Molecular Communications with Longitudinal Carrier Waves: Baseband to Passband Modulation

Abstract

Traditional molecular communications via diffusion (MCvD) systems have used baseband modulation techniques by varying properties of molecular pulses such as the amplitude, the frequency of the transversal wave of the pulse, and the time delay between subsequent pulses. In this letter, we propose and implement passband modulation with molecules that exhibit longitudinal carrier wave properties. This is achieved through the oscillation of the transmitter. Frequency division multiplexing is employed to allow different molecular information streams to co-exist in the same space and time channel, creating an effective bandwidth for MCvD.

submitted to IEEE Communications Letters