Thermodynamic Properties of Molecular Communication

2018/05/09 by Eckford, Andrew W., Kuznets-Speck, Benjamin, Hinczewski, Michael +1 · 1 citation
#FOS: Computer and information sciences #Information Theory (cs.IT)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1805.03535

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the energy cost of communicating using molecular communication. In a simplified scenario, we show that the energy bound in Landauer's principle can be achieved, implying that molecular communication can approach fundamental thermodynamic limits.

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