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Lorenzo Mucchi (IEEE M’98-SM’12) is an Associate Professor of the University of Florence (Italy), Dept. of Information Engineering, since 2018. He received the Dr. Eng. Degree (Laurea) in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Florence (Italy) in 1998 and the Ph.D. in Telecommunications and Information Society in 2001. From 2001 to 2018 he has been with the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Florence as a Research Scientist. In 2000 he spent a 12-months period of research at the Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland. He is professor of Information Technologies at the University of Florence, Italy, since 2008. His main research areas include theoretical modelling, algorithm design and real measurements, mainly focused in the following fields: physical-layer security, visible light communications, spread spectrum techniques (UWB), localization, body area networks, biometric encryption, molecular communications, diversity techniques and interference management. Currently, he has published 10 book chapters, 50 papers in international journals and more than 90 papers in international conference proceedings during his research activity. Dr. Mucchi is senior member (2012) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), member (2009) of the IEEE Communications and Information Security Technical Committee (CISTC) and permanent member (2000) of the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Technical Committee on Telecommunications. He has been lead-organizer and general chair of international conferences: the IEEE ISMICT 2014 and the EAI BodyNets 2019. He served as reviewer for IEEE and IET journals and as Technical Program Committee Member for numerous IEEE conferences. He is associate editor of IEEE Communications Letter (2016) and IEEE Access (2018). He has been Editor-in-chief for ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS LIBRARY and for the International Journal of Ultra Wide Band Communication Systems (IJUWBCS) and Guest Editor for many international journals. Dr. Mucchi is member of the European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) Smart Body Area Network (SmartBAN) group (2013) and team leader of the special task force 511 (2016) “SmartBAN Performance and Coexistence Verification”. All details are available at: http://www.lorenzomucchi.info/
Address: Via di Santa Marta 3, 50139 Firenze (ITALY)
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Journal of communications, Feb 1, 2024
Advanced electromagnetics, Mar 1, 2018
Academic Press eBooks, Apr 9, 2014
The market of wearable wireless medical sensors is experiencing a rapid growth and the associated... more The market of wearable wireless medical sensors is experiencing a rapid growth and the associated telecommunications services for the healthcare sector are forecast to further increase in the next years. Medical body area networks (MBANs) allow the mobility of patients and medical personnel by facilitating the remote monitoring of patients suffering from chronic or risky diseases. Currently, MBANs are being introduced in unlicensed frequency bands, where the risk of mutual interference with other electronic devices radiating in the same band can be high. Thus, coexistence is an issue on which the research scientists have dedicated much effort. Ultra wideband (UWB) signals offer many advantages to MBANs, and some features of this technology can be exploited for effective implementation of services. UWB can help in several aspects, like spectrum efficiency, energy consumption and coexistence. This book discusses the main aspects, and, in particular, the coexistence, of MBANs based on the IEEE 802.15.6 Standard using UWB physical layer. A exhaustive description of body area networks using IEEE802.15.4 technologies, providing an in-depth understanding of how theoverall system works Provides understanding and insight on the use of ultra wide band technologies for the physical layer of body area networks; low power consumption and coexistence are investigated Includes services, methodologies and results related to link-level and system-level evaluations of body area networks
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2020
Current Issues in Tourism, Mar 15, 2022
2017 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2017
The impressive growth of secrecy-sensitive wireless applications calls for methods to complement ... more The impressive growth of secrecy-sensitive wireless applications calls for methods to complement traditional cryptography. In particular, physical-layer security is attractive to enhance communication confidentiality by exploiting the characteristics of the wireless environment. Recent works on information-theoretic wireless network secrecy have shown how to exploit interference to enhance the level of information confidentiality for node spatial distribution according to a homogeneous Poisson point process. We propose a framework for design and analysis of inhomogeneous Poisson networks with maximum secrecy rate. We determine the effects of the inhomogeneous node spatial distribution on the secrecy metrics, which provide guidelines for network design.
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2023
Pattern Recognition Letters, Sep 1, 2023
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Aug 1, 2022
Sensors
The applied behavior analysis (ABA) model emphasizes observable and measurable behaviors by carry... more The applied behavior analysis (ABA) model emphasizes observable and measurable behaviors by carrying out decision making using experimental data (behavioral observation assessment strategies). In this framework, information and communication technology (ICT) becomes highly suitable for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the methodology. This paper aims to delve into the potential of ICT in providing innovative solutions to support ABA applications. It focuses on how ICT can contribute to fostering social inclusion with respect to children with neurodevelopmental disorders. ICT offers advanced solutions for continuous and context-aware monitoring, as well as automatic real-time behavior assessments. Wireless sensor systems (wearable perceptual, biomedical, motion, location, and environmental sensors) facilitate real-time behavioral monitoring in various contexts, enabling the collection of behavior-related data that may not be readily evident in traditional observational s...
Sensors
Visible light communications (VLC) is a technology that enables the transmission of digital infor... more Visible light communications (VLC) is a technology that enables the transmission of digital information with a light source. VLC is nowadays seen as a promising technology for indoor applications, helping WiFi to handle the spectrum crunch. Possible indoor applications range from Internet connection at home/office to multimedia content delivery in a museum. Despite the vast interest of researchers in both theoretical analysis and experimentation on VLC technology, no studies have been carried out on the human perceptions of objects illuminated by VLC-based lamps. It is important to define if a VLC lamp decreases the reading capability or modifies the color perception in order to make VLC a technology appropriate for everyday life use. This paper describes the results of psychophysical tests on humans to define if VLC lamps modify the perception of colors or the reading speed. The results of the reading speed test showed a 0.97 correlation coefficient between tests with and without V...
2023 IEEE 17th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)
2022 IEEE 16th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), May 2, 2022
Journal of communications, Feb 1, 2024
Advanced electromagnetics, Mar 1, 2018
Academic Press eBooks, Apr 9, 2014
The market of wearable wireless medical sensors is experiencing a rapid growth and the associated... more The market of wearable wireless medical sensors is experiencing a rapid growth and the associated telecommunications services for the healthcare sector are forecast to further increase in the next years. Medical body area networks (MBANs) allow the mobility of patients and medical personnel by facilitating the remote monitoring of patients suffering from chronic or risky diseases. Currently, MBANs are being introduced in unlicensed frequency bands, where the risk of mutual interference with other electronic devices radiating in the same band can be high. Thus, coexistence is an issue on which the research scientists have dedicated much effort. Ultra wideband (UWB) signals offer many advantages to MBANs, and some features of this technology can be exploited for effective implementation of services. UWB can help in several aspects, like spectrum efficiency, energy consumption and coexistence. This book discusses the main aspects, and, in particular, the coexistence, of MBANs based on the IEEE 802.15.6 Standard using UWB physical layer. A exhaustive description of body area networks using IEEE802.15.4 technologies, providing an in-depth understanding of how theoverall system works Provides understanding and insight on the use of ultra wide band technologies for the physical layer of body area networks; low power consumption and coexistence are investigated Includes services, methodologies and results related to link-level and system-level evaluations of body area networks
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2020
Current Issues in Tourism, Mar 15, 2022
2017 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2017
The impressive growth of secrecy-sensitive wireless applications calls for methods to complement ... more The impressive growth of secrecy-sensitive wireless applications calls for methods to complement traditional cryptography. In particular, physical-layer security is attractive to enhance communication confidentiality by exploiting the characteristics of the wireless environment. Recent works on information-theoretic wireless network secrecy have shown how to exploit interference to enhance the level of information confidentiality for node spatial distribution according to a homogeneous Poisson point process. We propose a framework for design and analysis of inhomogeneous Poisson networks with maximum secrecy rate. We determine the effects of the inhomogeneous node spatial distribution on the secrecy metrics, which provide guidelines for network design.
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2023
Pattern Recognition Letters, Sep 1, 2023
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Aug 1, 2022
Sensors
The applied behavior analysis (ABA) model emphasizes observable and measurable behaviors by carry... more The applied behavior analysis (ABA) model emphasizes observable and measurable behaviors by carrying out decision making using experimental data (behavioral observation assessment strategies). In this framework, information and communication technology (ICT) becomes highly suitable for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the methodology. This paper aims to delve into the potential of ICT in providing innovative solutions to support ABA applications. It focuses on how ICT can contribute to fostering social inclusion with respect to children with neurodevelopmental disorders. ICT offers advanced solutions for continuous and context-aware monitoring, as well as automatic real-time behavior assessments. Wireless sensor systems (wearable perceptual, biomedical, motion, location, and environmental sensors) facilitate real-time behavioral monitoring in various contexts, enabling the collection of behavior-related data that may not be readily evident in traditional observational s...
Sensors
Visible light communications (VLC) is a technology that enables the transmission of digital infor... more Visible light communications (VLC) is a technology that enables the transmission of digital information with a light source. VLC is nowadays seen as a promising technology for indoor applications, helping WiFi to handle the spectrum crunch. Possible indoor applications range from Internet connection at home/office to multimedia content delivery in a museum. Despite the vast interest of researchers in both theoretical analysis and experimentation on VLC technology, no studies have been carried out on the human perceptions of objects illuminated by VLC-based lamps. It is important to define if a VLC lamp decreases the reading capability or modifies the color perception in order to make VLC a technology appropriate for everyday life use. This paper describes the results of psychophysical tests on humans to define if VLC lamps modify the perception of colors or the reading speed. The results of the reading speed test showed a 0.97 correlation coefficient between tests with and without V...
2023 IEEE 17th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT)
2022 IEEE 16th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), May 2, 2022