Kolmogorov Turbulence and Information Dissipation in Molecular Communication

Abstract

Waterborne chemical plumes are studied as a paradigm for representing a means for molecular communication in a macro-scale system. Results from the theory of fluid turbulence are applied and interpreted in the context of molecular communication to characterize an information cascade, the information dissipation rate and the critical length scale below which information modulated onto the plume can no longer be decoded. The results show that the information dissipation decreases with increasing Reynolds number and that there exists a theoretical potential for encoding smaller information structures at higher Reynolds numbers.

What Is the Trait d’Union between Retroactivity and Molecular Communication Performance Limits?

“…From a modeling perspective, great attention has been paid to the methods of propagation of molecules in the extracellular environment [ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ]. A step forward has been that of studying the communication performance in biochemical circuits [ 13 , 14 ]. In fact, an open research problem in MC is that of finding optimal ways to transfer information in biochemical circuits [ 15 ].…”