Carlo Augusto Grazia

Carlo Augusto Grazia, Ph.D. M.S. degree in Theoretical Computer Science at the University of Bologna, 2012. Ph.D. in ICT at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 2016. He is currently a Tenure Track Assistant Professor (RTDb) at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Contact Info: Office: MO26-02-046, Department of Engineering Enzo Ferrari, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Pietro Vivarelli 10, 41125 Modena, Italy. E-mail: carloaugusto.grazia@unimore.it Tel: +39 059 2058289 Curriculum: PDF Google Scholar page: home

Research Interests

• Linux-based TCP-IP algorithms

• Vehicular Communications & IEEE 802.11p

• GPS-based Cooperative Messages

• AQM Queue Disciplines Algorithms;

• Packet Scheduling techniques for Wireless Networks;

• QoS in IP Networks;

• SDN techniques for performance optimization;

• Deadlock Analysis.

Projects

• Research Project with ESA SURPRISE: Standardised groUnd softwaRe comPonents for oRchestrating hIgh throughput Satellite sErvices

• POR-FESR IGNITE 5.0: IntelliGent and secure Networking in IndusTrial Environments: towards Industry 5.0

• Collaborator in the PNRR Spoke 6 Centro Nazionale per la MObilita’ SosTenibile (MOST)

• Project in conjunction with Alstom: "V2X communications and distributed architectures for safety-related road applications": March 2018 - October 2018

• The European FP7 Project PPDR-TC "Public Protection and Disaster Relief – Transformation Center" (FP7 313015): April 2013 - September 2015

• Italian PRIN 2009 project SFINGI: SoFtware-routers to Improve Next-Generation Internet

• European Project EU-FET on Highly Adaptable and Trustworthy Software using Formal Method HATS

Publications

Journal Papers

• M. Savarese, A. De Blasi, C. Zaccagnino, and Carlo A. Grazia P.I.E.N.O. - Petrol-filling Itinerary Estimation aNd Optimization, IEEE Access, 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3483959, 2024

• L. Lusvarghi, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, M. Casoni and M.L. Merani Awareness Messages by Vulnerable Road Users and Vehicles: Field Tests Via LTE-V2X, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles; 10.1109/TIV.2023.3280744, 2023

• Carlo A. Grazia, N. Patriciello, T. Høiland-Jørgensen, M. Klapez and M. Casoni Aggregating Without Bloating: Hard Times for TCP on Wi-Fi, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking; 10.1109/TNET.2022.3171594, 2022 - 10 May 2022

• M. Klapez, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Casoni, Experimental Evaluation of IEEE 802.11p in High-Speed Trials for Safety-Related Applications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 2021; https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2021.3111289

• M. Klapez, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Casoni The Energy Footprint of 5G Multi-RAT Cellular Architectures, IEEE Access, early access, 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3122797 - 26 Oct 2021

• Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, M. Casoni The New TCP Modules on the Block: A Performance Evaluation of TCP Pacing and TCP Small Queues, IEEE Access, Volume 9; 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3113891 - 20 Sep 2021

• Carlo A. Grazia, Future of TCP on Wi-Fi 6, IEEE Access 2021, 9, art. no. 9504484, pp. 107929-107940; https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3102022

• Carlo A. Grazia, A Performance Model for Wi-Fi Frame Aggregation Considering Throughput and Latency, IEEE Communication Letters 2020; https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2020.2995590 - 19 May 2020

• Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, M. Casoni, BBRp: Improving TCP BBR Performance Over WLAN, IEEE Access 2020, Volume 8; https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2977834 - 2 Mar 2020

• M. Klapez, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Casoni, Minimization of IEEE 802.11p Packet Collision Interference through Transmission Time Shifting, J. Sens. Actuator Netw. 2020, 9(2), 17; https://doi.org/10.3390/jsan9020017 - 26 Mar 2020

• M. Klapez, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Casoni, Application-level Performance of IEEE 802.11p in Safety-related V2X Field Trials, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Early Access, https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2020.2967649 - 17 Jan 2020

• M. Klapez, C.A. Grazia, M. Casoni, S. Zennaro, M. Cozzani, Processing and Communication Delays in EWS: On the Performance of the Earthcloud Prototype, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, March 2019, DOI: 10.1155/2019/6206854

• C.A. Grazia, N. Patriciello, M. Klapez, M. Casoni, Transmission Control Protocol and Active Queue Management together against congestion: cross-comparison through simulations, Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, available online since November 30, 2018, DOI: 10.1177/0037549718814626

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, SDN-Based Resource Pooling to Provide Transparent Multi-Path Communications, IEEE Communication Magazine, early view, DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2017.1601214

• M. Klapez, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Casoni, A Hybrid Algorithm to combine Redundancy and Concurrency in Virtual Network Resource Pooling, Internet Technology Letters, John Wiley & Sons, early view, DOI: 10.1002/itl2.18

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, N. Patriciello, How to avoid TCP Congestion without dropping Packets: an Effective AQM called PINK, Computer Communications, Elsevier, pp. 49-60, vol.103, May 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2017.02.010

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, P. Valente, Achieving a High Throughput and a Low Latency through a Modular Packet Scheduler, accepted for publication in the International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, Inderscience Publishers, ISSN: 1754-3916.

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, A software‐defined 5G cellular network with links virtually pooled for public safety operators, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, John Wiley & Sons, 2016, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ett.3092

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, N. Patriciello, QRM: a Queue Rate Management for fairness and TCP flooding protection in mission-critical networks, Computer Networks, Elsevier, pp. 54-65, Vol.93, December 2015, ISSN: 1389-1286, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2015.10.010

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, N. Patriciello, A congestion control middleware layer with dynamic bandwidth management for satellite communications, International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, John Wiley & Sons, 2015, ISSN: 1542-0981, DOI: 10.1002/sat.1129 Publisher_PDF

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, N. Patriciello, A. Amditis and E. Sdongos, Integration of Satellite and LTE for Disaster Recovery, Communications Magazine, IEEE, March 2015, Pages 47-53, ISSN: 0163-6804, DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2015.7060481 Publisher_PDF

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, P. Valente, TEMPEST: a new Test EnvironMent for Performance Evaluation of the Scheduling of packeTs, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory (SIMPAT), Elsevier, Volume 49, December 2014, Pages 258–276, ISSN: 1569-190X, DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2014.10.005. Publisher_PDF

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, P. Valente, A Green, Modular and Fair Packet Scheduler for boosting Throughput over Wireless Links, Journal of Networking Technology (JNT), Vol. 4, Issue 4, pp. 192-202, December 2013, ISSN: 0976-898X. Publisher_PDF

Conference Papers

• Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, M. Casoni Comparing different GPS solutions for the Cooperative Awareness Messages Distribution, IEEE WiMob 2023, VN4RRSR Workshop, Montreal, Canada

• Bjørn Ivar Teigen, Neil Davies, Kai Olav Ellefsen, Tor Skeie, Carlo Augusto Grazia, Jim Torresen A Lower Bound on Latency Spikes for Capacity-Seeking Network Traffic, ICC'23, 2023, IEEE International Conference on Communications, Rome, Italy

• M. Klapez, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Casoni The Impact of Transmission Power on the Safety-Related Performance of IEEE 802.11p, IEEE WiMob 2021, STWiMob Workshop, Virtual Conference

• Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, M. Casoni, IRONMAN: Infrastructured RSSI-based opportunistic routing in mobile adhoc networks, ICT4PPRR'20, 2020, IEEE WiMob Seventh International Workshop on ICT Systems for Public Protection and Risk Reduction

• Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, M. Casoni, BBR+: Improving TCP BBR Performance over WLAN, ICC'20, 2020, IEEE International Conference on Communications, Virtual Conference

• Carlo A. Grazia, IEEE 802.11n/ac Wireless Network Efficiency under different TCP Congestion Controls, EN4PPDR'19, 2019, WiMob Sixth International Workshop on ICT Systems for Public Protection and Risk Reduction

• M. Klapez, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Casoni, IEEE 802.11p field trials on interference minimization for safety-related V2X applications, EN4PPDR'19, 2019, WiMob Sixth International Workshop on ICT Systems for Public Protection and Risk Reduction

• M. Klapez, Carlo A. Grazia, L. Rold, M. Casoni, IEEE 802.11p under congestion in an Infrastructure-to-Vehicle communication approach, 2019 AEIT International Conference of Electrical and Electronic Technologies for Automotive (AEIT AUTOMOTIVE).

• Carlo A. Grazia, Towards 1 ms WLAN Latency, Accepted in IEEE 2018 WiMob workshop on Emergency Networks for Public Protection and Disaster Relief, EN4PPDR'18, October 15-17, 2018, Limassol, Cyprus.

• M. Klapez, Carlo A. Grazia, S. Zennaro, M. Cozzani, M. Casoni,First Experiences with Earthcloud, a Low-Cost, Cloud-Based IoT Seismic Alert System, Accepted in IEEE 2018 WiMob workshop on Emergency Networks for Public Protection and Disaster Relief, EN4PPDR'18, October 15-17, 2018, Limassol, Cyprus.

• Carlo A. Grazia, On the Performance of IEEE 802.11P Outside the Context of a BSS Networks, Proc. of IEEE 2018 International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC), June 9-12, 2018, Bologna, Italy.

• Carlo A. Grazia, N. Patriciello, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen, M. Klapez, M. Casoni, J. Mangues-Bafalluy, Adapting TCP Small Queues for IEEE 802.11 Networks, Proc. of IEEE 2018 International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC), June 9-12, 2018, Bologna, Italy.

• M. Klapez, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Casoni, Energy Savings of Sleep Modes enabled by 5G Software-Defined Heterogeneous Networks, Proc. of IEEE 2018 International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry, RTSI 2018, September 10-13, 2018, Palermo, Italy.

• M. Klapez, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Casoni, Quantifying Sleep-Related Energy Savings in Indoor LTE HetNets Radio Access, Proc. of IEEE 2018 International conference on selected topics in Mobile and Wireless Networking, MoWNet 2018, June 20-22, 2018, Tangier, Morocco.

• Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, M. Casoni, The Bufferboost Effect: when Drops and Redundancy boost the Throughput, Proc. of IEEE 2018 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC): Wireless and Mobile Communications & Networking, June 19-21, 2018, Rome, Italy.

• Toke Høiland-Jørgensen, Carlo Augusto Grazia, Per Hurtig, Anna Brunstrom, Flent: The FLExible Network Tester, Proc. of 11th EAI ValueTools Conference, December 5-7, 2017, Venice, Italy, DOI: 10.1145/3150928.3150957

• Carlo A. Grazia, M. Casoni, Technology independent Scheduling Architecture for V2X Communications: a Flexible approach, Proc. of IEEE WiMob Conference, Workshop EN4PPDR, October 9-11, 2017, Rome, Italy, DOI: 10.1109/WiMOB.2017.8115826

• Carlo A. Grazia, N. Patriciello, M. Klapez, M. Casoni, Which AQM fits IoT better?, proc. of the IEEE RTSI workshop, Modena, Italy, September 11-13 2017, DOI: 10.1109/RTSI.2017.8065903

• M. Klapez, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Casoni, Reducing Cellular Networks Power Consumption: the Role of Resource Pooling and Cooperation, Proc. of the IEEE ConTEL Conference, Zagreb, Croatia, 28-30 June 2017, pp.107-114, ISBN:9789531842242

• Carlo A. Grazia, N. Patriciello, M. Klapez, M. Casoni, A Cross-Comparison between TCP and AQM Algorithms: which is the Best Couple for Congestion Control?, Proc. of the IEEE ConTEL Conference, Zagreb, Croatia, 28-30 June 2017, pp.75-82, ISBN:9789531842242

• Carlo A. Grazia, N. Patriciello, M. Klapez, M. Casoni, Mitigating Congestion and Bufferbloat on Satellite Networks through a Rate-Based AQM, Proc. of the IEEE ICC International Conference on Communications, May 21-25, 2017, Paris, France, pp.4477-4482, ISBN:9781467389983

• Carlo A. Grazia, N. Patriciello, M. Klapez, M. Casoni, Enabling Smart Environments by avoiding TCP Congestion through PINK: a no-drop AQM, Proc. of IEEE WiMob Conference, Workshop SEUNET, October 17-19, 2016, New York, USA.

• M. Klapez, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Casoni, Towards Massively Multipath Transmissions for Public Safety Communications, Proc. of IEEE WiMob Conference, Workshop EN4PPDR, October 17-19, 2016, New York, USA.

• N. Patriciello, Carlo A. Grazia, J. Núñez-Martínez, J. Baranda, J. Mangues-Bafalluy, M. Casoni, Performance Evaluation of Backpressure Routing in Integrated Satellite-terrestrial Backhaul for PPDR Networks, Proc. of IEEE WiMob Conference, Workshop EN4PPDR, October 17-19, 2016, New York, USA.

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, Enabling Resource Pooling in Wireless Networks through Software-Defined Orchestration, Proc. of IEEE ICC International Conference on Communications, May 22-27, 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, An SDN and CPS based opportunistic Upload Splitting for mobile users, Proc. of EAI International Conference on CYber physiCaL systems, iOt and sensors Networks (CYCLONE), October 26, 2015, Rome, Italy.

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, N. Patriciello, DyBRA: a Dynamic Bandwidth Reservation Algorithm to enhance Satellite Communications, Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), December 6-10, 2015, San Diego, California (USA).

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, N. Patriciello, A Cooperative Middleware for Enhancing TCP Performance over High Delay Networks, Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), December 6-10, 2015, San Diego, California (USA).

• Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, N. Patriciello, M. Casoni, PINK: Proactive INjection into acK, a queue manager to impose fair resource allocation among TCP flows, Proc. of IEEE WiMob Conference, Workshop EN4PPDR, October 19-21, 2015, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

• Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, N. Patriciello, M. Casoni, H. Gierszal, P. Tyczka, K. Pawlina, A. Amditis, E. Sdongos, Performance Evaluation and Economic Modelling of PPDR Communication Systems, Proc. of IEEE WiMob Conference, Workshop EN4PPDR, October 19-21, 2015, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, N. Patriciello, Implementation and Validation of TCP Options and Congestion Control Algorithms for ns-3, Proc. of the 2015 ACM Workshop on ns-3 (WNS3), 13-14 May 2015, Barcelona (Spain), pp. 112-119, ISBN: 978-1-4503-3375-7, DOI: 10.1145/2756509.2756518.

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, N. Patriciello, Towards Emergency Networks Security with Per-Flow Queue Rate Management, Proc. of International Workshop on Pervasive Networks for Emergency Management (PerNEM), March 27, 2015, St. Louis, Missouri.

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, N. Patriciello, Reducing Latency in Satellite Emergency Networks through a Cooperative Transmission Control, Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), December 8-12, 2014, Austin, Texas.

• Carlo A. Grazia, M. Casoni, P. Valente, TEMPEST: Test EnvironMent for Performance Evaluation of the Scheduling of packeTs, Proc. of IEEE Emergency Networks for Public Protection and Disaster Relief (EN4PPDR) Workshop within IEEE WiMob 2014, 8 October 2014, Larnaca (Cyprus), pp.300-307, ISBN: 978-1-4799-5040-9. Publisher_PDF

• Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez, N. Patriciello, M. Casoni, A. Amditis, E. Sdongos, H. Gierszal, D. Kanakidis, C. Katsigiannis, K. Romanowski, P. Simplicio, A. Oliveira, S. Sonander, J. Jackson, Integration between Terrestrial and Satellite Networks: the PPDR-TC vision, Proc. of IEEE Emergency Networks for Public Protection and Disaster Relief (EN4PPDR) Workshop within IEEE WiMob 2014, 8 October 2014, Larnaca (Cyprus), pp.202-209, ISBN: 978-1-4799-5040-9. Publisher_PDF

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, P. Valente, A Low-Latency and High-Throughput Scheduler for Emergency and Wireless Networks, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 10-14, 2014, Sydney, Australia. Publisher_PDF

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, N. Patriciello, On the Performance of Linux Container with Netmap/VALE for Networks Virtualization, Proc. of IEEE International Conference On Networking (ICON), December 11-13, 2013, Singapore. Publisher_PDF

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, P. Valente, A Flexible and Green Scheduler for providing QoS and High Throughput over Wireless Links, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications Systems and Technologies (ICCST), October 04-06, 2013, Hammamet, Tunisy, pp.218-225, ISBN: 978-9938-9511-6-5. Publisher_PDF

• E. Giachino, Carlo A. Grazia, C. Laneve, M. Lienhardt, P. Wong, DeadLock Analysis of Concurrent Objects - Theory and Practice, Proc. of International Conference on Integrated Formal Methods (iFM), Springer, June 10-14, 2013, Turku, Finland. PDF

White Papers, Technical Reports & Posters

• M. Klapez, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Casoni, 5G Systems for Public Protection and Disaster Management, The 5G Italy Book 2019: a Multiperspective View of 5G, online available: PDF

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez and N. Patriciello, C2ML: a Congestion Control Middleware Layer to improve TCP Performance on High-Delay Networks, NetLab White Papers (NetLab'15), November 2, 2015, Modena, Italy. PDF

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, P. Valente, HFS & TEMPEST: Technical Report, Italian Networking Workshop (INW'15), January 14-16, 2015, Cavalese, Italy. PDF

• M. Casoni, Carlo A. Grazia, M. Klapez and N. Patriciello, A Validation Tool for PPDR Architectures based on ns-3, ACM Workshop on ns-3 (WNS3), 13-14 May 2015, Barcelona (Spain). PDF

Lessons

• [Automotive Connectivity], Master Course, available on Dolly.

• [Mininet VM - Laboratory on SDN (iso)], 15 May 2017, Modena (MO), Italy;

• Master Lecture at UNIMORE - Laboratory on ns-3 (source code created), 4 May 2017, Modena (MO), Italy;

• Master Lecture at UNIMORE - Networks Simulation, 26 April 2017, Modena (MO), Italy;

• Master Lecture at UNIMORE - Laboratory on ns-3 (source code created), 19 May 2016, Modena (MO), Italy;

• Master Lecture at UNIMORE - QoS and Packet Scheduling, 2 May 2016, Modena (MO), Italy;

• Master Lecture at UNIMORE - Networks Simulation, 16 March 2016, Modena (MO), Italy;

• Master Lecture at UNIMORE - ns-3 Live lesson (Lab), 27 May 2015, Modena (MO), Italy;

• Master Lecture at UNIMORE - QoS and Packet Scheduling, 29 April 2015, Modena (MO), Italy;

• Master Lecture at UNIMORE - Networks Simulation, 1 April 2015, Modena (MO), Italy;

• Master Lecture at UNIMORE - QoS and Packet Scheduling, 21 May 2014, Modena (MO), Italy;

• Master Lecture at UNIMORE - Networks Simulation, 26 March 2014, Modena (MO), Italy;

Tools

• Flent -- The FLExible Network Tester -- FAQ;

• AQM-vs-TCP -- A Survey and Cross-comparison for Congestion Control;

• CPMCC -- Cyber-Physical Mobile Collaborative Community;

• C2ML+ -- C2ML + DyBRA complete tool;

• QRM -- Queue Rate Management: an AQM algorithm for centralized or collaborative networks;

• DyBRA -- Dynamic Bandwidth Reservation Algorithm: a real-word optimization of C2ML to support mobility and wireless CSI;

• C2ML -- Congestion Control Middleware Layer, a satellite-links optimization middleware;

• TEMPEST -- Test EnvironMent for Performance Evaluation of the Scheduling of packeTs;

• DF4ABS -- Deadlock Framework for ABS;

• SDA -- Static Deadlock Analyzer for ABS;