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Transfer Function Models for Cylindrical MC Channels with Diffusion and Laminar Flow
Maximilian Schäfer, Wayan Wicke, Lukas Brand, Rudolf Rabenstein, Robert Schober
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The analysis and design of advection-diffusion based molecular communication (MC) systems in cylindrical environments is of particular interest for applications such as micro-fluidics and targeted drug delivery in blood vessels. Therefore, the accurate modeling of the corresponding MC channel is of high importance. The propagation of particles in these systems is caused by a combination of diffusion and flow with a parabolic velocity profile, i.e., laminar flow. The propagation characteristics of the particles can be categorized into three different regimes: The flow dominant regime where the influence of diffusion on the particle transport is negligible, the dispersive regime where diffusion has a much stronger impact than flow, and the mixed regime where both effects are important. For the limiting regimes, i.e., the flow dominant and dispersive regimes, there are well-known solutions and approximations for particle transport. In contrast, there is no general analytical solution for the mixed regime, and instead, approximations, numerical techniques, and particle based simulations have been employed. In this paper, we develop a general model for the advection-diffusion problem in cylindrical environments which provides an analytical solution applicable in all regimes. The modeling procedure is based on a transfer function approach and the main focus lies on the incorporation of laminar flow into the analytical model. The properties of the proposed model are analyzed by numerical evaluation for different scenarios including the uniform and point release of particles. We provide a comparison with particle based simulations and the well-known solutions for the limiting regimes to demonstrate the validity of the proposed analytical model.
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