Design of Energy-Efficient Protocol Stack for Nanocommunication Using Greedy Algorithms

Table 1

Comparison between IoT and IoNT communications.

Parameter of communication	IoT communication	IoNT communication
Communication carrier	Electromagnetic waves	Acoustic, electromagnetic, molecular, nanomechanic
Signal type	Optical and electronic	Chemical
Propagation speed	Light	Extremely low
Medium condition	Wired/wireless	Affect communication
Noise	Electromagnetic fields and signals	Particles and molecules in medium
Encoded information	Voice, text, and video	Phenomena, chemical states, and processes
Energy efficiency	High energy consumption	Low energy consumption