TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthetic protocols for nano sensor transmitting platforms using enzyme and DNA based computing
AU - Walsh, Frank
AU - Balasubramaniam, Sasitharan
AU - Botvich, Dmitri
AU - Donnelly, William
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has received support from the Higher Education Authority in Ireland under the PRTLI Cycle 4 programme, in a project FutureComm: Management of Future Communications Networks and Services, as well as from Science Foundation Ireland under Grant Number 09/SIRG/I1643 (“A Biologically inspired framework supporting network management for the Future Internet”). The authors would like to thank Kevin Hayes for useful discussions during the preparation of this paper.
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - The ability to create communication networks of biological nanoscale devices has the potential to open up new opportunities and applications, particularly in areas such as health care and information processing. Inspired by recent developments in molecular communication and biomolecular computing, we present in this paper a biological cell based molecular communication transmitting platform using synthetic molecular computing techniques. We investigated two protocol solutions which include DNA based computing coupled with viral particles and enzyme based computing coupled with calcium signaling. Each of these solutions is designed for different applications and environments. For each of these approaches we demonstrate how elements from various layers in the communication stack are developed using the molecular computing mechanisms. Simulation results are also presented to illustrate the functionality and performance of each solution.
AB - The ability to create communication networks of biological nanoscale devices has the potential to open up new opportunities and applications, particularly in areas such as health care and information processing. Inspired by recent developments in molecular communication and biomolecular computing, we present in this paper a biological cell based molecular communication transmitting platform using synthetic molecular computing techniques. We investigated two protocol solutions which include DNA based computing coupled with viral particles and enzyme based computing coupled with calcium signaling. Each of these solutions is designed for different applications and environments. For each of these approaches we demonstrate how elements from various layers in the communication stack are developed using the molecular computing mechanisms. Simulation results are also presented to illustrate the functionality and performance of each solution.
KW - DNA computing
KW - Enzyme computing
KW - Nano communication protocols
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nancom.2010.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.nancom.2010.04.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77953281130
VL - 1
SP - 50
EP - 62
JO - Nano Communication Networks
JF - Nano Communication Networks
SN - 1878-7789
IS - 1
ER -