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Papers by Antonio G R Manzalini

Journal of Communications and Networks, 2020

While 5G is currently being deployed around the globe, research on 6G is under way aiming at addr... more While 5G is currently being deployed around the globe, research on 6G is under way aiming at addressing the coming challenges of drastic increase of wireless data traffic and support of other usage scenarios. 6G is expected to extend 5G capabilities even further. Higher bitrates (up to Tbps) and lower latency (less than 1ms) will allow introducing new services-such as pervasive edge intelligence, ultra-massive machine-type communications, extremely reliable low-latency communications, holographic rendering and high-precision communications-and meet more stringent requirements, especially in the following dimensions: energy efficiency; intelligence; spectral efficiency; security, secrecy and privacy; affordability; and customization. Artificial intelligence approaches and techniques, such as machine learning (of which deep learning and reinforcement learning are specific examples), and machine reasoning (which includes planning, scheduling, knowledge representation and reasoning, search and optimization), are the new fundamental enablers to operate networks more efficiently, enhance the overall end user experience and provide innovative service applications. Quantum Optics Computing (QOC) and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) are almost ready for industrial applications. In particular, massive Internet of Things (mIoT),

2015 IEEE Fourth Symposium on Network Cloud Computing and Applications (NCCA), 2015

IEEE Communications Magazine, 2016

This article argues that SDN and NFV, together with cloud and edge-fog computing, can be seen as ... more This article argues that SDN and NFV, together with cloud and edge-fog computing, can be seen as different facets of a systemic transformation of telecommunications and ICT, called softwarization. The first impact will be at the edge of current telecommunications infrastructures, which are becoming powerful network and service platforms. The edge operating system (EOS) software architecture is proposed as the means to get there. In fact, the main feature of EOS is to bring several service domains, such as cloud robotics, Internet of Things, and Tactile Internet, into convergence at the edge. The development of EOS leverages available open source software. A use case is described to validate the EOS with a proof-of-concept.

IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, 2015

MArch 2015 | ieee vehiculAr technology MAgAzine ||| 33 T he advanced fifth-generation (5G) infras... more MArch 2015 | ieee vehiculAr technology MAgAzine ||| 33 T he advanced fifth-generation (5G) infrastructure will not only be a sheer evolution of the current network generations but, more significantly, a revolution in the information and communication technology (ICT) field. The 5G technology will efficiently enable new secure, dependable, ultrareliable, and delaycritical services to everyone and everything, such as cognitive objects and cyberphysical systems (CPSs). A fully immersive experience and anything as a service are the primary drivers for a global adoption and market uptake of new technology components, beyond today's client-server model, where the network has been reduced to a mere pipe of bits. The network will become the nervous system of the true digital society and economy. This article gives fundamental insight into how the 5G mobile communications system is being designed to be powerful and, especially, flexible enough, thus meeting the foreseen and unknown traffic scenarios and services requirements. We also present how a massive adoption and exploitation of mobile-edge computing (MEC), software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), and services virtualization will make the 5G operating system (OS) feasible and business viable.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2014

2013 17th International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks (ICIN), 2013

ABSTRACT Technology advances are making available huge amounts of processing, storage, networking... more ABSTRACT Technology advances are making available huge amounts of processing, storage, networking capabilities at the edge (i.e., up to End-Users premises) of current networks. It is argued that these trends, coupled with new emerging paradigms such as Software Defined Networks, will impact deeply the evolution of future networks, allowing to design highly flexible architectures at the edge capable of creating a galaxy of new ICT business opportunities. This paper presents this vision by proposing a so-called “manifesto of Edge ICT Fabric”: the sheer number of nodes, devices and systems being deployed at the edge, up to Users' premises, will create an ICT fabric offering an enormous processing and storage power. Using this Edge ICT fabric, which is closer to the Users, for executing network functions and services will bring several advantages, both in term of improved performance and cost savings (e.g., determined by the removal of middle-boxes). It is argued that incentives, cooperation and competition at the edge will boost the long-term value of networks: like in ecosystems, where evolution select the winning species, winning services will succeed, grow, and promote further investments, while losing ideas will fade away.

Models, Methodologies and Applications

... Exploiting P2P Solutions in Telecommunication Service Delivery Platforms. In Antonopoulos, N.... more ... Exploiting P2P Solutions in Telecommunication Service Delivery Platforms. In Antonopoulos, N., Exarchakos, G., Li, M., &amp;amp;amp; Liotta, A. (Eds.), Handbook of Research on P2P and Grid Systems for Service-Oriented Computing: Models, Methodologies and Applications. (pp. 937-955). ...

Proceedings of the 1st International ICST Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communication Systems, 2007

Proceedings of the 6th international conference industry session on Autonomic computing and communications industry session, 2009

ABSTRACT Server farms are an increasingly important source of energy consumption, and ICT service... more ABSTRACT Server farms are an increasingly important source of energy consumption, and ICT services will be deeply impacted by architectures allowing significant power savings. Self-supervision and self-adaptability are key requirements for future network and service platform. This ...

2014 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2014

2012 16th International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks, 2012

This paper presents Halos Networks as an architectural paradigm for developing ubiquitous network... more This paper presents Halos Networks as an architectural paradigm for developing ubiquitous networking and computing services at the edge of the networks A Halos Network is like a wireless network spontaneously emerging through the interactions of distributed resources embedding wireless communication capabilities. Halos Networks are capable of delivering services and data virally through multiple devices, machines and objects interconnected with each other. This paper discusses business roles for Stakeholders in Halos Networks scenarios, specifically concluding with some remarks about the Operators' role.

Evolution of Cognitive Networks and Self-Adaptive Communication Systems

2012 IEEE 17th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), 2012

This paper elaborates about the potential risk of systemic instabilities in future networks and p... more This paper elaborates about the potential risk of systemic instabilities in future networks and proposes a methodology to mitigate it. The starting concept is modeling the network as a complex environment (e.g. ecosystem) of resources and associated functional controllers in a continuous and dynamic game of cooperationcompetition. Methodology foresees defining and associating utility functions to these controllers and elaborating a global utility function (as a function of the controllers' utility functions) for the overall network. It is conjectured that the optimization of the global utility function ensures network stability and security evaluations. Paper concludes arguing that self-governance (with limited human intervention) is possible provided that proper local, global control rules are coded into these utility functions optimization processes.

2010 14th International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks, 2010

The adoption of IT-based interfaces to monitor and control telco capabilities is a consolidated a... more The adoption of IT-based interfaces to monitor and control telco capabilities is a consolidated approach. In such a scenario the end-users design composite services that orchestrate functions implemented through one or more resources managed by telecom operators. In addition to the issues that have to be faced to support the design of composite services in general, in this case it

2014 IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), 2014

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2012

ABSTRACT Computing and storage powers are progressively embedded in all sort of electronic device... more ABSTRACT Computing and storage powers are progressively embedded in all sort of electronic devices interconnected by ubiquitous communications. This creates pervasive and complex environments fostering the development and evolution of services eco-systems. Autonomic technologies coupled with additional bio-inspired principles can provide strong elements for facing such challenge. This paper aims at looking inside the black box of an autonomic bio-inspired eco-system. Specifically, a model of autonomic component is elaborated allowing the evolution of eco-systems enabled by means of self-awareness and self-organization. This approach goes beyond a traditional mechanistic one, where concepts derived from biology are applied to explain what happens in an eco-system: in fact, behaviour and evolution of a service eco-system are engineered by programming the components. This model has been implemented and experimentally validated within the EU project CASCADAS, so some validation results as also reported. Moreover, the paper analyses a use case concerning a decentralized server farm, being considered part of a complex eco-system.