Low complexity nano-networks routing scenarios and strategies

Abstract

One of the big challenges in nano-networks is the capacity to route packets using simple strategies, in inhospitable and stimulating environments. The strict physical limitations coming from the nano-devices are constraining the design of communication protocols and strategies. Considering the current fabrication processes, existing published strategies require devices at least in micrometer dimensions, what is far yet from what is expected. In this paper, the proposal is on the road to nanometers devices, while considering extremely low energy consumption. The major contributions of this paper are the formulation of the nano-networks routing problem, the proposal of a low complexity Finite State Machine (FSM)-based paradigm to implement routes generation and routing algorithms and the evaluation of the proposed nano-networks routing and strategy.