Nano-Electromagnetic Communication at Terahertz and Optical Frequencies: Principles and Applications

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About the editors
1 Introduction to nano-communication
    1.1 What is nano-communication?
    1.2 Envisioned communication methods of nano-communication
        1.2.1 Molecular paradigm
        1.2.2 Electromagnetic paradigm
        1.2.3 Acoustic paradigm
        1.2.4 Other paradigms
    1.3 Development of nano-communication
    1.4 Book organisation
    References
Part I Fundamentals and state-of-the-art advances in nano-electromagnetic communication network
    2 Fundamentals and applications of nano-electromagnetic communications
        2.1 Fundamentals of nano-electromagnetic communications
            2.1.1 Nano-electromagnetic communications in the terahertz band
            2.1.2 Terahertz-band channel modeling
            2.1.3 Communication mechanism
            2.1.4 Network protocols
        2.2 Applications of nano-electromagnetic communications
        References
    3 Simulation and experimental platforms for nano-electromagnetic communication networks
        3.1 Introduction
        3.2 System architecture
            3.2.1 Drug delivery system
            3.2.2 1906.1 framework
        3.3 Simulation platform
            3.3.1 Message carrier
            3.3.2 Medium (channel)
            3.3.3 Field
            3.3.4 Motion
            3.3.5 Tracking
        3.4 Experiment
            3.4.1 Magnetic-driven nanorobot
            3.4.2 Magnetic-guided nanorobot
            3.4.3 Platform
        References
Part II Current development in THz components and interfaces
    4 Terahertz antenna design for wearable applications
        4.1 Introduction
        4.2 Graphene-based antenna for wearable applications
        4.3 The effect of human body on the antenna radiation characteristics
        4.4 Perovskite-based antennas
        4.5 Conclusion
        References
    5 Terahertz (THz) application in food contamination detection
        5.1 THz components and application systems
            5.1.1 Components of THz systems
            5.1.2 Applications of THz systems
        5.2 THz detecting methods and their enabling technologies
            5.2.1 THz time-domain spectroscopy
            5.2.2 Terahertz imaging
            5.2.3 THz spectrum analysis with VNA
        5.3 Challenges in food contamination detection
            5.3.1 Distraction and absorption of water content
            5.3.2 Low penetration depth of THz radiation
            5.3.3 Scattering effects
        5.4 State-of-the-art method for fruit spoilage detection
            5.4.1 Detection of moisture content
            5.4.2 Materials and methods
            5.4.3 Measurement results
        5.5 Conclusion
        References
Part III Advances in the physical layer and network layer of nano-EM communication
    6 Channel modelling for electromagnetic nano-communication
        6.1 End-to-end terahertz propagation
            6.1.1 Molecular absorption
            6.1.2 Scattering
            6.1.3 Path loss
            6.1.4 Molecular absorption noise
            6.1.5 Signal-to-noise ratio
            6.1.6 Time spread on–off keying
            6.1.7 Information rate
        6.2 Multi-user terahertz propagation
            6.2.1 Interference model
            6.2.2 SINR distribution
        6.3 Summary
        References
    7 Modulation, coding, and synchronization techniques for nano-electromagnetic communications in terahertz band
        7.1 Introduction
        7.2 Modulation in the THz band
            7.2.1 Pulse-based modulation
            7.2.2 Carrier-based modulation
        7.3 Channel coding schemes in the THz band
        7.4 MCS in the THz band
        7.5 Synchronization in the THz band
            7.5.1 Frequency synchronization
            7.5.2 Phase synchronization
            7.5.3 Time synchronization
            7.5.4 Network-level synchronization
            7.5.5 Training-based methods vs. blind methods
        7.6 Conclusion
            7.6.1 IEEE standard 802.15.3: executive summary
        References
    8 Routing protocols for nano-electromagnetic communication networks
        8.1 Introduction
        8.2 Classification of routing protocols in WNNs
        8.3 Routing protocols in WNNs
            8.3.1 Limit-flood-area-based routing protocols
            8.3.2 DIF-based routing protocols
            8.3.3 Single-path-based routing protocols
            8.3.4 Comparison of routing protocols
        8.4 Conclusion
        References
    9 Error-control mechanisms for nano-electromagnetic communication networks
        9.1 Introduction
        9.2 Related work
            9.2.1 Existing work on error control in nanonetworks
            9.2.2 Energy harvesting with piezoelectric nanonetworks
            9.2.3 Energy consumption in pulse-based nanonetwork communication
        9.3 Error control with probing
            9.3.1 Error-control mechanism
            9.3.2 Energy state model of the ECP mechanism
        9.4 Simulation and performance analysis
            9.4.1 Validate the energy state model of ECP
            9.4.2 Successful packet delivery probability
            9.4.3 Delay
            9.4.4 Throughput
            9.4.5 Energy consumption
        9.5 Conclusion
        References
    10 Conclusion and future outlook
        10.1 Conclusion
        10.2 Challenges and future work
            10.2.1 Investigations on the novel materials
            10.2.2 Integration techniques of diverse communication methods
            10.2.3 Development of the common platform
            10.2.4 Introduction of big data analysis techniques
            10.2.5 Security issues
        Reference
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