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Main Authors: Zheng, Ruifeng, Zhou, Pengjie, Hofmann, Pit, Schottlender, Martín, Rani, Fatima, Cabrera, Juan A., Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.11351
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author Zheng, Ruifeng
Zhou, Pengjie
Hofmann, Pit
Schottlender, Martín
Rani, Fatima
Cabrera, Juan A.
Fitzek, Frank H. P.
author_facet Zheng, Ruifeng
Zhou, Pengjie
Hofmann, Pit
Schottlender, Martín
Rani, Fatima
Cabrera, Juan A.
Fitzek, Frank H. P.
contents This paper studies microfluidic molecular communication receivers with finite-capacity Langmuir adsorption driven by an effective surface concentration. In the reaction-limited regime, we derive a closed-form single-pulse response kernel and a symbol-rate recursion for on-off keying that explicitly exposes channel memory and inter-symbol interference. We further develop short-pulse and long-pulse approximations, revealing an interference asymmetry in the long-pulse regime due to saturation. To account for stochasticity, we adopt a finite-receptor binomial counting model, employ pulse-end sampling, and propose a low-complexity midpoint-threshold detector that reduces to a fixed threshold when interference is negligible. Numerical results corroborate the proposed characterization and quantify detection performance versus pulse and symbol durations.
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spellingShingle Modulation, ISI, and Detection for Langmuir Adsorption-Based Microfluidic Molecular Communication
Zheng, Ruifeng
Zhou, Pengjie
Hofmann, Pit
Schottlender, Martín
Rani, Fatima
Cabrera, Juan A.
Fitzek, Frank H. P.
Signal Processing
This paper studies microfluidic molecular communication receivers with finite-capacity Langmuir adsorption driven by an effective surface concentration. In the reaction-limited regime, we derive a closed-form single-pulse response kernel and a symbol-rate recursion for on-off keying that explicitly exposes channel memory and inter-symbol interference. We further develop short-pulse and long-pulse approximations, revealing an interference asymmetry in the long-pulse regime due to saturation. To account for stochasticity, we adopt a finite-receptor binomial counting model, employ pulse-end sampling, and propose a low-complexity midpoint-threshold detector that reduces to a fixed threshold when interference is negligible. Numerical results corroborate the proposed characterization and quantify detection performance versus pulse and symbol durations.
title Modulation, ISI, and Detection for Langmuir Adsorption-Based Microfluidic Molecular Communication
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.11351