Resource allocation for multi-user molecular communication systems oriented to the internet of medical things
Resource allocation for multi-user molecular communication systems oriented to the internet of medical things
Communication between nanomachines is still an important topic in the construction of the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT). Currently, molecular communication (MC) is expected to be a promising technology to realize IoBNT. To effectively serve the IoBNT composed of multiple nanomachine clusters, it is imperative to study multiple-access MC. In this article, based on the molecular division multiple access technology, we propose a novel multiuser MC system, where information molecules with different diffusion coefficients are first employed. Aiming at the user fairness in the considered system, we investigate the optimization of molecular resource allocation, including the assignment of the types of molecules and the number of molecules of a type. Specifically, three performance metrics are considered, namely, min-max fairness for error probability, max-min fairness for achievable rate, and weighted sum-rate maximization. Moreover, we propose two assignment strategies for types of molecules, i.e., best-to-best (BTB) and best-to-worst (BTW). Subsequently, for a two-user scenario, we analytically derive the optimal allocation for the number of molecules when types of molecules are fixed for all users. In contrast, for a three-user scenario, we prove that the BTB and BTW schemes with the optimal allocation for the number of molecules can provide the lower and upper bounds on system performance, respectively. Finally, numerical results show that the combination of BTW and the optimal allocation for the number of molecules yields better performance than the benchmarks.
COVID-19, Internet of Things, Molecular communication, Nanobioscience, Optimization, Receivers, Resource management, Transmitters, combinatorial optimization, molecular resource allocation, multiple access, sum rate., user fairness
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Chen, Xuan
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Chae, Chan Byoung
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Yang, Lie-Liang
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Ji, Fei
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Konstantin Igorevich, Kostromitin
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1 November 2021
Chen, Xuan
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Chae, Chan Byoung
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Yang, Lie-Liang
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Ji, Fei
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Konstantin Igorevich, Kostromitin
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Chen, Xuan, Chae, Chan Byoung, Yang, Lie-Liang, Ji, Fei and Konstantin Igorevich, Kostromitin
(2021)
Resource allocation for multi-user molecular communication systems oriented to the internet of medical things.
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 8 (21), .
(doi:10.1109/JIOT.2021.3051391).
Abstract
Communication between nanomachines is still an important topic in the construction of the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT). Currently, molecular communication (MC) is expected to be a promising technology to realize IoBNT. To effectively serve the IoBNT composed of multiple nanomachine clusters, it is imperative to study multiple-access MC. In this article, based on the molecular division multiple access technology, we propose a novel multiuser MC system, where information molecules with different diffusion coefficients are first employed. Aiming at the user fairness in the considered system, we investigate the optimization of molecular resource allocation, including the assignment of the types of molecules and the number of molecules of a type. Specifically, three performance metrics are considered, namely, min-max fairness for error probability, max-min fairness for achievable rate, and weighted sum-rate maximization. Moreover, we propose two assignment strategies for types of molecules, i.e., best-to-best (BTB) and best-to-worst (BTW). Subsequently, for a two-user scenario, we analytically derive the optimal allocation for the number of molecules when types of molecules are fixed for all users. In contrast, for a three-user scenario, we prove that the BTB and BTW schemes with the optimal allocation for the number of molecules can provide the lower and upper bounds on system performance, respectively. Finally, numerical results show that the combination of BTW and the optimal allocation for the number of molecules yields better performance than the benchmarks.
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Resource Allocation for Multi-User Molecular Communication Systems Oriented to The Internet of Medical Things
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Accepted/In Press date: 6 January 2021
Published date: 1 November 2021
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This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 61871190; in part by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province under Grant 2018B030306005; in part by thePearl River Nova Program of Guangzhou under Grant 201806010171; and in part by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant 2019SJ02. The work of Chan-Byoung Chae was supported in part by the National Research Foundation of Korea under Grant NRF-2020R1A2C4001941.
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COVID-19, Internet of Things, Molecular communication, Nanobioscience, Optimization, Receivers, Resource management, Transmitters, combinatorial optimization, molecular resource allocation, multiple access, sum rate., user fairness
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/447257
ISSN: 2327-4662
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Chan Byoung Chae
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