List of Publications

Journal Publications

26) B. Skubic, M. Fiorani, S. Tombaz, A. Furuskär, J. Mårtensson, P. Monti, "Optical Transport Solutions for 5G Fixed Wireless Access", EEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), 2017.

25) F. Tonini, M. Fiorani, M. Furdek, C. Raffaelli, L. Wosinska, P. Monti, "Radio and Transport Planning of Centralized Radio Architectures in 5G Indoor Scenarios", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Special Issue on Deployment and Performance Challenges for 5G, 2017.

24) D. P. Van, M. Fiorani, L. Wosinska, J. Chen, "Adaptive Open-Shop Scheduling for Optical Interconnection Networks", IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (JLT), 2017.

23) M. Fiorani, P. Samadi, Y. Shen, L. Wosinska, K. Bergman, "Flexible Network Architecture and Provisioning Strategy for Geographically Distributed Metro Data Centers", IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp. 1-9, April 2017. 

22) Y. Cheng, M. Fiorani, R. Lin, L. Wosinska, J. Chen, "POTORI: A Passive Optical Top-of-Rack Interconnect Architecture for Data Centers", IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp. 1-9, April 2017.

21) P. Samadi, M. Fiorani, Y. Shen, L. Wosinska, K. Bergman, "Flexible Architecture and Autonomous Control Plane for Metro-Scale Geographically Distributed Data Centers", IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (JLT), Special Issue on ECOC 2016, Vol. 99, Issue 1, pp. 1-9, January 2017. 

20) M. Fiorani, M. Tornatore, J. Chen, L. Wosinska, B. Mukherjee, "Spatial Division Multiplexing for High Capacity Optical Interconnects in Modular Data Centers", IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), Special Issue on OFC 2016, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 1-10, February, 2017.

19) F. Farias, M. Fiorani, S. Tombaz, M. Mahloo, L. Wosinska, J. C. W. A. Costa, P. Monti, "Cost- and Energy-Efficient Backhaul Options for Heterogeneous Mobile Network Deployments," Springer Photonic Network Communications (PNET) Journal, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 422-437, December 2016.

18) M. Fiorani, S. Tombaz, J. Mårtensson, B. Skubic, L. Wosinska, P. Monti, "Modelling Energy Performance of C-RAN with Optical Transport in 5G Network Scenarios", IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), Special Issue on Optical Networking for 5G Mobile and Wireless Communications, vol. 8, Issue 11, pp. B21-B34, November 2016.

17) M. Fiorani, A. Rostami, L. Wosinska, P. Monti, "Abstraction Models for Optical 5G Transport Networks", IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), vol. 8, Issue 9, pp. 656-665, September  2016.

16) R. Raza, M. Fiorani, A. Rostami, P. Öhlen, L. Wosinska, P. Monti, "Demonstration of Dynamic Resource Sharing Benefits in an Optical C-RAN", IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), vol. 8, Issue 8, pp. 621-632, August 2016.

15) A. Muhammad, M. Fiorani, L. Wosinska, J. Chen, "Joint Optimization of Resource Allocation for Elastic Optical Intra-Datacenter Network", IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 20, Issue 9, pp. 1760-1763, June 2016.

14) M. Fiorani, S. Tombaz, F. Farias, L. Wosinska, P. Monti, "Joint Design of Radio and Transport for Green Residential Access Networks", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Special Issue on Energy-Efficient Techniques for 5G Wireless Communication Systems, Vol. 34, Issue 4, pp. 812-822, April 2016.

13) P. Ohlen, B. Skubic, A. Rostami, M. Fiorani, P. Monti, Z. Ghebretensae, J. Mårtensson, K. Wang, L. Wosinska, "Data Plane and Control Architectures for 5G Transport Networks", IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (JLT), vol. 34, Issue 6, pp. 1501-1508, March 2016.

12)  Y. Cheng, M. Fiorani, L. Wosinska, J. Chen, "Reliable and Cost Efficient Passive Optical Interconnects for Data Centers", IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 19, Issue 11, pp. 1913-1916, November 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), Vol. 30, Issue 3, pp. 403-415, December 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, Issue 9, pp. 1531-1534, September 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), Volume 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 Publications

30) "Benefits of Joint Planning of Small Cells and Fiber Backhaul in 5G Dense Cellular Networks", Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May, 2017, Paris, France.

29) L. Yan, M. Fiorani, A. Muhammad, M. Tornatore, E. Agrell, L. Wosinska, "Network Performance Trade-Off in Optical Spatial Division Multiplexing Data Centers", Proc. of IEEE/OSA Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC), March 19-23, Los Angeles, USA, 2017.

28) P. Samadi, M. Fiorani, Y. Shen, L. Wosinska, K. Bergman, "Self-Adaptive, Multi-Rate Optical Network for Geographically Distributed Metro Data Centers", Proc. of IEEE/OSA Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC), March 19-23, Los Angeles, USA, 2017.

27) M.R. Raza, M. Fiorani, A. Rostami, P. Öhlen, L. Wosinska, P. Monti, "Benefits of Programmability in 5G Transport Networks," Proc. of IEEE/OSA Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC), (Invited Paper), March 19-23, Los Angeles, USA, 2017.

26) B. M. Khorsandi, C. Raffaelli, M. Fiorani, L. Wosinska, P. Monti, "Survivable BBU Hotel placement in a C-RAN with an Optical WDM Transport, " Proc. of IEEE Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN), March 8 - 10, Munich, Germany, 2017.

25) C. Meixner, G. Figueiredo, M. Fiorani, M. Tornatore, B. Mukherjee, "Resilient Cloud Network Mapping with Virtualized BBU Placement for Cloud-RAN", Proc. IEEE Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunication Systems (ANTS), Nov.6-9, 2016, Bangalore, India.

24) Y. Chen, M. Fiorani, L. Wosinska,  J. Chen, "Centralized Control Plane for Passive Optical Top-of-Rack Interconnects in Data Centers", Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 4-8, 2016, Washington, DC, USA. 

23) D. Pham Van, M. Fiorani, L. Wosinska,  J. Chen, "Resource Management for Optical Interconnects in Data Centre Networks", Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 4-8, 2016, Washington, DC, USA. 

22) M. Fiorani, P. Samadi, Y. Shen, L. Wosinska, K. Bergman, "Flexible Architecture and Control Strategy for Metro-Scale Networking of Geographically Distributed Data Centers", Proc. of IEEE European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), Sept. 18-22, 2016, Dusseldorf, Germany. [TOP-SCORED PAPER]

21) R. Raza, M. Fiorani, A. Rostami, B. Skubic, P. Öhlen, L. Wosinska, P. Monti, "Dynamic Resource Sharing for C-RANs with Joint Orchestration of Radio and Transport", Proc. of IEEE European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), Sept. 18-22, 2016, Dusseldorf, Germany.

20) D. Mello, A. N. Barreto, F. A. Barbosa, C. Osorio, M. Fiorani, P. Monti, "Spectrally efficient fronthaul architectures for a cost-effective 5G C-RAN", Proc. of IEEE International  Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), July 10-14, 2016, Trento, Italy.

19) C. Raffaelli, F. Tonini, M. Fiorani, M. Furdek, P. Monti, and L. Wosinska, "Optimization of Centralized Radio Access Networks in Indoor Areas", Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), July 10-14, 2016, Trento, Italy.

18) M. Fiorani, S. Tombaz, J. Mårtensson, B. Skubic, L. Wosinska, P. Monti, "Energy Performance of C-RAN with 5G-NX Radio Networks and Optical Transport",  Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May 23-27, 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [TOP-SCORED PAPER]

17) M. Fiorani, M. Tornatore, J. Chen, L. Wosinska, B. Mukherjee, "Optical Spatial Division Multiplexing for Ultra-High-Capacity Modular Data Centers", Proc. of IEEE/OSA Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC), March 20-24, 2016, Los Angeles, USA. [TOP-SCORED PAPER]

16) F. Tonini, M. Fiorani, M. Furdek, L. Wosinska, C. Raffaelli, P. Monti, "Minimum Cost Deployment of Radio and Transport Resources in Centralized Radio Architectures", Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), February 15-18, 2016, Kauai, Hawaii, USA.

15) P. Öhlén, B. Skubic, A. Rostami, Z. Ghebretensae, J. Mårtensson, K. Wang, M. Fiorani, P. Monti, L. Wosinska, "Data Plane and Control Architectures for 5G Transport Networks", Proc. of IEEE European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), Sept. 27 - Oct. 1, 2015, Valencia, Spain.

14) 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

13) 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.

12) 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.

11) 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.

10) 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.

9) 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.

8) 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.

7) 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.

6) 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.

5) P. Monti, JCWA Costa, F. Farias, M. Fiorani, M. Nilson, S. Tombaz, A. Västberg, L. Wosinska, ”Green Mobile Backhaul in Heterogeneous Wireless Deployments”, Proc. of IEEE/OSA Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), December 11-13, 2013, Hong Kong, China.

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.