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, and spent around one year in 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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Research Interests

His research interests include:

1) 5G transport networks

2) Optical interconnects for data center networks

3) Energy efficient networking

4) SDN control architectures for optical transport networks

Academic Experience

January 2014 - Now: postdoctoral researcher, Optical Networks Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

August 2015 to September 2015: visiting postdoctoral researcher, Networks Laboratory, University of California, Davis, USA.

May 2013 to November 2013: visiting PhD student, Optical Networks Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

January 2012 to June 2012: visiting Ph.D. student, Institute of Telecommunications, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.

June 2010 to December 2014: PhD student, Department of Engineering "Enzo Ferrari", University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.

January 2010 to June 2010: visiting master thesis student, Institute of Broadband Communications, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.

Current Projects

1) Kista 5G Transport Lab (co-funded by Ericsson AB and Vinnova)

2) EXAM (funded by EIT ICT Labs)

3) Optical Interconnects for Datacentres (funded by the Swedish foundation for strategic research SSF)

4) Energy Efficient Datacentres (funded by the Swedish research council)

5) 5GEx: 5G Exchange (funded by EU H2020 5G-PPP)

Publications

Journal Papers

12) Y. Chen, M. Fiorani, L. Wosinska, J. Chen, "Reliable and Cost Efficient Passive Optical Interconnects for Data Centers", IEEE Communications Letters, to appear, 2015.

11) M. Fiorani, B. Skubic, J. Mårtensson, L. Valcarenghi, P. Castoldi, L. Wosinska, P. Monti, “On the Design of 5G Transport Networks”, Springer Photonic Network Communications Journal (PNET), to appear, 2015.

10) M. Fiorani, A. Rostami, L. Wosinska, P. Monti, “Transport Abstraction Models for a SDN-Controlled Centralized RAN”, IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 19, Issue 8, pp. 1406-1409 August 2015.

9) J. Chen, Y. Gong, M. Fiorani, S. Aleksic, “Optical Interconnects at Top of the Rack for Energy-Efficient Datacenters”, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 53, Issue 8, pp.140-148, August 2015.

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, February 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, April 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, January 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

13) P Monti, M Fiorani, B Skubic, J Mårtensson, R Raza, L Wosinska, "Flexible and cost efficient optical 5G transport", Proc. of the IEEE European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC), June 29 - July 2, 2015, Paris, France.

12) Y. Cheng, M. Fiorani, L. Wosinska, J. Chen, "Reliability Analysis of Interconnects at Edge Tier for Datacenters", Proc. of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), July 5-9, 2015, Budapest, Hungary.

11) M.R. Raza, M. Fiorani, P. Monti, B. Skubic, J. Mårtensson, L. Wosinska, "Power and Cost Modeling for 5G Transport Networks", Proc. of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), July 5-9, 2015, Budapest, Hungary.

10) M. Fiorani, P. Monti, B. Skubic, J. Mårtensson, L. Valcarenghi, P. Castoldi, L. Wosinska, "Challenges for 5G Transport Networks," Proc. of the 8th IEEE Conference on 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) IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN)

2) IEEE Communications Letters (LCOMM)

3) OSA Optics Express

4) Elsevier Computer Networks (COMNET)

5) Elsevier Optical Switching and Networking (OSN)

6) Springer Photonic Network Communications (PNET)

7) IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC)

• Awarded as Excellent Reviewer by IEEE Communication Letters and OSA Optics Express (2014)