Nanoscale and Quantum Communications

Nano Communications is the area of research for finding efficient means of communication for the future nanodevices. These devices are planned to have a wide range of application areas. Today, research on nano-communications is divided into two main streams: EM Nano Communications and Molecular Nano-Communications.

Terahertz Electromagnetic Communications

EM based Nano Communications uses electromagnetic

waves as information carriers similar to classical communication. However classical methods cannot be directly applied to nano domain due to extreme scarcity of resources and quantum effects of materials. Hence novel materials and techniques need to be utilized. CNTs are the most famous and promising material for nano-communications. The charged CNT resonates with the exciting wave and its distance to the plate changes in accordance with the wave amplitude. Variation of distance changes the field emission properties of CNT resulting a variation in current. This is the main idea for using a single CNT as antenna and demodulator together.

Molecular Communications

Molecular Communications is the natural communication technique used by living organisms (e.g.insects communicating via pheromones) and is envisioned to become aviable method for future nano devices. Concentration of the molecule at close proximity of the receiver may be used to understand the molecular bit transmitter sent.

Quantum Communications

Quantum Communication is based on transferring entangled pairs from one location to another, with the help of swapping, repeating and purification. Quantum Interference, or Quantum Parallelism provides us immense computational power, especially in source coding, where rather than individual inputs, information regarding the whole content is required.

 

Communication with Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)

FRET is a nonradiative energy transfer process between fluorescent molecules based on the dipole-dipole interactions of molecules. Energy is transferred rapidly from a donor to an acceptor molecule in a close proximity such as 0 to 10 nm without radiation of a photon. Low dependency on the environmental factors, controllability of its parameters and relatively wide transfer range make FRET a promising candidate to be used for a high rate nanoscale communication channel.

 

 

Publications

[Submitted Papers]
  1. C. Koca, O. B. Akan, "Hybrid Superposed Quantum Communication," 2016.
  2. B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, "A Communication Theoretical Modelling and Analysis of Wireless Nanoscale Magneto-Inductive Communication with Carbon Nanotube NanoCoils," 2015.
  3. C. Koca, O. B. Akan, "Bitwise Information Priority Measure," 2014.
  4. D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "Adaptive Weight Update in Cortical Neurons and Estimation of Channel Weights in Synaptic Interference Channel," 2013.
[Journal Papers]
  1. O. B. Akan, H. Ramezani, T. Khan, N. A. Abbasi, M. Kuscu, "Fundamentals of Molecular Information and Communication Science," to appear in Proceedings of the IEEE, 2016.
  2. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "On the Physical Design of Molecular Communication Receiver Based on Nanoscale Biosensors," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 2228-2243, April 2016.
  3. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "The Internet of Molecular Things Based on FRET," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 4-17, February 2016.
  4. N. A. Abbasi, O. B. Akan, "A Queueing-Theoretical Delay Analysis for Intra-body Nervous Nanonetworks," Nano Communication Networks Journal (Elsevier), vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 166-177, December 2015.
  5. M. Kuscu, A. Kiraz, O. B. Akan, "Fluorescent Molecules as Transceiver Nanoantennas: The First Practical and High-Rate Information Transfer over a Nanoscale Communication Channel based on FRET," Nature Scientific Reports, vol. 5, pp. 7831, January 2015.
  6. M. Kocaoglu, B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, "Stochastic Resonance in Graphene Bi-layer Optical Nanoreceivers," IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1107-1117, November 2014.
  7. D. Kilinc, O. B. Akan, "A Theoretical Modeling and Analysis of Communication via Heat Flow at Nanoscale," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 62, no.10, pp. 3600-3609, October 2014.
  8. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "FRET-Based Nanoscale Point-to-Point and Broadcast Communications with Multi-Exciton Transmission and Channel Routing," IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, vol. 13, no. 3, September 2014.
  9. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "A Communication Theoretical Analysis of FRET-Based Mobile Ad Hoc Molecular Nanonetworks," IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, vol. 13, no. 3, September 2014.
  10. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "Coverage and Throughput Analysis for FRET-Based Mobile Molecular Sensor/Actor Nanonetworks," Nano Communication Networks Journal (Elsevier), vol. 5, no. 1-2, pp. 45-53, March-June 2014.
  11. D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "Communication Theoretical Understanding of Intra-body Nervous Nanonetworks," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 129-135, April 2014.
  12. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "Multi-Step FRET-Based Long-Range Nanoscale Communication Channel," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 715-725, December 2013.
  13. D. Kilinc, O. B. Akan, "Receiver Design for Molecular Communication," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 705-714, December 2013.
  14. D. Malak, M. Kocaoglu, O. B. Akan, "Communication Theoretic Analysis of Synaptic Channel for Cortical Neurons," Nano Communication Networks Journal (Elsevier), vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 131-141, September 2013.
  15. D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "A Communication Theoretical Analysis of Synaptic Multiple-Access Channel in Hippocampal-Cortical Neurons," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 2457-2467, June 2013.
  16. M. Kocaoglu, O. B. Akan, "Minimum Energy Channel Codes for Nanoscale Wireless Communications," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 1492-1500, April 2013.
  17. E. Balevi, O. B. Akan, "A Physical Channel Model for Nanoscale Neuro-Spike Communication," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 1178-1187, March 2013.
  18. B. D. Unluturk, D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "Rate-Delay Tradeoff with Network Coding in Molecular Nanonetworks," IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 120-128, March 2013.
  19. D. Kilinc, O. B. Akan, "An Information Theoretical Analysis of Nanoscale Molecular Gap Junction Communication Channel Between Cardiomyocytes," IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 129-136, March 2013.
  20. B. Atakan, S. Galmes, O. B. Akan, "Nanoscale Communication with Molecular Arrays in Nanonetworks," IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 149-160, June 2012.
  21. B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, "A Communication Theoretical Modeling of Single-layer Graphene Photodetectors and Efficient Multi-receiver Diversity Combining," IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol.11, no.3, pp. 601 - 610, May 2012.
  22. B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, "A Communication Theoretical Modeling of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Optical Nanoreceivers and Broadcast Power Allocation," IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol.11, no.3, pp. 395-405, 2012.
  23. B. Atakan, S. Balasubramaniam, O. B. Akan, "Body Area NanoNetworks with Molecular Communications in Nanomedicine," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 28-34, January 2012.
  24. D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "Molecular Communication Nanonetworks inside Human Body," Nano Communication Networks Journal (Elsevier), vol.3, no.1, pp. 19-35, 2012.
  25. A. Guney, B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "Mobile Ad Hoc Nanonetworks with Collision-based Molecular Communication," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 353-266, March 2012.
  26. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "A Physical Channel Model and Analysis for Nanoscale Molecular Communications with Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)," IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 200-207, January 2012.
  27. B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "Carbon Nanotube-based Nanoscale Ad Hoc Networks," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 129-135, June 2010.
  28. E. Gul, B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "NanoNS: A Nanoscale Network Simulator Framework for Molecular Communications," Nano Communication Networks Journal (Elsevier), vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 138-156, June 2010.
  29. B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "Deterministic Capacity of Information Flow in Molecular Nanonetworks," Nano Communication Networks Journal (Elsevier), vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 31-42, March 2010.
  30. B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "On Channel Capacity and Error Compensation in Molecular Communication", Springer Transactions on Computational Systems Biology, vol. 10, pp. 59-80, February 2008.
[Book Chapters]
  1. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "Nanoscale Communications Based on Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)", to appear in Modeling, Methodologies and Tools for Molecular and Nano-scale Communications, Edited by J. Suzuki, T. Nakano and M. J. Moore, Springer, 2014.
  2. E. B. Pehlivanoglu, B. D. Unluturk, O. B. Akan, "Modulation in Molecular Communications: A Look on Methodologies," to appear in Modeling, Methodologies and Tools for Molecular and Nano-scale Communications, Edited by J. Suzuki, T. Nakano and M. J. Moore, Springer, 2014.
[Conference Papers]
  1. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "On the Capacity of Diffusion-Based Molecular Communications with SiNW FET-Based Receiver," to appear in Proc. IEEE EMBC 2016, Orlando, FL, USA, August 2016.
  2. D. Malak, H. Ramezani, M. Kocaoglu, O. B. Akan, "Diversity in Diffusion-based Molecular Communication Channel with Drift," to appear in Proc. IEEE ICC 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2016.
  3. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "Modeling and Analysis of SiNW BioFET as Molecular Antenna for Bio-Cyber Interfaces towards the Internet of Bio-NanoThings," in Proc. IEEE WF-IoT 2015, Milan, Italy, December 2015.
  4. C. Koca, O. B. Akan, "Quantum Memory Management Systems," in Proc. ACM NANOCOM 2015, Boston, MA, USA, September 2015.
  5. H. Ramezani, O. B. Akan, "Synaptic Channel Model Including Effects of Spike Width Variation," in Proc. ACM NANOCOM 2015, Boston, MA, USA, September 2015.
  6. M. Kuscu, "An Information-Theoretic Model and Analysis of Graphene Plasmon-Assisted FRET-Based Nanocommunication Channel," in Proc. ACM NANOCOM 2014, Atlanta, GA, USA, May 2014.
  7. D. Kilinc, O. B. Akan, "Nanoscale Magneto-Inductive Communication," in Proc. IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers 2013, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, November 2013.
  8. B. D. Unluturk, E. B. Pehlivanoglu, O. B. Akan, "Molecular Channel Model with Multiple-Bit Carrying Molecules," in Proc. IEEE BlackSeaCom 2013, Batumi, Georgia, July 2013.
  9. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "FRET-Based Mobile Molecular Nanonetworks," in Proc. IEEE Med-Hoc-Net 2013, Ajaccio, Corsica, France, June 2013.
  10. D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "Synaptic Interference Channel," in Proc. IEEE MoNaCom 2013 (in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2013), Budapest, Hungary, June 2013.
  11. M. Kuscu, D. Malak, O. B. Akan, "An Information Theoretical Analysis of Broadcast Networks and Channel Routing for FRET-based Nanoscale Communications," in Proc. IEEE MoNaCom 2012 (in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2012), Ottawa, Canada, June 2012.
  12. M. Kocaoglu, D. Malak, "On the Node Density Limits and Rate-Delay-Energy Tradeoffs in Ad Hoc Nanonetworks with Minimum Energy Coding," in Proc. IEEE MoNaCom 2012 (in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2012), Ottawa, Canada, June 2012.
  13. M. Kocaoglu, O. B. Akan, "Minimum Energy Coding for Wireless NanoSensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2012 (Mini Conference), Orlando, FL, USA, March, 2012.
  14. M. Kuscu, O. B. Akan, "A Nanoscale Communication Channel with Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)," in Proc. IEEE MoNaCom 2011 (in conjunction with IEEE INFOCOM 2011), Shanghai, China, April 2011.
  15. B. Tan Bacinoglu, B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, "Constant Fidelity Entanglement Flow in Quantum Communication Networks," in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2010 , Miami, USA, December 2010.
  16. B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "Single and Multiple-Access Channel Capacity in Molecular Nanonetworks," in Proc. ICST/ACM Nano-Net 2009, Luzern, Switzerland, October 2009.
  17. B. Gulbahar, O. B. Akan, "Broadcast Routing in Quantum Ad Hoc Networks," in Proc. IEEE NanoCom 2009, San Francisco, USA, August 2009.
  18. B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "Carbon Nanotube Sensor Networks," in Proc. IEEE NanoCom 2009, San Francisco, USA, August 2009.
  19. B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "On Molecular Multiple-Access, Broadcast and Relay Channels in Nanonetworks," in Proc. ICST/ACM BIONETICS 2008, Hyogo, Japan, November 2008.
  20. B. Atakan, O. B. Akan, "An Information Theoretical Approach for Molecular Communication," in Proc. ICST/ACM BIONETICS 2007, Budapest, Hungary, December 2007.
[Theses]
  1. C. Koca, "Quantum Communication Issues in Storage and Priority", M.Sc. Thesis, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014.
  2. M. Kuscu, "Nanoscale Communications Based on Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)", M.Sc. Thesis, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013.
  3. B. D. Unluturk, "An information theoretical study on nanoscale communication channels with molecule diversity", M.Sc. Thesis, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013.
  4. D. Kilinc, "Information and Communication Theoretical Modeling, Design, and Analysis of Hetetogeneous Nanoscale Communication Channels", M.Sc. Thesis, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013.
  5. D. Malak, "Intra-Body Molecular Communications: A Theoretical Study on Synaptic Multiple-Access Channel", M.Sc. Thesis, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013.
  6. M. Kocaoglu, "Minimum Energy Channel and Network Coding with Applications in Nanoscale Communications", M.Sc. Thesis, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012.
  7. B. Gulbahar, "Nanoscale Wireless Optical Communication Receivers with Graphene and Carbon Nanotube", Ph.D. Thesis, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012.
  8. B. Atakan, "Bio-inspired Communication Theories and Techniques for Next-Generation Networks", Ph.D. Thesis, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011.
  9. E. Balevi, "Inter-Neuron Spike Communication", M.Sc. Thesis, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2010.
  10. A. Guney, "Mobile Ad Hoc Nanonetworks with Collision-based Molecular Communication", M.Sc. Thesis, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2010.
  11. E. Gul, "NanoNS: A Nanoscale Network Simulator Framework for Molecular Communications", M.Sc. Thesis, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2010.