Multiobjective TDMA optimization for neuron-based molecular communication

  • Authors:
  • Junichi Suzuki;Sasitharan Balasubramaniam;Adriele Prina-Mello

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Massachusetts, Boston;Telecommunication Software Systems Group, Ireland;Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Body Area Networks
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

This paper proposes and evaluates Neuronal TDMA, a TDMA-based signaling protocol framework for molecular communication, which utilizes neurons as a primary component to build in-body sensor-actuator networks (IBSANs). Neuronal TDMA leverages an evolutionary multiobjective optimization algorithm (EMOA) that optimizes the signaling schedule for nanomachines in IBSANs. The proposed EMOA uses a population of solution candidates, each of which represents a particular signaling schedule, and evolves them via several operators such as selection, crossover, mutation and offspring size adjustment. The evolution process is performed to seek Pareto-optimal signaling schedules subject to given constraints. Simulation results verify that the proposed EMOA efficiently obtains quality solutions. It outperforms several conventional EMOAs.