Molecular Communications: An Analysis from Networking Theories Perspective

This  book provides a complete analysis of molecular communications systems  from the paradigm of TCP/IP network stack, and it exploits network  theories (e.g. independent functions of a layer into a stack,  addressing, flow control, error control, and traffic control) and  applies them to biological systems. The authors show how these models  can be applied in different areas such as industry, medicine,  engineering, biochemistry, biotechnology, computer sciences, and other  disciplines. The authors then explain how it is possible to obtain  enormous benefits from these practices when applied in medicine, such as  enhancing current treatment of diseases and reducing the side effects  of drugs and improving the quality of treatment for patients. The  authors show how molecular communications systems, in contrast to  existing telecommunication paradigms, use molecules as information  carriers. They show how sender biological nanomachines (bio-nano  machines) encode data on molecules (signal molecules) and release the  molecules into the environment. They go on to explain how the molecules  then travel through the environment to reach the receiver bio-nano  machines, where they biochemically react with the molecules to decipher  information. This book is relevant to those studying telecommunications  and biomedical students, engineers, masters, PhDs, and researchers.