@inproceedings{c81d181afa88491fac893c6dbedf5ea2,
title = "A Low-Complexity Solution to Angular Misalignments in Molecular Index Modulation",
abstract = "Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission approaches have been recently considered in the context of molecular communications due to desirable improvements they provide in terms of communication efficiency. Among these methods, molecular index modulation (molecular-IM) schemes yield a significant improvement in throughput and show promising results for future molecular MIMO research. However, existing molecular-IM methods rely on perfect spatial alignment between corresponding antennas, which may not be the case in a possible practical scenario. Motivated by this practical constraint, this study proposes a novel receiver design for molecular-IM. The proposed decoder is an augmented version of the maximum count decoder (MCD) and operates by merging MCD with a simple linear combining technique. Our numerical results show that the proposed approach yields a desirable robustness against antenna misalignments while still maintaining a simplistic receiver structure.",
keywords = "antenna misalignment, index modulation, Molecular communications, molecular MIMO, robust receiver design",
author = "Ahmet Celik and Gursoy, \{Mustafa Can\} and Ertugrul Basar and Pusane, \{Ali Emre\} and Tuna Tugcu",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 IEEE.; 30th IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2019 ; Conference date: 08-09-2019 Through 11-09-2019",
year = "2019",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1109/PIMRC.2019.8904369",
language = "English",
series = "IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "2019 IEEE 30th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2019",
address = "United States",
}