The Development of a Biocompatible Testbed for Molecular Communication
with Magnetic Nanoparticles
Abstract
Although the concept of engineered molecular communication has been
around for quite some time, practical approaches with truly
biocompatible setups are still scarce. However, molecular communication
has a large potential in future medical applications and may be a
solution to size constraints of antenna based transmission systems. In
this work we therefore present a testbed using biocompatible magnetic
nanoparticles. Based on previous work, all testbed components have been
improved regarding performance and size, making a large step forwards
regarding miniaturisation and a data transmission approach. In addition,
a setup for localised twodimensional sensing of magnetic nanoparticles
is presented. All improvements are evaluated individually and combined
to achieve a net data rate of more than 6 bit/s, significantly higher
than any other comparable biocompatible setup.