Molecular Communication via Subdiffusion With a Spherical Absorbing Receiver

In molecular communication (MC), the motion of information molecules in the medium is usually described by the Brownian motion and governed by the Fick’s laws. However, there are some potential scenarios of MC where the kinetics of information molecules is non-Fickian. In this letter, we investigate one of this kind of MC. The manner of information molecules in the channel is subdiffusion. A three-dimensional MC system with a spherical absorbing receiver is considered. The subdiffusion channel is analyzed. The closed-form expressions of the first hitting probability and its peak time are given. Furthermore, we investigate the performance of MC by timing and amplitude modulation schemes in a subdiffusion channel. The error probability for both modulation schemes is analyzed.

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