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Main Authors: Jing, Dongliang, Li, Linjuan, Cheng, Zhen, Lin, Lin, Eckford, Andrew W.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04805
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author Jing, Dongliang
Li, Linjuan
Cheng, Zhen
Lin, Lin
Eckford, Andrew W.
author_facet Jing, Dongliang
Li, Linjuan
Cheng, Zhen
Lin, Lin
Eckford, Andrew W.
contents Information molecules play a crucial role in molecular communication (MC), acting as carriers for information transfer. A common approach to get information molecules in MC involves harvesting them from the environment; however, the harvested molecules are often a mixture of various environmental molecules, and the initial concentration ratios in the reservoirs are identical, which hampers high-fidelity transmission techniques such as molecular shift keying (MoSK). This paper presents a transmitter design that harvests molecules from the surrounding environment and stores them in two reservoirs. To separate the mixed molecules, energy is consumed to transfer them between reservoirs. Given limited energy resources, this work explores energy-efficient strategies to optimize transmitter performance. Through theoretical analysis and simulations, we investigate different methods for moving molecules between reservoirs. The results demonstrate that transferring higher initial concentration molecules enhances transmitter performance, while using fewer molecules per transfer further improves efficiency. These findings provide valuable insights for optimizing MC systems through energy-efficient molecule transfer techniques.
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spellingShingle Energy Efficient Transmitter Creation by Consuming Free Energy in Molecular Communication
Jing, Dongliang
Li, Linjuan
Cheng, Zhen
Lin, Lin
Eckford, Andrew W.
Information Theory
Information molecules play a crucial role in molecular communication (MC), acting as carriers for information transfer. A common approach to get information molecules in MC involves harvesting them from the environment; however, the harvested molecules are often a mixture of various environmental molecules, and the initial concentration ratios in the reservoirs are identical, which hampers high-fidelity transmission techniques such as molecular shift keying (MoSK). This paper presents a transmitter design that harvests molecules from the surrounding environment and stores them in two reservoirs. To separate the mixed molecules, energy is consumed to transfer them between reservoirs. Given limited energy resources, this work explores energy-efficient strategies to optimize transmitter performance. Through theoretical analysis and simulations, we investigate different methods for moving molecules between reservoirs. The results demonstrate that transferring higher initial concentration molecules enhances transmitter performance, while using fewer molecules per transfer further improves efficiency. These findings provide valuable insights for optimizing MC systems through energy-efficient molecule transfer techniques.
title Energy Efficient Transmitter Creation by Consuming Free Energy in Molecular Communication
topic Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04805