, Kolkata, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for molecular communication within a nanonetwork. The method includes the steps of: (i) providing a nanonetwork communication system including a transmitter, a receiver, and a physical channel layer, the physical channel layer including a medium configured to allow a communication molecule to be transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver; (ii) transmitting, via the physical channel layer, the communication molecule from the transmitter in a plurality of bursts, wherein information is encoded in the concentration of the communication molecule; (iii) receiving the communication molecule by the receiver; and (iv) varying at least one of the plurality of bursts, wherein varying the plurality of bursts modulates the information transmitted by the communication molecule.