Envisioning 6G Molecular Communication for IoBNT Diagnostic Systems

With the large volume of data transfer, present 5G communication technology is unable to provide system reliability. The era of the 6th generation of communication technology (6G) has been proposed to overcome the current limitation. In the 6G era, it is expected that every thing will be connected, including the nano-things. In this paper, we envision a future diagnostic system that uses molecular communication and machine learning techniques to diagnose disease biomarkers online. This concept is one of the applications of the Internet of BioNano-Things (IoBNT). The concept of molecular communication is revisited in this paper. Furthermore, the proposed diagnostic system is described in detail, including an explanation of the biomarker detection mechanism, an outmessaging interface, and algorithms for biomarker detection. Furthermore, challenges and research opportunities are also presented.