Communication through Breath: Aerosol Transmission
Abstract
Exhaled breath can be used in retrieving information and creating innovative communication systems. It contains several volatile organic compounds and biological entities that can act as health biomarkers. For instance, the breath of an infected human contains a nonnegligible amount of pathogenic aerosol that can spread or remain suspended in the atmosphere. Therefore, the exhaled breath can be exploited as a source's message in a communication setup to remotely scan the bio-information via an aerosol transmission channel. An overview of the basic configuration is presented along with a description of system components with a particular emphasis on channel modeling. Furthermore, the challenges that arise in theoretical analysis and system development are highlighted. Finally, several open issues are discussed to concretize the proposed communication concept.
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The human bond communication concept is expanded with the help of 'communication through breath' scheme to allow reading the human bio-profile using the exhaled breath and even interact with the human body by inhalation using volatile organic compounds.
“Recently, the concept is expanded with the help of 'communication through breath' scheme to allow reading the human bio-profile using the exhaled breath and even interact with the human body by inhalation using volatile organic compounds [53].”
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It is possible to diagnose diseases, detect emotions, collect biological features and interact with the human body in a remote way using human bond communication.
“As a result, it is possible to diagnose diseases, detect emotions, collect biological features and interact with the human body in a remote way.”
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- Authors
- Khalid, M., Amin, O., Ahmed, S., Shihada, B., & Alouini, M.-S.
- Affiliations
- Rice University (US)
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (SA)
- Information Technology University (PK)
- Venue
- IEEE Communications Magazine
- Published
- 2019-02
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 33-39
- ISSN
- 0163-6804 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-1896
- OpenAlex
- W2898961071
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 7
- FWCI
- 3.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- IEEE Communications Magazine (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Wireless Communication Security Techniques
- Keywords
- exhaled breath, airborne transmission, volatile organic compounds, health biomarkers, channel modeling
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