Prof. Ian F. Akyildiz. Nano-Scale and Molecular Communication

  • Akyildiz, I. F., Brunetti, F., and Blazquez, C., “Nanonetworks: A New Communication Paradigm,” Computer Networks (Elsevier), vol. 52, pp. 2260-2279, August 2008.
  • Parcerisa L. and Akyildiz, I. F.,“Molecular Communication Options for Long Range Nanonetworks,” Computer Networks Journal (Elsevier), vol. 53, no. 16, pp. 2753-2766, November 2009.
  • Jornet, J. M. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Graphene-based Nano-antennas for Electromagnetic Nanocommunications in the Terahertz Band,” in Proc. of EUCAP 2010, Fourth European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Barcelona, Spain, April 2010.
  • Akyildiz, I. F., Jornet, J. M. and Pierobon, M., “Propagation Models for Nanocommunication Networks,” in Proc. of EUCAP, Fourth European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Barcelona, Spain, April 2010.
  • Jornet, J. M. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Channel Capacity of Electromagnetic Nanonetworks in the Terahertz Band,” in Proc. of ICC 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, May 2010.
  • Gregori, M. and Akyildiz, I.F., “A New NanoNetwork Architecture using Flagellated Bacteria and Catalytic Nanomotors,” IEEE JSAC (Journal of Selected Areas in Communications), vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 612-619, May 2010.
  • Pierobon, M. and Akyildiz, I.F., “A Physical End-to-End Model for Molecular Communication in Nanonetworks,” IEEE JSAC (Journal of Selected Areas in Communications), vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 602-611, May 2010.
  • Akyildiz, I. F. and Jornet, J. M., “Electromagnetic Wireless Nanosensor Networks,” Nano Communication Networks (Elsevier) Journal, vol. 1, pp.3-19, June 2010.
  • Cobo-Rus, L. C. and Akyildiz, I. F.,“Bacteria-based Communication in Nanonetworks” , Nano Communication Networks (Elsevier) Journal, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 244-256, December 2010.
  • Akyildiz, I. F. and Jornet, J. M., “The Internet of Nano-Things,” IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 58-63, December 2010
  • Abadal, S., Akyildiz, I. F., “Automata Modeling of Quorum Sensing for Nanocommunication Networks,” Nano Communication Networks (Elsevier) Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, pp 74-83, March 2011.
  • Pierobon, M. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Information Capacity of Diffusion-based Molecular Communication in Nanonetworks,” in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communication, INFOCOM, Miniconference, Shanghai, China, pp. 506-510, April 2011.
  • Abadal, S., Jornet, J. M., Llatser, I., Cabellos-Aparicio, A., Alarcon, E. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Wireless NanoSensor Networks using Graphene-based Nano-Antennas,” in GRAPHENE 2011, ImagineNano, Bilbao, Spain, April 2011.
  • Kuran, M. S., Yilmaz, H. B., Tugcu, T. and Akyildiz, I. F. “Modulation Techniques for Communication via Diffusion in Nanonetworks,” in Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kyoto, Japan, June 2011.
  • Jornet, J. M. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Low-Weight Channel Coding for Interference Mitigation in Electromagnetic Nanonetworks in the Terahertz Band,” in Proc. of the IEEE International Conf. on Communications (ICC), Kyoto, Japan, June 2011.
  • Jornet, J. M. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Information Capacity of Pulse-based Wireless Nanosensor Networks,” in Proc. of the 8th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, pp. 80-88, June 2011.
  • Pierobon, M. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Diffusion-based Noise Analysis for Molecular Communication in Nanonetworks,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 59, no. 6, June 2011.
  • Pierobon, M. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Noise Analysis in Ligand-binding Reception for Molecular Communication in Nanonetworks,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 4168-4182, September 2011.
  • Jornet, J. M. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Channel Modeling and Capacity Analysis for Electromagnetic Wireless Nanonetworks in the Terahertz Band,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 3211-3221, October 2011.
  • Akyildiz, I. F., Jornet, J. M., and Pierobon, M. “Nanonetworks: A New Frontier in Communications,” Communications of the ACM, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 84-89, November 2011.
  • Abadal, S., Akyildiz, I. F., “Bio-Inspired Synchronization for Nanocommunication Networks,” in Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM, Houston, USA, pp. 1-5, Dec. 2011.
  • Kuran, M.S., Yilmaz, H. B., Tugcu, T., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Interference Effects on Modulation Techniques in Diffusion Based Nanonetworks,” Nano Communication Networks (Elsevier) Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 65-73, March 2012.
  • Llatser, I., Abadal, S., Gómez Cid-Fuents, R., Jornet, J. M., Cabellos-Aparicio, A., Alarcon, E., Sole-Pareta, J., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Prospects of Graphene-enabled Wireless Communications,” in GRAPHENE, Brussels, Belgium, April 2012.
  • Jornet, J. M., and Akyildiz, I. F., “The Internet of Multimedia Nano-Things in the Terahertz Band,” in Proc. of the 18th European Wireless Conference, EW, Poznan, Poland, pp. 1-8, April 2012.
  • Jornet, J. M. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Joint Energy Harvesting and Communication Analysis for Perpetual Wireless NanoSensor Networks in the Terahertz Band,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 570-580, May 2012.
  • Gomez Cid-Fuentes, R., Jornet, J. M., Akyildiz, I. F., and Alarcon, E., “A Receiver Architecture for Pulse-based Electromagnetic Nanonetworks in the Terahertz Band,” in Proc. of IEEE ICC, Ottawa, Canada, pp. 4937-4942, June 2012.
  • Meng, L. S., Yeh, P. C., Chen, K. C., and Akyildiz, I. F., “A Diffusion-Based Binary Digital Communication System,” in Proc. of IEEE ICC, Ottawa, Canada, pp. 4985-4989, June 2012.
  • Pierobon, M. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Intersymbol and Co-channel Interference in Diffusion-based Molecular Communication,” in Proc. of the 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Molecular and Nano Scale Communication (MoNaCom), ICC, Ottawa, Canada, pp. 6126-6131, June 2012.
  • Akyildiz, I. F., Fekri, F., Sivakumar, R., Forest, C. R., and Hammer, B. K., “MoNaCo: Fundamentals of Molecular Nano-communication Networks,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 19, no. 5, pp 12-18, October 2012.
  • Meng, L. S., Yeh, P. C., Chen, K. C., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Optimal Detection for Diffusion-Based Communications in the Presence of ISI,” in Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM, Anaheim, California, pp. 3819-3824, Dec. 2012.
  • Meng, L. S., Yeh, P. C., Chen, K. C., and Akyildiz, I. F., “MIMO Communications Based on Molecular Diffusion,” in Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM, Anaheim, California, pp. 5380-5385, Dec. 2012.
  • Akkas, M. A., Akyildiz, I. F., and Sokullu, R, “Terahertz Channel Modeling of Underground Sensor Networks in Oil Reservoirs,” in Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM, Anaheim, California, pp. 543-548, Dec. 2012.
  • Jornet, J. M. and Akyildiz, I. F., “The Internet of Multimedia Nano-Things,” Nano Communication Networks (Elsevier) Journal, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 242-251, Dec. 2012.
  • Pierobon, M. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Capacity of a Diffusion-based Molecular Communication System with Channel Memory and Molecular Noise,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 942–954, February 2013.
  • Pierobon, M. , Bardill, J. P., Hammer, B. K., and Akyildiz, I. F., “A Biological Pulse Generator Circuit for Bacteria-based Molecular Communication,” poster at the Frontiers in Systems and Synthetic Biology ’13 (FSSB’13), Atlanta, GA, USA, March 2013.
  • Bicen, A. O. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Molecular Transport in Microfluidic Channels for Flow-induced Molecular Communication,” in Proc. IEEE MoNaCom 2013 (in conjunction with IEEE ICC), Budapest, Hungary, pp. 776-770, June 2013.
  • Bicen, A. O. and Akyildiz, I. F., “System-Theoretic Analysis and Least-Squares Design of Microfluidic Channels for Flow-Induced Molecular Communication,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 61, no. 20, pp. 5000-5013, October 2013.
  • Wang, P., Jornet, J. M., Malik, M. G. A., Akkari, N., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Energy and Spectrum-aware MAC Protocol for Perpetual Wireless Nanosensor Networks in the Terahertz Band,” Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier) Journal, vol. 11, no.8, pp. 2541-2555, November 2013.
  • Jornet, J. M. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Graphene-based Plasmonic Nano-antennas for Terahertz Band Communication in Nanonetworks,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Special Issue on Emerging Technologies in Communications, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 685-694, December 2013.
  • Chahibi, Y., Pierobon, M., Song, S. O., and Akyildiz, I. F., “A Molecular Communication System Model for Particulate Drug Delivery Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 60, no. 12, pp. 3468-3483, Dec. 2013.
  • Jornet, J. M. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Graphene-based Plasmonic Nano-transceiver for Terahertz Band Communication,” in Proc. of the 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Hague, Netherlands, pp. 492-496, April 2014.
  • Jornet, J. M. and Akyildiz, I. F., “Femtosecond-long Pulse-based Modulation for Terahertz Band Communication in Nanonetworks,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 62, no. 5, pp. 1742-1754, May 2014.
  • Han, C., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Distance-Aware Multi-Carrier (DAMC) Modulation in Terahertz Band Communication,” in Proc. IEEE ICC, Sydney, Australia, pp. 5461-5467, June 2014.
  • Pierobon, M., and Akyildiz, I. F., “A Statistical-physical Model of Interference in Diffusion-based Molecular Nanonetworks,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 62, no. 6, pp. 2085-2095, June 2014.
  • Pierobon, M., Jornet, J. M., Akkari, N., Almasri, S., and Akyildiz, I.F., “A routing framework for energy harvesting wireless nanosensor networks in the Terahertz Band,” ACM-Springer Journal of Wireless Networks (ACM WINET), vol. 20, no 5, pp. 1169-1183, July 2014.
  • Bicen, A. O., and Akyildiz, I. F., “End-to-end Propagation Noise and Memory Analysis for Molecular Communication over Microfluidic Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 2432-2443, July 2014.
  • Chahibi, Y., Akyildiz, I. F., and Song, S.O. “Antibody-Based Molecular Communication for Targeted Drug Delivery Systems,” in Proc. of IEEE EMBC, Chicago, USA, pp. 5707-5710, August 2014.
  • Akyildiz, I. F., Jornet, J. M., and Han, C., “TeraNets: Ultra-broadband Communication Networks in the Terahertz Band,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 130-135, August 2014.
  • Akyildiz, I. F., Jornet, J. M., and Han, C., “Terahertz Band: Next Frontier for Wireless Communications,” Physical Communication (Elsevier) Journal, vol. 12, pp. 16-32, September 2014.
  • Meng, L. S., Yeh, P. C., Chen, K. C., and Akyildiz, I. F.,“On Receiver Design for Diffusion-Based Molecular Communication,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 62, no. 22, pp. 6032-6044, November 2014.
  • Chahibi, Y., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Molecular Communication Noise and Capacity Analysis for Particulate Drug Delivery Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 62, no. 11, pp. 3891-3903, November 2014.
  • Moldovan, A., M. A. Ruder, Akyildiz, I. F., and Gerstacker W., “LOS and NLOS Channel Modeling for Terahertz Wireless Communication with Scattered Rays,” in Proc. of the First International Workshop on Mobile Communications in Higher Frequency Bands (MCHFB), IEEE Globecom, Austin, Texas, December 2014.
  • Lehtomaki, J., Bicen, A. O., and Akyildiz, I. F., “On the Nanoscale Electromechanical Wireless Communication in the VHF Band,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 311-323, January 2015.
  • Akyildiz, I. F., Pierobon, M., Balasubramaniam, S., and Koucheryavy, Y., “Internet of BioNanoThings,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 32-40, March 2015.
  • Unluturk, B. D., Bicen, A. O., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Genetically Engineered Bacteria-based BioTransceivers for Molecular Communication,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 1271-1281, April 2015.
  • Han, C., Bicen, A. O., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Multi-Ray Channel Modeling and Wideband Characterization for Wireless Communications in the THz Band,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 2402-2412, May 2015.
  • Bicen, A. O., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Interference Modeling and Capacity Analysis for Microfluidic Molecular Communication Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 570-579, May 2015
  • Chahibi, Y., Akyildiz, I. F., Balasubramaniam, S., and Koucheryavy, Y., “Molecular Communication Modeling of Antibody-mediated Drug Delivery System,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 62, no. 7, pp. 1683-1695, July 2015.
  • Han, C., Akyildiz, I. F., and Gerstacker, W. H., “Timing Acquisition for Pulse-based Wireless Systems in the Terahertz Band,” (invited paper) in Proc. of the 2nd ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (ACM NANOCOM), Boston, USA, September 2015
  • Chahibi, Y., Pierobon, M., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Pharmacokinetic Modeling and Biodistribution Estimation through the Molecular Communication Paradigm,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 62, no. 10, pp. 2410-2420, October 2015.
  • Zhang, C., Han, C., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Three Dimensional End-to-End Modeling and Directivity Analysis for Graphene-based Antennas in the Terahertz Band,” in Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM, San Diego, USA, pp. 1-6, Dec. 2015.
  • Liaskos, C., Tsioliaridou, A., Pitsillides, A., Akyildiz, I. F., Kantartzis, N., Lalas, A., Dimitropoulos, X., Ioannidis, S., Kafesaki, M., and Soukoulis, C., “Design and Development of Software Defined Metamaterials for Nanonetworks,” IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 12-25, Fourth Quarter 2015.
  • Han, C., Bicen, A. O., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Multi-Wideband Waveform Design for Distance-adaptive Wireless Communications in the Terahertz Band,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 64, no.4, pp. 910-922, February 2016.
  • Lehtomaki, J., Bicen, A. O., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Statistical Analysis of Interference for Nanoscale Electromechanical Wireless Communication at VHF-Band,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 64, no.8, pp. 2040-2050, April 2016.
  • Akkari, N., Jornet, J. M., Wang, P., Fadel, E., Rifae, L., Malik, M. G. A., Almasri, S., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Joint Physical and Link Layer Error Control Analysis for Nanonetworks in the Terahertz Band,” Wireless Networks (Springer), vol. 22, no.4, pp. 1221-1233, May 2016.
  • Han, C., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Distance-aware Bandwidth-adaptive Resource Allocation for Wireless Systems in the THz Band,” IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 2130-2142, May 2016.
  • Akyildiz, I. F., and Jornet, J. M., “Realizing Ultra – Massive MIMO (1024×1024) Communication in the (0.06 – 10) Terahertz Band,” Nano Communication Networks (Elsevier) Journal, vol. 8, pp. 46-54, June 2016.
  • Moldovan, A., Kisseleff, S., Akyildiz, I. F., Gerstacker, W.,“Data Rate Maximization for Terahertz Communication Systems using Finite Alphabets,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 1-7, June 2016.
  • Bicen, A. O., Akyildiz, I. F., Balasubramaniam, S., Koucheryavy, Y., “Linear Channel Modeling and Error Analysis for Intra/Inter Cellular Ca2+ Molecular Communication,” IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 488-498, July 2016.
  • Jian, Y., Bhuvana, K., Austin, C. M., Bicen, A. O., Perdomo, J., Patel, S., Akyildiz, I. F., Forest, C. R., Raghupathy, R., “nanoNS3: Simulating Bacterial Molecular Communication based Nanonetworks in Network Simulator 3,” in Proc. ACM NanoCom 2016, New York City, New York, September 2016.
  • Petrov, V., Moltchanov, D., Akyildiz, I. F., and Koucheryavy, Y., “Propagation Delay and Loss Analysis for Bacteria-based Nanocommunications,” IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 627-638, Oct. 2016.
  • Unluturk, B. D., Balasubramaniam S., and Akyildiz, I. F., “The Impact of Social Behavior on the Attenuation and Delay of Bacterial Nanonetworks,” IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 959-969, Dec. 2016.
  • Unluturk, B. D., and Akyildiz, I. F., “An End-to-end Model of Plant Pheromone Channel for Long Range Molecular Communications,” IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, Dec. 2016.
  • Chahibi, Y., Akyildiz, I. F., and Balasingham, I., “Propagation Modeling and Analysis of Molecular Motors in Molecular Communication,” IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 917-927, Dec. 2016.
  • Akkari, N., Wang, P., Jornet, J. M., Fadel, E., Elrefaei, L., Malik, A., Almasri, S., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Distributed Timely-Throughput Optimal Scheduling for the Internet of Nano-Things,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 1202-1212, Dec. 2016.
  • Moldovan A.M., Karunakaran R., Akyildiz I.F., and Gerstacker, W., “Coverage and Achievable Rate Analysis for Indoor Terahertz Wireless Networks,” IEEE ICC Conference, Paris, France, June 2017.
  • Nie, S., Akyildiz, I. F., “Three-Dimensional Dynamic Channel Modeling and Tracking for Terahertz Band Indoor Communications,” to appear in the 28th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC 2017), Oct. 2017.
  • Han, C., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Three-Dimensional End-to-end Modeling and Wideband Analysis for Graphene-enabled Terahertz Band Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2017.
  • Han, C., Akyildiz, I. F., and Gerstacker, W. H., “Timing Acquisition Algorithms and Error Analysis for Pulse-based Terahertz Band Communications,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2017.
  • Bicen, A. O., and Akyildiz, I. F., “A Statistical Signal Model for Engineered Bacteria-based BioReceivers in Molecular Communication,” submitted for journal publication, July 2016, revised October 2016.
  • Bicen, A. O., and Akyildiz, I. F., “Shannon Meets Fick on the Microfluidic Channel: Physical Limits for the Information Rates in Molecular Communication,” submitted for journal publication, July 2016, revised September 2016.