{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4385656453","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tmbmc.2023.3303363","title":"Distance Estimation From a Diffusive Process: Theoretical Limits and Experimental Results","display_name":"Distance Estimation From a Diffusive Process: Theoretical Limits and Experimental Results","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-08-08","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4385656453","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tmbmc.2023.3303363"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tmbmc.2023.3303363","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tmbmc.2023.3303363","pdf_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/6687308/7181695/10210712.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2490853239","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Molecular Biological and Multi-Scale Communications","issn_l":"2332-7804","issn":["2332-7804","2372-2061"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/6687308/7181695/10210712.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5091946803","display_name":"Fabio Broghammer","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0613-8348"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2898391981","display_name":"Deutsches Zentrum f\u00fcr Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)","ror":"https://ror.org/04bwf3e34","country_code":"DE","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1305996414","https://openalex.org/I2898391981"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Fabio Broghammer","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center, Weßling, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center, Weßling, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2898391981"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100633936","display_name":"Siwei Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4390-458X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2898391981","display_name":"Deutsches Zentrum f\u00fcr Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)","ror":"https://ror.org/04bwf3e34","country_code":"DE","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1305996414","https://openalex.org/I2898391981"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Siwei Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center, Weßling, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center, Weßling, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2898391981"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5018138101","display_name":"Thomas Wiedemann","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1740-8841"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2898391981","display_name":"Deutsches Zentrum f\u00fcr Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)","ror":"https://ror.org/04bwf3e34","country_code":"DE","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1305996414","https://openalex.org/I2898391981"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Thomas Wiedemann","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center, Weßling, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center, Weßling, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2898391981"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5055112741","display_name":"Peter Adam Hoeher","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3475-1710"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32021983","display_name":"Christian-Albrechts-Universit\u00e4t zu Kiel","ror":"https://ror.org/04v76ef78","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32021983"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Peter A. Hoeher","raw_affiliation_strings":["Faculty of Engineering, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Faculty of Engineering, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32021983"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5091946803"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2898391981"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":{"value":2168,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":2338},"fwci":0.2194,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.47559274,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":"9","issue":"3","first_page":"312","last_page":"317"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13052","display_name":"Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13052","display_name":"Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10207","display_name":"Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques","score":0.9932000041007996,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1312","display_name":"Molecular Biology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10621","display_name":"Gene Regulatory Network Analysis","score":0.9847999811172485,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1312","display_name":"Molecular Biology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/estimator","display_name":"Estimator","score":0.8888182640075684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/diffusion","display_name":"Diffusion","score":0.6054234504699707},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/molecular-communication","display_name":"Molecular communication","score":0.57058185338974},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scale","display_name":"Scale (ratio)","score":0.5409345030784607},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mean-squared-error","display_name":"Mean squared error","score":0.5401344299316406},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ranging","display_name":"Ranging","score":0.49735763669013977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.4889940023422241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/limit","display_name":"Limit (mathematics)","score":0.4794536828994751},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cram\u00e9r\u2013rao-bound","display_name":"Cram\u00e9r\u2013Rao bound","score":0.4723694920539856},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/statistics","display_name":"Statistics","score":0.4672911763191223},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/estimation-theory","display_name":"Estimation theory","score":0.43012890219688416},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/maximum-likelihood","display_name":"Maximum likelihood","score":0.41402262449264526},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/channel","display_name":"Channel (broadcasting)","score":0.36091965436935425},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/applied-mathematics","display_name":"Applied mathematics","score":0.3554304838180542},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.25345367193222046},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/physics","display_name":"Physics","score":0.2080424726009369},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-analysis","display_name":"Mathematical analysis","score":0.17399826645851135},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.0735340416431427}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185429906","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1130160","display_name":"Estimator","level":2,"score":0.8888182640075684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C69357855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163214","display_name":"Diffusion","level":2,"score":0.6054234504699707},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779767902","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17037278","display_name":"Molecular communication","level":4,"score":0.57058185338974},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778755073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10858537","display_name":"Scale (ratio)","level":2,"score":0.5409345030784607},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139945424","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1940696","display_name":"Mean squared error","level":2,"score":0.5401344299316406},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115051666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6522493","display_name":"Ranging","level":2,"score":0.49735763669013977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.4889940023422241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151201525","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177239","display_name":"Limit (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.4794536828994751},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4978587","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1138810","display_name":"Cram\u00e9r\u2013Rao bound","level":3,"score":0.4723694920539856},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.4672911763191223},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C167928553","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1376021","display_name":"Estimation theory","level":2,"score":0.43012890219688416},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49781872","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1045555","display_name":"Maximum likelihood","level":2,"score":0.41402262449264526},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127162648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16858953","display_name":"Channel (broadcasting)","level":2,"score":0.36091965436935425},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C28826006","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33521","display_name":"Applied mathematics","level":1,"score":0.3554304838180542},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.25345367193222046},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.2080424726009369},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134306372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7754","display_name":"Mathematical analysis","level":1,"score":0.17399826645851135},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.0735340416431427},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97355855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11473","display_name":"Thermodynamics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47798520","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190157","display_name":"Transmitter","level":3,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tmbmc.2023.3303363","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tmbmc.2023.3303363","pdf_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/6687308/7181695/10210712.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2490853239","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Molecular Biological and Multi-Scale Communications","issn_l":"2332-7804","issn":["2332-7804","2372-2061"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:elib.dlr.de:196469","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TMBMC.2023.3303363>.","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196266","display_name":"elib (German Aerospace Center)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I2898391981","host_organization_name":"Deutsches Zentrum f\u00fcr Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2898391981"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"PeerReviewed"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tmbmc.2023.3303363","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tmbmc.2023.3303363","pdf_url":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/6687308/7181695/10210712.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2490853239","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Molecular Biological and Multi-Scale Communications","issn_l":"2332-7804","issn":["2332-7804","2372-2061"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4385656453.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4385656453.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":15,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1989868490","https://openalex.org/W2018036523","https://openalex.org/W2047430443","https://openalex.org/W2159335320","https://openalex.org/W2168002711","https://openalex.org/W2344235279","https://openalex.org/W2515867024","https://openalex.org/W2519286490","https://openalex.org/W2752038828","https://openalex.org/W3002705927","https://openalex.org/W3100991707","https://openalex.org/W3105059599","https://openalex.org/W4237042686","https://openalex.org/W4286215669","https://openalex.org/W4312201066"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3091773326","https://openalex.org/W2361508590","https://openalex.org/W2585557503","https://openalex.org/W2169354510","https://openalex.org/W3099005205","https://openalex.org/W2103714007","https://openalex.org/W4389474210","https://openalex.org/W2887053380","https://openalex.org/W1967296369","https://openalex.org/W2120595071"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Estimating":[0],"the":[1,4,24,30,40,50,59,67,84,91,110,116,120,123,130],"distance":[2,56,72],"between":[3],"source":[5,21],"of":[6,16,39,70,112,122],"a":[7,11,14,140],"diffusive":[8],"process":[9],"and":[10,94,142],"receiver":[12],"has":[13],"variety":[15],"applications,":[17],"ranging":[18],"from":[19,37],"gas":[20],"localization":[22],"at":[23,29],"macro-scale":[25],"to":[26,108],"molecular":[27],"communication":[28],"micro-scale.":[31],"Distance":[32],"information":[33,82],"can":[34],"be":[35],"extracted":[36],"features":[38],"observed":[41,85],"particle":[42],"concentration,":[43],"e.g.,":[44],"its":[45],"peak.":[46,86],"This":[47],"paper":[48],"derives":[49],"Cram\u00e9r-Rao":[51],"lower":[52],"bound":[53],"(CRB)":[54],"for":[55,62,78],"estimation":[57,117],"given":[58],"advection-diffusion":[60],"model":[61],"absorbing":[63],"receivers,":[64],"which":[65],"is":[66,126],"fundamental":[68],"limit":[69],"any":[71],"estimator.":[73],"Furthermore,":[74],"CRBs":[75,105],"are":[76,101,106,146],"obtained":[77],"estimators":[79,96,125],"using":[80,90],"only":[81],"about":[83],"A":[87],"maximum-likelihood":[88],"estimator":[89],"entire":[92],"signal":[93],"two":[95],"based":[97],"on":[98,115],"peak":[99],"detection":[100],"deduced.":[102],"The":[103],"derived":[104],"used":[107],"study":[109],"effect":[111],"channel":[113],"parameters":[114],"performance.":[118],"Finally,":[119],"performance":[121],"proposed":[124],"verified":[127],"by":[128],"comparing":[129],"root":[131],"mean":[132],"squared":[133],"errors":[134],"with":[135],"their":[136],"theoretical":[137],"bounds":[138],"in":[139],"simulation,":[141],"preliminary":[143],"experimental":[144],"results":[145],"presented.":[147]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-03-27T05:58:40.876381","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}