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torres-gomez2026communicating

Jorge Torres Gómez, Pit Hofmann, Lisa Y. Debus, Osman Tugay Basaran, Sebastian Lotter, Roya Khanzadeh, Stefan Angerbauer, Bige Deniz Unluturk, Sergi Abadal, Werner Haselmayr, Frank H. P. Fitzek, Robert Schober and Falko Dressler, "Communicating Smartly in Molecular Communication Environments: Neural Networks in the Internet of Bio-Nano Things," IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2026. (to appear)

Abstract

Recent developments in the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT) are laying the foundation for innovative healthcare applications. Nanodevices designed to operate within the human body and managed remotely via the Internet are envisioned to detect and respond to diseases promptly. To explore the limits of nanodevice interconnectivity, this survey focuses on data-driven communication strategies for molecular communication (MC) systems interconnecting nanosensors. Due to the complex and dynamic nature of MC environments, accurate physical modeling is often infeasible. Consequently, the MC research community increasingly relies on machine learning (ML) methods, particularly neural network (NN) architectures, to enable robust and adaptive communication at the nanoscale level. This interdisciplinary field spans several aspects, including NNs for communication in IoBNT networks, their nanoscale implementation, explainable approaches, and the generation of training datasets. Within this survey, we provide a comprehensive analysis of current NN architectures for MC, assess their feasibility for nanoscale deployment, review applied explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) techniques, and summarize available datasets along with best practices for their generation. We also include open-source code examples to support reproducible research across key MC scenarios. Finally, we identify emerging challenges, including robust NN architectures, biologically integrated NN modules, and scalable training strategies.

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Jorge Torres Gómez
Pit Hofmann
Lisa Y. Debus
Osman Tugay Basaran
Sebastian Lotter
Roya Khanzadeh
Stefan Angerbauer
Bige Deniz Unluturk
Sergi Abadal
Werner Haselmayr
Frank H. P. Fitzek
Robert Schober
Falko Dressler

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@article{torres-gomez2026communicating,
    author = {Torres G{\'{o}}mez, Jorge and Hofmann, Pit and Debus, Lisa Y. and Basaran, Osman Tugay and Lotter, Sebastian and Khanzadeh, Roya and Angerbauer, Stefan and Unluturk, Bige Deniz and Abadal, Sergi and Haselmayr, Werner and Fitzek, Frank H. P. and Schober, Robert and Dressler, Falko},
    note = {to appear},
    title = {{Communicating Smartly in Molecular Communication Environments: Neural Networks in the Internet of Bio-Nano Things}},
    journal = {IEEE Communications Surveys \& Tutorials},
    issn = {1553-877X},
    publisher = {IEEE},
    year = {2026},
   }
   
   

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