# Cooperative In-Vivo Nano-Network Communication at Terahertz Frequencies

**Authors:** Qammer H. Abbasi, Ali Arshad Nasir, Ke Yang, Khalid Qaraqe, Akram, Alomainy

arXiv: 1703.07765 · 2017-03-23

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a cooperative communication approach for in-vivo nano-networks operating at terahertz frequencies, significantly improving system outage performance through relay deployment.

## Contribution

It presents a novel cooperative communication framework for nano-networks in vivo, analyzing its impact on outage probability and demonstrating substantial performance gains.

## Key findings

- Adding relays reduces outage probability tenfold.
- Cooperative communication enhances nano-network reliability at terahertz frequencies.
- Performance depends on relay placement, number, power, bandwidth, and frequency.

## Abstract

Nano devices have great potential to play a vital role in future medical diagnostics and treatment technologies because of its non-invasive nature and ability to reach delicate body sites easily as compared to conventional devices. In this paper, a novel concept of cooperative communication for in-vivo nano-network is presented to enhance the communication among these devices. The effect on the system outage probability performance is conducted for various parameters including relay lacement, number of relays, transmit power, bandwidth and carrier frequency. Results show approximately a 10-fold increase in the system outage performance whenever an additional relay is included in the cooperative network, hence show a great potential of using cooperative communication to enhance the performance of nano-network at terahertz frequencies.

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