Rede de nanossensores: comunicação molecular - um novo paradigma para conectividade

Abstract

Nanotechnology is part of a research field that incorporates several areas of human activity and has promoted real revolutions in several areas. Thus, we see its influence in medicine, industry, the environment, in quantum physics and in the military sphere. However, the possibility of communication between devices on the nanoscale, based on the properties of nanoparticles, is the focus of this study. The possibility of implementing a network interconnected by various nanosensors allows coverage of large areas with topologies applied according to the needs of each particular domain. In this scenario, we have, among other possibilities, the Molecular Communication, a type of communication in which the transmission and the reception of information is performed by using molecular coding, according to a paradigm that naturally requires the implementation of new channel models, the creation of different networks architectures and the development of new protocols. This work aims to promote knowledge of the state of the art concerning nano communication networks within the context of nanotechnology, thus showing the scientific advances and motivating the interest in research in this area.