Ing. Matteo Fiorani

Dr. Ing. Matteo Fiorani

Matteo Fiorani is currently Postdoctoral researcher at the Optical Networks Lab. (ONLab), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

He received a PhD in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, in February 2014, defending a thesis entitled “Architectures for Energy Efficient Optical Networks”. During his PhD studies he had a long-term collaboration with the Institute of Telecommunications, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.

He received the B.S. degree and the M.S. degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, in 2007 and 2010, respectively.

Contact Info:

Optical Networks Lab (ONLab), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Electrum 229, SE-164 40 Kista, Stockholm, Sweden.

e-mail (SE): fiorani@kth.se

e-mail (IT): matteo.fiorani@unimore.it

mobile (SE): +46 735688550

mobile (IT): +39 3388744500

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International Collaborations:

1) From January to May 2010 he was with the Institute of Broadband Communications, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, working on his M.S. thesis.

2) In June 2012 and from January to March 2013 he was with the Institute of Telecommunications, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, as a visiting Ph.D. student.

3) From May to November 2013 he was with the Optical Networks Lab. (ONLab), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, as a visiting Ph.D. student.

Research Interest

His research interests include:

1) Optical interconnects for data center networks

2) Green mobile backhauling technologies

3) SDN control architectures for optical transport networks

4) 5G transport solutions

Projects

1) Kista 5G Transport Lab (partners: KTH, Ericsson, Acreo)

2) 5GrEEn (partners: KTH, Ericsson, Telecom Italia, Aalto University)

Publications

Journal Papers

8) M. Fiorani, S. Aleksic, M. Casoni, L. Wosinska, J. Chen, “Energy-Efficient Elastic Optical Interconnect Architecture for Data Centers“, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 18, No. 9, pp. 1531-1534, Sept. 2014.

7) M. Fiorani, S. Aleksic, P. Monti, J. Chen, M. Casoni, L. Wosinska, “Energy Efficiency of an Integrated Intra-Data-Center and Core Network with Edge Caching“, IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), Vol. 6, Issue 4, pp. 421-432, April 2014.

6) M. Casoni, W. Cerroni, M. Fiorani, "TCP Performance in Multi-EPON Access Networks under Different Optical Core Switching Paradigms”, Elsevier Optical Switching and Networking Journal (OSN), Vol. 13, pp. 17–33, July 2014.

5) M. Fiorani, S. Aleksic, M. Casoni, “Hybrid Optical Switching for Data Center Networks”, Hindawi Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Special Issues on "Innovative Techniques for Power Consumption Saving in Telecommunication Networks", Vol. 2014, Article ID 139213, 13 pages, 2014.

4) M. Fiorani, M. Casoni, S. Aleksic, "Hybrid Optical Switching for Energy-Efficiency and QoS Differentiation in Core Networks", IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), Vol. 5, Issue 5, pp. 484-497, 2013.

3) S. Aleksic, M. Fiorani, M. Casoni, "Adaptive Hybrid Optical Switching: Performance and Energy Efficiency” (invited), IOS Journal of High Speed Networks, Special Issue on "Green Networking and Computing", Vol. 19, No.1, pp. 85-98, 2013.

2) M. Fiorani, M. Casoni, S. Aleksic, "Energy-Efficient Internet Core Employing Hybrid Optical Switching", IEEE Internet Computing Magazine, Special Issue on "Sustainable Internet", Vol. 17, Issue 1, pp. 14-22, January/February 2013.

1) M. Fiorani, M. Casoni, S. Aleksic, "Performance and Power Consumption Analysis of a Hybrid Optical Core Node", IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), Vol. 3 , Issue 6, pp. 502-513, June 2011.

Conference Papers

10) M. Fiorani, P. Monti, B. Skubic, J. Mårtensson, L. Valcarenghi, P. Castoldi, L. Wosinska, "Challenges for 5G Transport Networks," Proc. of the IEEE Advanced Networks and Telecommunication Systems (ANTS), December 14-17, 2014, New Delhi, India.

9) X. Hong, M. Fiorani, J. Chen, "Optical Interconnects for Datacenter Networks: Progress and Challenges," Proc. of the 35th Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), August 25-28, 2014, Guangzhou (Canton), China.

8) M. Fiorani, J. Chen, L. Wosinska, "Optical Networks for Energy-Efficient Data Centers," Proc. of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), July 6-10, 2014, Graz, Austria.

7) J. Chen, Yu Gong, M. Fiorani, "High Capacity and Energy Efficient Optical Interconnects at Top of the Rack in Datacenters," Proc. of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), July 6-10, 2014, Graz, Austria.

6) M. Fiorani, S. Tombaz, P. Monti, M. Casoni, L. Wosinska, "Green Backhauling for Rural Areas," Proc. of the 18th IEEE International Conference on Optical Networks Design and Modeling (ONDM), May 19-22, Stockholm, Sweden, 2014.

5) S. Tombaz, P. Monti, F. Farias, M. Fiorani, L. Wosinska, J. Zender, “Is Backhaul Becoming a Bottleneck for Green Wireless Access Networks?”, Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 10-14, 2014, Sydney, Australia.

4) M. Fiorani, M. Casoni, S. Aleksic, "Large Data Center Interconnects Employing Hybrid Optical Switching", Proc. of the 18th IEEE European Conference on Network and Optical Communications (NOC), July 10-12, 2013, Graz, Austria.

3) S. Aleksic, M. Fiorani, M. Casoni, “Energy efficiency of Hybrid Optical Switching”, Proc. of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), July 2-5, 2012, Warwick, England.

2) M. Fiorani, M. Casoni, S. Aleksic, "Analysis of a GMPLS Enabled Hybrid Optical Switching Network”, Proc. of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Optical Networks Design and Modeling (ONDM), April 17-20, 2012, Colchester, England.

1) M. Fiorani, M. Casoni, W. Cerroni, "Transport Layer Performance of Hybrid Networks Combining Multiple EPONs and OBS", Proc. of 18th IEEE LANMAN Workshop, October 13-14, 2011, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Reviewer

Dr. Matteo Fiorani acted as a reviewer for several international journals in the field of optical communications and networking, such as:

1) IEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN)

2) IEEE Communications Letters

3) OSA Optics Express

4) Elsevier Computer Networks (COMNET)

5) Elsevier Optical Switching and Networking (OSN)

My Talks

1) Presentation at IEEE LANMAN, 13 October 2011, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.

2) Presentation at the Italian Networking Workshop, 13 January 2012, Courmayeur (AO), Italy.

3) Lecture at UNIMORE, 14 May 2012, Modena (MO), Italy.