Nanonetwork Concepts and Architectures

Summary

Abstract This chapter combines the various components of nanodevices into fully functional nanonetwork architectures. We start with an analysis of ad hoc networks and mobile networks to derive valuable information from macroscale networks for their nanoscale counterparts. Afterward, we recapitulate the most important peculiarities of nanoscale networks, as opposed to comparable macroscopic networks. Then, explain Internet of Nano‐Things and body area networks in detail as they serve as hybrid types of networks that attempt to holistically bridge the gap between macroscopic networks and nanonetworks. Next, we explain different architectures for acoustic and electromagnetic nanonetworks. After that, we have a look at nature‐inspired network types that emerge from local rules only like swarms. Then, we analyze bacteria in terms of their potential to form functional nanonetworks. Lastly, we analyze molecular nanonetworks and especially DNA‐based nanonetworks in‐depth and explain several tools for evaluating and simulating networks.