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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.
Frequencies from 100 GHz to 3 THz are promising bands for the next generation of wireless communication systems because of the wide swaths of unused and unexplored spectrum. Terahertz wireless communications have two key advantages that can be combined to achieve very high data rates. First, the usable frequency band around each frequency is much larger, so each channel can have a much higher data rate. This alone can increase data rates to several hundreds of Gbit/s, but spatial multiplexing is still needed to reach Tbit/s data rates. Fortunately, THz frequencies allow smaller antennas and antenna spacing, which provides for more communication channels within the same array aperture within a chip package. However, to unlock THz wireless communications potential, several challenges in channel measurements and modeling need to be addressed, including antenna design, diffraction, reflection, and scattering. This chapter covers what is known to date in this new area.
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