FRANCESCO D'ALTERIO

Dottore di ricerca

ciclo: XXXV


Titolo della tesi: Next Generation IoT technologies to boost 5G infrastructures performance

Communication technologies are developing very rapidly and are achieving several breakthrough results. The advent of the 5 th generation mobile communication networks (5G) has completely reshaped the domain of wireless technologies, allowing to reach high throughput, even in the order of Gbps, and low latency, below a millisecond. Such an innovative concept allows to serve different use cases with specific communication requirements, in fact, 5G paradigm provides a set of key enabling technologies to support the Internet of Things paradigm towards the goal of ubiquitous deployment. This thesis presents an overview for these key enabling technologies, in particular by focusing on Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Edge/Fog computing. The thesis also discusses the potential of 5G-based IoT in supporting vertical domains. The railway vertical is investigated, by identifying the limitations of the diagnostic systems currently available. A edge computing driven solution is then provided to autonomously traffic steer towards terrestrial 5G and satellite connectivity. The conceived solution is realized as a Proof-of-Concept and evaluated, representing a concrete step towards the realization of on-board predictive maintenance systems. The energy vertical is the second domain investigated by identifying the limits of 4G tech- nologies towards the realization of the smart grid paradigm. A solution fostering the application of synchrophasor measurement technology to dynamic distribution energy networks has been im- plemented accordingly. An evaluation on a real energy monitoring testbed showed a noticeable improvement in the availability of the system and the capability to readily respond to network reconfigurations. Short range connectivity services is the last considered domain. An analysis of the recently standardized non-cellular 5G paradigm has been carried out, implementing an autonomous mesh routing protocol for Bluetooth Low Energy version 5. The developed solution is shown to correctly relay end-to-end messages outperforming flooding-based protocols. A use case implementation of such a technology is finally presented as an Intrusion Detection System for Industry 4.0. The work concludes by outlining possible future developments of the considered solutions.

Produzione scientifica

11573/1558494 - 2021 - Intrusion detection system for bluetooth Mesh networks: Data gathering and experimental evaluations
Lacava, A.; Giacomini, E.; D'alterio, F.; Cuomo, F. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
congresso: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events, PerCom Workshops 2021 (online)
libro: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events, PerCom Workshops 2021 - (978-1-6654-0424-2)

11573/1620056 - 2021 - Ns3 and mininet codes to investigate complete 5G networks
Persia, Samuela; Ferranti, Ludovico; Salvo, Pierpaolo; D'alterio, Francesco; Matera, Francesco; Rea, Luca; Lavacca, Francesco Giacinto - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
congresso: 2021 AEIT International Annual Conference, AEIT 2021 (Milan; Italy)
libro: 2021 AEIT International Annual Conference, AEIT 2021 - (978-88-87237-50-4)

11573/1464294 - 2020 - BLUES. A self-organizing BLE mesh-network paradigm for IoT environments
Giacomini, E.; D'alterio, F.; Lacava, A.; Cuomo, F. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
congresso: 21st IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WoWMoM 2020 (Cork; Ireland)
libro: Proceedings - 21st IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WoWMoM 2020 - (978-1-7281-7374-0)

11573/1380616 - 2019 - Quality aware aerial-to-ground 5G cells through open-source software
D'alterio, F.; Ferranti, L.; Bonati, L.; Cuomo, F.; Melodia, T. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
congresso: 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2019 (Waikoloa; USA)
libro: 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2019 - Proceedings - (978-1-7281-0962-6)

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