Anti-Quorum Sensing Nanonetwork Jani Athraa Juhi* Department of Computer Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq *Corresponding author: Athraa Juhi Jani Department of Computer Science, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq.
Online published on 2 February, 2019. Abstract Molecular communication is a bio-inspired communication mechanism, where information is exchanged through transmitting, propagating and receiving molecules between two nanometer-scale devices. The characteristics and rules that govern molecular communication are motivated by the communication in biological systems. In this paper a model of nanomachines is considered, one of these nanomachines has some special responsibilities to direct and control processes of the network. These nanomachines, communicate through a shared unguided medium by stipulating and controlling diffusion processes to form a nanonetwork. A protocol is proposed in which these nanomachines attempt to jam the communication among bacteria, through exploring the biological process of quorum sensing in bacteria. This process is a form of consensus among bacteria population. In order to activate bacteria to perform its task (whether it is a useful or harmful), bacteria need to reach consensus frst. Thus, these nanomachines attempt to am the communication among bacteria, through diffusing a molecule which has been tested in biological experiments to lock the bacteria receptors. The nanomachines follow Poisson distribution to diffuse their jamming molecule. Eventually, the proposed protocol is employing the network's nanomachines to prevent bacteria from reaching consensus and eventually from performing harmful activities. Top Keywords Nanonetworks, Molecular Communication, Consensus, Poisson distribution, Quorum Sensing. Top |