Applications of molecular communications to medicine: a survey

摘要: In recent years, progresses in nanotechnology have established the foundations for implementing nanomachines capable of carrying out simple but significant tasks. Under this stimulus, researchers been proposing various solutions realizing nanoscale communications, considering both electromagnetic and biological communications. Their aim is to extend capabilities nanodevices, so as enable execution more complex tasks by means mutual coordination, achievable through However, although most these proposals show how devices can communicate at nanoscales, they leave background specific applications new technologies. Thus, paper shows an overview actual potential that rely on a class such communications techniques, commonly referred molecular particular, we focus health-related applications. This decision due rapidly increasing interests research communities companies minimally invasive, biocompatible, targeted health-care solutions. Molecular communication techniques actually potentials becoming main technology advanced medical solution. Hence, provide taxonomy applications, illustrate them some details, along with existing open challenges be deployed, draw future perspectives.