A Multiscale Communications System Based on Engineered Bacteria
Ozan Furkan Sezgen, Ömer Altan, Ahmet Bilir, Merve Gorkem Durmaz, Nedim Hacıosmanoğlu, Berk Camli, Zeliha Cansu Canbek Özdil, Alí Emre Pusane, Arda D. Yalçınkaya, Urartu Özgür Şafak Şeker, Tuna Tuğcu, Sema Dumanlı
Abstract
Although molecular communication systems have been shown to bear great potential for many useful in-body applications, they require the intervention, action, or input of an out-of-body actor. From an Internet of Bio-Nano Things perspective, a successful overall network aims to bring together the two links belonging to the in-body and out-of-body networks for end-to-end communications. For most applications, the uplink from the in-body sensor is more significant since it provides the multi-scalar connection required to relay the information sensed and carried by the molecular communication system to a macro-scale smart terminal. This article proposes two different mechanisms to sense the output of the molecular communication system and transmit the information to an on-body reader. Each mechanism involves different genetically engineered bacteria and specific antenna designs. An experimental setup is provided to demonstrate each proposed concept. The results constitute a proof of concept to detect the in-body bacterial activity from the on-body reader.