An information theoretic model of molecular communication based on cellular signaling

In this paper, a class of molecular communication media is formalized, in which senders and receivers communicate by second messengers. Second messengers in the communication medium are released by senders of communication, propagated, amplified, removed in the medium, and sensed by receivers of communication that in turn decode the second messengers. Based on generalization of intracellular molecular communication processes in terms of information theory, an information theoretic model is proposed to understand and characterize the signaling mechanism of the molecular communication medium.