Professor Marco Ruffini

• K. Christodoulopoulos, D. Lugones, K. Katrinis, M. Ruffini, D. O'Mahony, Performance evaluation of a hybrid Optical/Electrical interconnect, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 7, (3), 2015, p193 - 204Journal Article, 2015, DOI
• Kitsuwan, N., McGettrick, S., Slyne, F., Payne, D.B., Ruffini, M., Independent transient plane design for protection in OpenFlow-based networks, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 7, (4), 2015, p264-275Journal Article, 2015, DOI
• M. Ruffini, F. Slyne, C. Bluemm, N. Kitsuwan, S. McGettrick, Software Defined Networking for next generation converged metro-access networks, Optical Fiber Technology, 2015, p1 - 11Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL
• R. Vilalta, V. Lopez, A. Mayoral, N. Yoshikane, M. Ruffini , D. Siracusa, R. Martınez, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, S. Peng, R. Casellas, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, X. Cao, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, J. P. Fernandez-Palacios, and R. Munoz, The Need for a Control Orchestration Protocol in Research Projects on Optical Networking, European conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC), 2015, pp340 - 344Conference Paper, 2015, DOI
• P. Alvarez, N. Marchetti, M. Ruffini, Evaluating Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation of Virtualised Passive Optical Networks Over Mobile Traffic Traces, IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 8, (3), 2016, p129 - 136Journal Article, 2016, DOI
• Optical Fibre Technology, Elsevier, [eds.], 2015Editorial Board, 2015, DOI
• S. McGettrick, F. Slyne, N. Kitsuwan, D.B. Payne, and M. Ruffini, Experimental End-to-End Demonstration of Shared N:M Dual-Homed Protection in SDN-Controlled Long-Reach PON and Pan-European Core, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2016, p10Journal Article, 2016, DOI
• A. Nag, D. B. Payne, and Marco Ruffini, N:1 Protection Design for Minimizing OLTs in Resilient Dual-Homed Long-Reach Passive Optical Network, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2016, p8Journal Article, 2016, DOI
• Giuseppe Talli, Frank Slyne, Stefano Porto, Daniel Carey, Nicola Brandonisio, Alan Naughton, Peter Ossieur, Seamas McGettrick, Christian Blumm, Marco Ruffini, David Payne, Rene Bonk, Thomas Pfeiffer, Nick Parsons, Paul Townsend, SDN Enabled Dynamically Reconfigurable High Capacity Optical Access Architecture for Converged Services, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2016, p11Journal Article, 2016, DOI
• M. Ruffini, G. Cincotti, A. Pizzinat, P. Vetter, Editorial: Next Generation Access Networks, Optical Fiber Technology, 2015, p1Journal Article, 2015, DOI
• A. Nag, M. Furdek, P. Monti, L. Wosinska and M. Ruffini, Exploiting Dual Homing in Access Networks to Improve Resiliency in Core Networks, IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 8, (11), 2016, p854 - 862Journal Article, 2016, DOI
• M. Ruffini, Multi-Dimensional Convergence in Future 5G Network, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 35, (3), 2017, p535 - 549Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• A. Arokkiam, P. Alvarez, X. Wu, K.N. Brown, C.J. Sreenan, M. Ruffini, N. Marchetti, L. Doyle, D. Payne, Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of an XG-PON Module for ns-3., Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 2017, p1 - 18Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• Rod Tucker, Marco Ruffini, Luca Valcarenghi, Divanilson R. Campelo, Dimitra Simeonidou, Liang Du, Maria-Cristina Marinescu, Catherine Middleton, Shuang Yin, Tim Forde, Kevin Bourg, Eugene Dai, Ed Harstead, Philippe Chanclou, Hal Roberts, Volker Jungnickel, Sergi Figuerola, Tomoo Takahara, Rajesh Yadav, Peter Vetter, Denis A. Khotimsky, and Jun Shan Wey, Connected OFCity: Technology Innovations for a Smart City Project, IEEE/OSA Journal of Communications and Networking,, 9, (2), 2017, p245 - 255Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• F. Slyne and M. Ruffini, FLATLANd: A Novel SDN-based Flat Layer-2 Architecture Enabling NFV and Metro-Access Convergence, IEEE/OSA Journal of Communications and Networking, 9, (3), 2017, p90 - 100Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• Avishek Nag, Yi Zhang, Luiz A. DaSilva, Linda Doyle, and Marco Ruffin, Integrating Wireless BBUs with Optical OFDM Flexible-Grid Transponders in a C-RAN Architecture, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), L.A. (CA), 2017, pp3Conference Paper, 2017, DOI , URL
• Irene Macaluso, Bruno Cornaglia, Marco Ruffini, Antenna, Spectrum and Capacity trade-off for Cloud-RAN Massive Distributed MIMO over Next Generation PONs., Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), L.A. (CA), 2017, pp3Conference Paper, 2017, DOI
• Amr Elrasad, Nima Afraz, and Marco Ruffini, Virtual Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Enabling True PON Multi-Tenancy, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), L.A. (CA), 2017, pp3Conference Paper, 2017, DOI
• Arokkiam J.A, Alvarez P, Wu X, Brown K.N, Sreenan C.J, Ruffini M, Marchetti N, Doyle L, Payne D, Design, implementation, and evaluation of an XG-PON module for the ns-3 network simulator, SAGE Simulation, 93, (5), 2017, p409 - 426Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
• C. Bluemm, Y. Zhang, P. Alvarez, M. Ruffini, and L. A. DaSilva, Dynamic Energy Savings in Cloud-RAN: An Experimental Assessment and Implementation, IEEE ICC Workshops, Paris, France, 21-25 May, 2017Conference Paper, 2017, DOI , URL
• Marco Baldi, Franco Chiaraluce, Lorenzo Incipini and Marco Ruffini, Physical layer secret key generation in passive optical networks, BalkanCom, Conference on Communications and Networking, May 2017, 2017, pp5Conference Paper, 2017
• Giuseppe Talli, Stefano Porto, Daniel Carey, Nicola Brandonisio, Peter Ossieur, Paul Townsend, Rene Bonk, Thomas Pfeiffer, Frank Slyne,Seamas McGettrick, Christian Blümm, Marco Ruffini, Alan Hill, David Payne, Nick Parsons, Technologies and Architectures to Enable SDN in Converged 5G/Optical Access Networks, Optical Networks Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2017, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2017, URL
• Amr Elrasad and Marco Ruffini, Frame Level Sharing for DBA Virtualization in Multi-Tenant PONs, Optical Networks Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2017, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2017, URL
• Giuseppe Talli, Stefano Porto, Daniel Carey, Nicola Brandonisio, Alan Naughton, Peter Ossieur, Paul Townsend, Rene Bonk, Thomas Pfeiffer, Frank Slyne,Seamas McGettrick, Christian Blümm, Marco Ruffini, Alan Hill, David Payne, Nick Parsons, Multi-service SDN Controlled Reconfigurable LongReach Optical Access Network, European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC), 2017, pp1 - 5Conference Paper, 2017, DOI
• Paulo Marques, Carlos Silva, Valério Frascolla, Edmundo Madeira, Cristiano Both, Moises Ribeiro, Pekka Aho, F. Macedo, Ali Hammad, Pedro Alvarez, Marco Ruffini, Johann M. Marquez-Barja and Luiz DaSilva, Experiments Overview of the EU-Brazil FUTEBOL Project, European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC), 2017, pp1 - 2Conference Paper, 2017, URL
• D.B. Payne, A. Arbelaez, R. Bonk, N. J. Doran, M. Furdek, R. Jensen, N. Parsons, T. Pfeiffer, L. Quesada, C. Raack, G. Talli, P. Townsend, R. Wessaly, L. Wosinska, X. Yin and M. Ruffini, End-to-end network design and experimentation in the DISCUS project, International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2017, 17154865 -Conference Paper, 2017, DOI
• Giuseppe Talli, Stefano Porto, Daniel Carey, Nicola Brandonisio, Peter Ossieur, Frank Slyne, Seamas McGettrick, Christian Blümm, Marco Ruffini, Alan Hill, David Payne, Paul Townsend, Metro-Scale Optical Access Supporting Service Convergence and SDN Controlled Reconfigurability, IEEE Photonic Conference, 2017, pp1 - 2Conference Paper, 2017, DOI
• Nima Afraz, Amr Elrasad, Hamed Ahmadi and Marco Ruffini, Inter-Operator Dynamic Capacity Sharing for Multi-Tenant Virtualized PON, International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communication, PIMRC, 2017, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2017, URL
• M. Ruffini, M. Achouche, A. Arbelaez, R. Bonk, A. Di Giglio, N. J. Doran, M. Furdek, R. Jensen, J. Montalvo, N. Parsons, T. Pfeiffer, L. Quesada, C. Raack, H. Rohde, M. Schiano, G. Talli, P. Townsend, R. Wessaly, L. Wosinska, X. Yin and D.B. Payne, Access and metro network convergence for flexible end to end network design, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2017, p524 - 535Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• V. Lopez, J. M. Gran Josa, V. Uceda, F. Slyne, M. Ruffini, R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Martínez, End-to-end Service Orchestration From Access to Backbone, IEEE/OSA Journal of Communications and Networking, 2017, p137 - 147Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• Marco Ruffini, Optical Networks in the 5G era, CommNet2, Future Networks Workshop, London, 2017, 1 - 37ppInvited Talk, 2017, URL
• Marco Ruffini, Network convergence for high performance and sustainable 5G networks, Workshop on Optical-Wireless Convergent Networks Joining Brazilian and European Researchers and Network Operators, Brasilia, Brazil, 2017, 1 - 47ppInvited Talk, 2017, URL
• Marco Ruffini, Network convergence in future 5G networks, CPqD workshop on "Optical-Wireless Convergent Networks and 5G", 2017, 1 - 50ppInvited Talk, 2017
• Marco Ruffini, Converged Metro-Access, OFC conference, 2016, 1 - 59ppInvited Talk, 2016, URL
• Marco Ruffini, Access-metro convergence in next generation broadband networks, IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference, 2016, 1 - 56ppInvited Talk, 2016, URL
• Yao Li, Mariya Bhopalwala, Sandip Das, Jiakai Yu, Weiyang Mo, Marco Ruffini, Daniel C. Kilper, Joint Optimization of BBU Pool Allocation and Selection for C-RAN Networks, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2018, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2018, DOI
• Frank Slyne, Amr Elrasad, Christian Blumm and Marco Ruffini, Demonstration of Real Time VNF Implementation of OLT with Virtual DBA for Sliceable Multi-Tenant PONs, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2018, pp1 - 2Conference Paper, 2018, DOI
• Pedro Alvarez, Frank Slyne, Christian Bluemm, Johann M. Marquez-Barja, Luiz A. DaSilva, Marco Ruffini, Experimental Demonstration of SDN-controlled Variable-rate Fronthaul for Converged LTE-over-PON, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2018, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2018, DOI , URL
• Nima Afraz, Amr Elrasad, Marco Ruffini, DBA Capacity Auctions to Enhance Resource Sharing across Virtual Network Operators in Multi-Tenant PONs, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2018, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2018, DOI
• M. Ruffini, A. Elrasad, N. Afraz, 'System and Method for Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment (DBA) Virtualization in a Multi-Tenant Passive Optical Network', UK patent office, PCT/EP2018/056767, 2017Patent, 2017, URL
• Bringing Optical Network Control to the User Facilities: Evolution of the User Controlled Lightpath Provisioning Paradigm in, editor(s)Springer , Cross-Layer Design in Optical Networks, Springer, 2012, [S. Figuerola, J. A. García-Espín, J. Ferrer Riera, V. Reijgs, E. Kenny, M. Lemay, M. Savoie, S. Campbell, M. Ruffini, E. Grasa, A. Willner]Book Chapter, 2012, DOI
• C. Browning, M. Ruffini, Y. Lin, R. B. Timens, D. H. Geuzebroek, C. G. H. Roeloffzen, D. Geskus, R. M. Oldenbeuving, R. G. Heideman, Y. Fan3, K. J. Boller and L. P. Barry, Optically switched 56 GBd PAM-4 using a hybrid InP-TriPleX integrated tunable laser based on silicon nitride micro-ring resonators, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2018, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2018, DOI
• Jiakai Yu, Yao Li, Mariya Bhopalwala, Sandip Das, Marco Ruffini, Daniel C. Kilper, Midhaul Transmission Using Edge Data Centers with Split PHY Processing and Wavelength Reassignment for 5G Wireless Networks, Optical Networks Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2018, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2018, DOI
• Alan A. Díaz-Montiel, Jiakai Yu, Weiyang Mo, Yao Li, Daniel C. Kilper and Marco Ruffini, Performance Analysis of QoT Estimator in SDN-Controlled ROADM Networks, Optical Networks Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2018, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2018, DOI
• Y. Zhang, F. Barusso, D. Collins, M. Ruffini and L. A. DaSilva, Dynamic Allocation of Processing Resources in Cloud-RAN for a Virtualised 5G Mobile Network, European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 2018, pp1 - 5Conference Paper, 2018, URL
• M. Ruffini and D. Kilper, From central office cloudification to optical network disaggregation, IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals, 2018, pp153 - 154Conference Paper, 2018, DOI
• V. Frascolla, C. Colman-Meixner, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, F. Slyne, Y. Zhang, L. A. DaSilva, M. Ruffini, M. Martinello, R. S. Guimarães, M. R. Nunes Ribeiro, When optical networks meet wireless systems: experiments at the boundary., Photonics in Switching, 2018, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2018
• C. Browning, M. Ruffini, B. Cardiff and L.P. Barry, Single Lane 168 Gb/s PAM-8 Short Reach Transmission Using an EAM with Receiver Skew Compensation., European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2018, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2018
• F. Slyne, J. Singh, R. Giller and M. Ruffini, Experimental Demonstration of DPDK Optimised VNF Implementation of Virtual DBA in a Multi-Tenant PON, European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2018, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2018, DOI
• Marco Ruffini, Moving the Network to the Cloud: Multi-Tenant and Multi-Service Cloud Central Office, European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2018, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2018
• N. Afraz and M. Ruffini, A Marketplace for Real-time Virtual PON Sharing., Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2018, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2018
• D. Lavery, M. Ruffini, L. Valcarenghi, N. Yoshimoto, T. Pfeiffer, D. Hood, J. Zhang, D. King, H. Roberts, R. Yadav, N. Sambo, M. Tacca, S. Fichera, F. Tecchia, M. Carrozzino, E. Wong, N. Cheng, Y. Yoshida, D. Khotimsky and J. S. Wey, Networks for Future Services in a Smart City: Lessons Learned from the Connected OFCity Challenge 2017, IEEE Communications Magazine, 2018, p138 - 144Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• N. Afraz and M. Ruffini, A Sharing Platform for Multi-Tenant PONs, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2018, p5412 - 5423Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• F. Musumeci, C. Rottondi, A. Nag, I. Macaluso, D. Zibar, M. Ruffini and M. Tornatore, An Overview on Application of Machine Learning Techniques in Optical Networks, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2019, p1 - 27Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Marco Ruffini, The virtualisation of telecommunications networks and its effect on optical networking, workshop on "Mathematical Techniques in Optical Networks, 2018Invited Talk, 2018
• M. Ruffini, From central office cloudification to optical network disaggregation, IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals conference, 2018Invited Talk, 2018, URL
• M. Ruffini, Moving the Network to the Cloud: Multi-Tenant and Multi-Service Cloud Central Office", European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2018, 1 - 2ppInvited Talk, 2018, URL
• Marco Ruffini, Virtualising the central office from the network functions down to the optical layer, Asia Conference on Photonic Communicaiotns (ACP), 2018Invited Talk, 2018
• Marco Ruffini, CONNECT's view on virtualisation: Testbeds, experimentation and future plans, Global Experimentation for Future Internet (GEFI) meeting, Tokyo, 2018Invited Talk, 2018, URL
• A. Van Wageningen, M. Ruffini, 'Communication Device and Communication System as Well as Method of Communication Between and Among Mobile Nodes', European Patent Office, EP1774677A1, 2007Patent, 2007, URL
• M. Ruffini, J. Habetha, 'Device and method for event-triggered communication between and among a plurality of nodes Images', European Patent Office, EP1813065B1, 2015Patent, 2015, URL
• M. Ruffini, A. Van Wageningen, 'Scheduling the transmission of messages on a broadcast channel of an ad-hoc network dependent on the usage of this channel', European Patent Office, EP1782588A1, 2007Patent, 2007, URL
• M. Roggero, A. Van Wageningen, H.-J. Reumerman, M. Ruffini, 'Communication system, method of communication between and among vehicles and vehicle comprising such a communication system', European Patent Office, EP1745605A1, 2007Patent, 2007, URL
• Marco Ruffini, 'Controller unit, communication device and communication system as well as method of communication between and among mobile nodes', European Patent Office, EP1774675A1, 2007Patent, 2007, URL
• M. Ruffini , H.-J. Reumerman, 'Method for communicating between a plurality of nodes using a wireless communication protocol, inter-vehicle network', World Intellectual Property Organization, WO2007034387A3, 2009Patent, 2009, URL
• M. Ruffini, A. Van Wageningen, 'EP1714438A1', European Patent Office, EP1714438A1, 2006Patent, 2006, URL
• Marco Ruffini, 'Method for determining the head element of a cluster', World Intellectual Property Organization, WO2005074201A1, 2005Patent, 2005, URL
• M. Ruffini, D. B. Payne, Business and ownership model case studies for next generation FTTH deployment, Lightreading, 2016, p1 - 19Report, 2016, URL
• D.B. Payne, M. Ruffini, Local Loop Unbundling regulation: is it a barrier to FTTH deployment?, Lightreading, 2016, p1 - 15Report, 2016, URL
• C. Raack, R. Wessaely, D. Payne, M. Ruffini, Hierarchical Versus Flat Optical Metro/Core Networks: A Systematic Cost and Migration Study,, Optical Networks Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2016, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2016, DOI
• F. Slyne and M. Ruffini, FLATLANd: A novel SDN-based Telecoms network architecture enabling NFV and metro-Access convergence, Optical Networks Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2016, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2016, DOI
• J. M. Gran Josa, V. Lopez, F. Slyne, M. Ruffini, R. Vilalta, A. Mayoral, R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R.Martíne, End-to-end service orchestration from access to backbone, Optical Networks Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2016, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2016, DOI
• G. Talli, S. Porto, D. Carey, N. Brandonisio, A. Naughton, P. Ossieur, F. Slyne, S. McGettrick, C. Blum, M. Ruffini, D. Payne, R. Bonk, T. Pfeiffer, N. Parsons, P. Townsend, Demonstration of SDN Enabled Dynamically Reconfigurable High Capacity Optical Access for Converged Services, Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC),, 2016, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2016, DOI
• P. Alvarez, A. Hill, N. Marchetti, D. Payne and M. Ruffini, Analysis of the maximum balanced load in Long-Reach PONs, Optical Networks Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2016, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2016, DOI
• R. Vilalta, V. Lopez, A. Mayoral, N. Yoshikane, M. Ruffini , D. Siracusa, R. Martınez, T. Szyrkowiec, A. Autenrieth, S. Peng, R. Casellas, R. Nejabati, D. Simeonidou, X. Cao, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, J. P. Fernandez-Palacios, and R. Munoz, The need for a control orchestration protocol in research projects on optical networking, European conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC), 2015, pp1 - 5Conference Paper, 2015, DOI
• M. Ruffini, Design for Sustainable, Multi-service Optical Network Architectures, IEEE Photonic Networks and Devices Conference, 2015Invited Talk, 2015, DOI
• Photonic Networks and Communications, Springer, [eds.], 2015-2018Editorial Board, 2015, URL
• M. Ruffnin, D.B. Payne, DISCUS: the distributed core for ubiquitous broadband access, Future Network and Mobile Summit, 2013, pp1 - 3Oral Presentation, 2013, DOI
• M. Ruffini, D. B. Payne, T. Pfeiffer, W. Graudszus, K. Pulverer, J. M. Garcia, A. Di. Giglio, R. Wessäly & G. Talli, Wavelength usage options in access networks., 2013, p1 - 21Report, 2013, URL
• M. Ruffini, D. B. Payne, T. Pfeiffer, W. Graudszus, K. Pulverer, J. M. Garcia, A. Di. Giglio, R. Wessäly & G. Talli., Business and ownership models for future broadband networks., 2013, p1 - 22Report, 2013, URL
• J Marquez-Barja, Marco Ruffini, Nicholas Kaminski, Nicola Marchetti, Linda Doyle, Luiz A DaSilva, Decoupling resource ownership from service provisioning to enable ephemeral converged networks (ECNs), European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC), 2016, pp1 - 5Conference Paper, 2016, URL
• Marco Ruffini, Metro-Access Network Convergence, Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC),, 2016, pp1 - 59Conference Paper, 2016, DOI
• D. Lugones, K. Christodoulopoulos, K. Katrinis, M. Ruffini, D. O'Mahony, M. Collier, Accelerating communication-intensive parallel workloads using commodity optical switches and a software-configurable control stack, Euro-Par'13 Proceedings of the 19th international conference on Parallel Processing, 2013, pp713 - 724Conference Paper, 2013, DOI
• Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualisation for converged access-metro networks in, Optical and Wireless Convergence for 5G Networks, Wiley, 2019, pp30 , [Marco Ruffini and Frank Slyne]Book Chapter, 2019
• M. Ruffini, F. Slyne, Moving the Network to the Cloud: the Cloud Central Office Revolution and its Implications for the Optical Layer, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2019, p1 - 11Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Marques, P. and Do Carmo, A.P. and Frascolla, V. and Silva, C. and Sena, E.D.R. and Braga, R. and Pinheiro, J. and Astudillo, C.A. and De Andrade, T.P.C. and Gama, E.S. and Bittencourt, L.F. and Villas, L.A. and Madeira, E.R.M. and Da Fonseca, N.L.S. and Both, C. and Lando, G. and Schimuneck, M. and Wickboldt, J. and Trevisan, A.P.V. and De Jesus Martins, R. and Vassallo, R.F. and De Queiroz, F.M. and Picoreti, R. and Gomes, R.L. and Dominicini, C.K. and Garcia, V. and Guimaraes, R.S. and Villaca, R. and Martinello, M. and Ribeiro, M.R.N. and Macedo, D.F. and Silva, V.F. and Guimaraes, J.C.T. and Colman-Meixner, C. and Nejabati, R. and Simeonidou, D. and Zhang, Y. and Slyne, F. and Alvarez, P. and Collins, D. and Ruffini, M. and DaSilva, L.A. and Marquez-Barja, J.M., Optical and wireless network convergence in 5G systems - An experimental approach, International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), 2018-September, (8514972), 2018Conference Paper, 2018, DOI , URL
• Lorincz, J. and Meo, M. and Alsusa, E. and Ruffini, M. and Monti, P. and Saavedra, A.G. and Ho, C.K., Conference Report/IEEE OnlineGreenComm 2016, IEEE Communications Magazine, 55, (1), 2017, p6-7Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
• Long-reach PON and access/metro integration in, editor(s)Peter Winzer, Biswanath Mukherjee, Ioannis Tomkos , Massimo Tornatore , Springer Handbook of Optical Networks, Springer, 2019, pp1 - 45, [D.B. Payne, G. Talli , M. Ruffini , A. Hill, P. Townsend]Book Chapter, 2019
• M. Baldi, F. Chiaraluce, L. Incipini and M. Ruffini, Code-based physical layer secret key generation in passive optical networks, Ad Hoc Networks, 2019, p1 - 26Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• S. Das and M. Ruffini, A Variable Rate Fronthaul Scheme for Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RAN), Journal of Lightwave Technology, 37, (13), 2019, p3153 - 3165Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• A. A. Dıaz Montiel and M. Ruffini, A Performance Analysis of Supervised Learning Classifiers for QoT Estimation in ROADM-based Networks, Optical Networks Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2019, pp6Conference Paper, 2019, TARA - Full Text
• F. Slyne, B. Cornaglia, M. Boselli and M. Ruffini, 3-stage Hierarchical Quality of Service for Multi-tenant Passive Optical Network, Optical Networks Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2019, pp6Conference Paper, 2019, TARA - Full Text
• M. Ruffini, K. Pillay, C. Xie, L. Shi, D. Smith, I. Monga, X. Wang and J. S. Wey, Connected OFCity Challenge: Addressing the Digital Divide in the Developing World, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 11, (7), 2019, p354 - 361Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• C. Both, R. Guimaraes, F. Slyne, J. Wickboldt, M. Martinello, C. Dominicini, R. Martins, Y. Zhang, D. Cardoso, R. Villaca, I. Ceravolo, R. Nejabati, J. Marquez-Barjia, M. Ruffini, L. Da Silva, FUTEBOL Control Framework: Enabling Experimentation in Convergent Optical, Wireless, and Cloud Infrastructures, IEEE Communications Magazine, 2019, p52 - 62Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• N. Afraz, F. Slyne, H. Gill and M. Ruffini, Evolution of Access Network Sharing and Its Role in 5G Networks, Applied Sciences, 2019, p1 - 21Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• M. Ruffini, A. Ahmadi, S. Zeb, N. Afraz and F. Slyne, The Virtual DBA: Virtualizing Passive Optical Networks to Enable Multi-Service Operation in True Multi-Tenant Environments, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2020, p1 - 10Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• F. Slyne, M. Ruffini, ' Apparatus and Method for Network Scheduling', UK patent Office, 2019Patent, 2019, URL
• Marco Ruffini, Full PON Virtulisation Supporting Multi-Tenancy Beyond 5G", OSA Advanced Photonic Congress, Burlingame, 2019Invited Talk, 2019
• Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, OSA, [eds.], 2018Editorial Board, 2018
• Journal of Lightwave Technology, IEEE, [eds.], 2019Editorial Board, 2019
• A. A. Dıaz-Montiel, S. Aladin, C. Tremblay and M. Ruffini, Active Wavelength Load as a Feature for QoTEstimation Based on Support Vector Machine, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2019, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2019, DOI
• F. Slyne, R.S. Guimaraes, Y. Zhang, M. Martinello, R. Nejabati, M. Ruffini and L.A. DaSilva, Coordinated fibre and wireless spectrum allocation in SDN-controlled wireless-optical-cloud converged architecture, European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2019, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2019, TARA - Full Text
• F. Slyne, B. Cornaglia, M. Boselli and M. Ruffini, Single-stage scheduler for accurate QoS delivery in virtualised multi-tenant Passive Optical Networks, European Conference on Optical Communications, 2019, pp1 - 4Conference Paper, 2019, TARA - Full Text
• N. Afraz and M. Ruffini, A Distributed Bilateral Resource Market Mechanism for Future Telecommunications Networks, IEEE Globecom, 2019, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2019, TARA - Full Text
• B. Lantz, A. Diaz-Montiel, J. Yu, C. Rios, M. Ruffini and D. Kilper, Demonstration of Software-DefinedPacket-Optical Network Emulation with Mininet-Optical and ONOS, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2020, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2020, TARA - Full Text
• F. Slyne, D. Coyle, J. Singh, R. Sexton, B. Ryan, R. Giller, M. O'Hanlon and M. Ruffini, Experimental Demonstration of multiple Disaggregated OLTs with Virtualised Multi Tenant DBA, over General Purpose Processor, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2020, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2020, TARA - Full Text
• S. Zhu, C. Gutterman, A. Diaz Montiel, J. Yu, M. Rufini, G. Zussman and D. Kilper, Hybrid Machine Learning EDFA Model, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2020, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2020, TARA - Full Text
• S. Das, M. Ruffini, PON Virtualisation with EAST-WEST Communications for Low-Latency Converged Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC), Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2020, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2020, TARA - Full Text
• A. Ahmad, F. Slyne, S. Zeb, A. Wahab, R. Azhar Khan and M. Ruffini, Capacity sharing approaches in multi-tenant, multi-service PONs for low-latency fronthaul applications based on cooperative-DBA, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2020, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2020, TARA - Full Text
• N. Afraz, F. Slyne and M. Ruffini., Full PON Virtulisation Supporting Multi-Tenancy Beyond 5G., OSA Advanced Photonics Congress, 2019, pp1 - 2Conference Paper, 2019, TARA - Full Text
• Colm Browning, Qixiang Cheng, Nathan C. Abrams, Marco Ruffini, Liang Yuan Dai, Liam P. Barry and Keren Bergman, A Silicon Photonic Switching Platform for Flexible Converged Centralized-Radio Access Networking, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2020, p1 - 8Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• N. Slamnik-Krijestorac, H. Kremo, M. Ruffini and J. M. Marquez-Barja, Sharing Distributed and Heterogeneous Resources toward End-to-End 5G networks: A Comprehensive Survey and a Taxonomy, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2020, p1 - 38Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• S. Das, F. Slyne, A. Kaszubowska and M. Ruffini, Virtualised EAST-WEST PON Architecture Supporting Low-Latency communication for Mobile Functional-Split Based on Multi-Access Edge Computing, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 12, (10), 2020, p109 - 119Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• F. Slyne, M. Ruffini., Joint Dynamic Bandwidth and Queue Management for Upstream SLA-Oriented QoS in Multi-Tenant, Multi-Service PONs, Optical Network Design and Modeling conference (ONDM), 2020, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2020, TARA - Full Text
• M. Ruffini, D. Coyle, J. Singh, R. Sexton, B. Ryan, R. Giller, M. O'Hanlon and F. Slyne, Evolution of access network sharing towards software based passive optical network: can virtual OLTs run at full line rate?, Optical Network Design and Modeling conference (ONDM), 2020, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2020, TARA - Full Text
• C. Zukowsky, A. Mukhopadhyay, D.B. Payne, M, Ruffini, Cost Analysis of Rural Roll-Out using long reach PON: Trading off Upfront Cost Under Uncertainty of User Take-up Rate, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 13, (5), 2021, p69 - 84Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• M. Hajizadeh, N. Afraz, M. Ruffini and T. Bauschert, Collaborative Cyber Attack Defense in SDN Networks using Blockchain Technology, IEEE NetSoft Conference, 2020, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2020, DOI
• A. Diaz-Montiel, B. Lantz, J. Yu, D. Kilper and M. Ruffini, Real-Time QoT Estimation through SDN Control Plane Monitoring Evaluated in Mininet-Optical, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2021, p1050 - 1053Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• A. Mukhopadhyay, M. Ruffini, Learning Automata for Multi-Access Edge Computing Server Allocation with Minimal Service Migration, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2020, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2020, DOI
• H. Ahmadi, I. Macaluso, M. Ruffini and N. Afraz, Blockchain technology and smart contracts in 5G and beyond networks, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2020, 1 - 3ppInvited Talk, 2020
• N. Afraz, M. Ruffini, 5G Network Slice Brokering: A Distributed Blockchain-based Market, European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC), 2020, pp23 - 27Conference Paper, 2020, DOI
• B. Lantz, J. Yu, A. Bhardwaj, A. Diaz-Montiel, A. Quraishy, S. Santaniello, T. Chen, R. Fujieda, A. Mukhopadhyay, G. Zussman, M. Ruffini and D. Kilper, SDN-controlled Dynamic Front-haul Provisioning, Emulated on Hardware and Virtual COSMOS Optical x-Haul Testbeds, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2021, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2021, URL
• F. Slyne, S. Zeb and M Ruffini, Stateful DBA Hypervisor Supporting SLAs with Low Latency & High Availability in Shared PON, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2021, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2021, URL , TARA - Full Text
• D.R. Mafioletti, F. Slyne, R. Giller, M. O'Hanlon, B. Ryan and M. Ruffini, A Novel low-latency DBA for Virtualised PON implemented through P4 In-Network Processing, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2021, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2021, URL
• A. Diaz-Montiel, A. Bhardwaj, B. Lantz, J. Yu, A.N. Quraishy, D. Kilper and M. Ruffini, Real-Time Control Plane Operations for gOSNR QoT Estimation through OSNR Monitoring, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2021, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2021, URL
• B Agarwal, M. A. Togou, M. Ruffini and G.M. Muntean, A Low Complexity Multi-knapsack-based Approach for User Association and Resource Allocation in HetNets, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2021, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2021, DOI
• B. Agarwal, M. A. Togou, M. Ruffini and G.M. Muntean, Mitigating the Impact of Cross-Tier Interference on Quality in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks, Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), 2020, pp497 - 502Conference Paper, 2020, DOI
• F. Shahzad, I. Khan, M. U. Masood, A. Ahmad, M. Imran, M. Ruffini, V. Curri, Impairment-Aware Virtual Network Embedding Using Time Domain Hybrid Modulation Formats in Optical Networks, Optical Network Design and Modeling conference (ONDM), 2021, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2021, DOI
• C. K. Dominicini, R. S. Guimaraes, D. Mafioletti, M. Martinello, M. R. N. Ribeiro, R. S. Villaca, F. Loui, J. Ortiz, F. Slyne, M. Ruffini, E. Kenny, Deploying PolKA Source Routing in P4 Switches, Optical Network Design and Modeling conference (ONDM), 2021, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2021, DOI
• S. Das and M. Ruffini, Optimal Virtual PON Slicing to Support Ultra-Low Latency Mesh Traffic Pattern in MEC-Based Cloud-RAN, Optical Network Design and Modeling conference (ONDM), 2021, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2021, DOI
• N. Afraz and M. Ruffini, Trust-Less Virtual PON Sharing for 5G Services, Optical Network Design and Modeling conference (ONDM), 2021, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2021, DOI
• D. Mafioletti, R. Mello, M. Ruffini, V. Frascolla, M. Martinello, M. R. N. Ribeiro, Programmable Data Planes as the Next Frontier for Networked Robotics Security: A ROS Use Case, International Workshop on Network Programmability and Automation, 2021, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2021, DOI
• B. Agarwal, M. A. Togou, M. Ruffini and G.M. Muntean, A Fairness-Driven Resource Allocation Scheme Based on a Weighted Interference Graph in HetNets, IEEE International Conference on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB), 2021, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2021, DOI
• Hyperledger Blockchain-Based Distributed Marketplace for 5G Networks in, Wireless Blockchain, principles, technologies and applications, Wiley, Wiley, 2021, pp117 - 133, [N. Afraz, M. Ruffini and H. Ahmadi]Book Chapter, 2021, URL
• D. R. Mafioletti, F. Slyne, R. Giller, M. O'Hanlon, D. Coyle, B. Ryan and M. Ruffini, Demonstration of a low latency bandwidth allocation mechanism for mission critical applications in virtual PONs with P4 programmable hardware, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2022, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2022, URL
• Agarwal, M.A. Togou, M. Ruffini and G.M Muntean, Joint Performance-Resource Optimization for Improved Video Quality in Fairness Enhanced HetNets., IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC),, 2022, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2022, DOI
• S. Mondal and M. Ruffini, A Max-Min Fair Resource Allocation Framework for Optical x-haul and DU/CU in Multi-tenant O-RANs, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC),, 2022, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2022, DOI
• B. Agarwal, M. Ruffini and G.M. Muntean, Reduced Complexity Optimal Resource Allocation for Enhanced Video Quality in a Heterogeneous Network Environment, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2021, p1 - 17Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Irfan Jaband ić ,Fadhil Firyaguna, Spilios Giannoulis, Adnan Shahid, Atri Mukhopadhyay, Marco Ruffini and Ingrid Moerman, The CODYSUN Approach: A Novel Distributed Paradigm for Dynamic Spectrum Sharing in Satellite Communications, Sensors, 2021, p1 - 27Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• A. Mukhopadhyay, G. Iosifidis and M. Ruffini, Migration-aware Network Services with Edge Computing., IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2021, p1 - 14Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• N. Afraz, M. Ruffini, Trusted Distributed Marketplace for Virtual Passive Optical Network Sharing, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2022, p1 - 7Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• S. Das, F. Slyne and M. Ruffini, Optimal slicing of virtualised Passive Optical Networks to support dense deployment of Cloud-RAN and Multi-Access Edge Computing, IEEE Network, 2022, p131 - 138Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• S. Mondal and M. Ruffini, Optical Front/Mid-haul with Open Access-Edge Server Deployment Framework for Sliced O-RAN, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• J.F. Santos, D. da Silva Brilhante, J.F. de Rezende, N. Marchetti, M. Ruffini and L.A. DaSilva, Optimal Embedding of Heterogeneous RAN Slices for Secure and Technology-agnostic RANaaS, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 19, (4), 2022, p5284 - 5298Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• M. Ruffini, F. Slyne, 'Low latency split-DBA', UK PTO, 2022Patent, 2022
• M. Ruffini, Passive Optical Networks: architectures, technology and evolution towards virtualised systems, 5GStepFWD Marie Curie Ph.D. training network, Chalmers University, Gotheborg, 2020Invited Talk, 2020, URL
• M. Ruffini, Embedding SDN and virtualisation into 5G telecommunications networks and beyond, IEEE Young Professionals affinity group, IIT Kharagpur, 2020Invited Talk, 2020, URL
• M. Ruffini, A. Diaz, B. Lantz, J. Yu, A. Bhardwaj, A. Quraishy, D. Kilper, Mininet-Optical: an SDN optical network emulator for disaggregated optical systems, Asian Conference on Photonics (ACP), China, 2020Invited Talk, 2020, URL
• M. Ruffini, Open networking: benefits, challenges, AI and the road to edge cloud , University of Antwerp, 2020Invited Talk, 2020, URL
• M. Ruffini, Fibre access virtualisation technology and evolution paths to MEC support, European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2020Invited Talk, 2020, URL
• M. Ruffini, Access network evolution: convergence, virtualization and intelligent control for 5G and beyond, 5G webinar series, 2021Invited Talk, 2021, URL
• M. Ruffini et al., Improving Optical Control Plane Research and Development through Synergetic Testbed Experimentation and Emulation, OSA Photonics in Switching conference, Japan, 2021Invited Talk, 2021, URL
• M. Ruffini, Compute and networking for edge cloud: Is AI both the problem and the solution?, International Conference on Network of the Future, 2021Invited Talk, 2021, URL
• M. Ruffini et al., Digital Twin for Cross-Atlantic Open Access Testbeds, Digital around the world, 2021Invited Talk, 2021, URL
• M. Ruffini and D. Kilper, A digital twin optical network for scalable control plane development and evaluation, OSA Asia Photonic Conference (ACP), China, 2021Invited Talk, 2021, URL
• M. Ruffini, Towards digital twinning: a networking journey from closed systems towards open programmable concepts, architecture and infrastructure, Rutgers University, 2021Invited Talk, 2021, URL
• M. Ruffini, Edge cloud networking in support for Smart City applications: Open Ireland experimental approach , 47th Wireless World Research Forum, Bristol, 2022Invited Talk, 2022, URL
• M. Ruffini, D. Kilper and I. Seskar, Open testbed research infrastructure with Open Ireland and COSMOS, IoT week, Dublin, 2022Invited Talk, 2022, URL
• M. Ruffini, SDN control of optical networks: from network automation to quantum communications, Keynote talk at IEEE Netsoft, Performance Issues in Virtualized Environments and Software Defined Networking Workshop, Milan, 2022Invited Talk, 2022, URL
• B. Cornaglia, M. Ruffni, et al., Fixed Access Network Sharing-Architecture and Nodal Requirements, 2, -Standard, URL
• B. Cornaglia, M. Ruffini et al., Functional model for PON abstraction interface, 1, -Standard, URL
• B. Cornaglia, M. Ruffini, et al., Cloud CO Enhancement - Access Hardware Disaggregation, 1, -Standard, URL
• A. Palade, A. Mukhopadhyay, A. Kazmi, C. Cabrera, E. Nomayo, G. Iosifidis, M. Ruffini and S. Clarke, A Swarm-based Approach for Function Placement in Federated Edges, International Conference on Services Computing, 2020, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2020, DOI
• K. Kaeval, F. Slyne, S. Troia, E. Kenny, J.Pedreño Manresa, S. Patri, K. Grobe, D. Kilper, M. Ruffini and G. Jervan, Exploring Service Margins for Optical Spectrum Services, European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2022, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2022, URL
• S. Das, F. Slyne, D. Kilper and M. Ruffini, Schedulers Synchronization Supporting Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC) in Cloud-RAN over Virtualised Mesh PON, European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2022, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2022, URL
• Optical Fibre Technology, 2022, Elsevier, [eds.], 2021-2022Editorial Board, 2021
• Network, IEEE, [eds.], 2021-2022Editorial Board, 2021
• B. Agarwal, M.A. Togou, M. Ruffini and G.M. Muntean, QoE-Driven Optimization in 5G O-RAN Enabled HetNets for Enhanced Video Service Quality, IEEE Communications Magazine, 2022, p1 - 7Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• B. Agarwal, M.A. Togou, M. Ruffini and G.M. Muntean, A Comprehensive Survey on Radio Resource Management in 5G HetNets: Current Solutions, Future Trends and Open Issues, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2022, p1 - 40Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• A. Mukhopadhyay and M. Ruffini., Design Methodology for Wireless Backhaul Fronthaul using Free space Optics and Fibers, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2022, p1 - 14Journal Article, 2022
• M. Dzaferagic, J.A. Ayala-Romero and M. Ruffini, ML Approach for Power Consumption Prediction in Virtualized Base Stations, Globecom, 2022, 2022, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2022
• M. Dzaferagic, J.A. Ayala-Romero and M. Ruffini, ML Approach for Power Consumption Prediction in Virtualized Base Stations, IEEE Globecom, Brazil, December 2022, 2022, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2022
• D. Mafioletti, M. Martinello, M.R.N. Ribeiro, M. Ruffini and Frank Slyn, To Embed or Not to Embed SHA in Programmable Network Interface Cards, IEEE International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM) , October 2022, 2022, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2022
• J. Muller, F. Slyne, K. Kaeval, S. Troia, T. Fehenberger, J.P. Elbers, D. C. Kilper, M. Ruffini and C. Mas-Machuca, Experimental Demonstration of ML-Based DWDM System Margin Estimation, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2023, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2023
• A. Ganguli, F. Slyne and M. Ruffini., Real-time, low latency virtual DBA hypervisor for SLA-compliant multi-service operations over shared Passive Optical Networks, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2023, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2023
• M. Ruffini, C. Xie, L. shi and J. S. Wey., Connected OFCity Challenge: an updated perspective on technology for connected cities, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2023, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2023
• F. Slyne, C. Browning, A. Delmade, L.P. Barry and M. Ruffini, Experimental Demonstration of Network Convergence with Coherent and Analog Radio-over-Fibre signals For Densified 5.5G/6G Small Cell Networks, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2023, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2023
• B. M. Xavier, M. Dzaferagic, D. Collins, G. Comarela, M. Martinello and M. Ruffini, Machine Learning-based Early Attack Detection Using Open RAN Intelligent Controller, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2023, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2023
• A. Delmade, F. Slyne, C. Browning, D. Kilper, L. Barry and M. Ruffini, Metro Access Network with Convergence of Coherent and Analog RoF Data Services, European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2023, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2023
• A. Raj, Z. Wang, F. Slyne, T. Chen, D. Kilper and M. Ruffini, Self-Normalizing Neural Network, Enabling One Shot Transfer Learning for Modeling EDFA Wavelength Dependent Gain, European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2023, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2023
• J. Horgan, D. Briantcev, A. Kaszubowska-Anandarajah, M. Ruffini and D. Kilper., Progress on Integrating Quantum Communications in Optical Systems Testbeds, Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2023, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2023
• F. Slyne, K. O"Sullivan, M. Dzaferagic, B. Richardson, M. Wrzeszcz, B. Ryan, N. Power, R. Giller and M. Ruffini., Demonstration of Cooperative Transport Interface using open-source 5G OpenRAN and virtualised PON network, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2024, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2024
• A. Ganguli and M. Ruffini., Low-Latency Upstream Scheduling in Multi-Tenant, SLA Compliant TWDM PON, Optical Fibre Communications (OFC), 2024, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2024
• R. Bali, A. Tittelbaugh, S. L. Jenkins, A. Agrawal, J. Horgan, M. Ruffini, D. Kilper, B. A. Bash, Routing and Spectrum Allocation in\ Broadband Degenerate EPR-Pair Distribution, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2023, pp1 - 7Conference Paper, 2023
• B. Missi Xavier, M. Dzaferagic, I, Vilà, M. Martinello and M. Ruffini, Cross-Domain AI for Early Attack Detection and Defense Against Malicious Flows in O-RAN, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2024, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2024
• B. Agarwal, M.A. Togou, M. Ruffini and G.M. Muntean, A Comprehensive Survey on Radio Resource Management in 5G HetNets: Current Solutions, Future Trends and Open Issues, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2023, p2495 - 2534Journal Article, 2023
• S, Mondal and M. Ruffini, Fairness Guaranteed and Auction-based x-haul and Cloud Resource Allocation in Multi-tenant O-RANs, IEEE Transactions in Communications, 2023, p3452 - 3468Journal Article, 2023
• S. Das, F. Slyne, D. Kilper and M. Ruffini, Two-tier PON virtualisation with scheduler synchronization supporting application-level ultra-low latency in MEC based Cloud-RAN, using MESH-PON, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2023, p100 - 107Journal Article, 2023
• N. Afraz, F. Wilhelmi H. Ahmadi and M. Ruffini, Blockchain and Smart Contracts for Telecommunications: Requirements vs. Cost Analysis, IEEE Access, 2023, p95653 - 95666Journal Article, 2023
• M. Ruffini, M. Furdek, R. Mûnoz, M. Ribeiro, S. Wey, Novel optical networking architectures and open interfaces for 5G and future 6G networks, Elsevier Optical Fiber Technology (OFT), 2023, p1 - 2Journal Article, 2023
• Ruffini, M and O'Mahony, D and Doyle, L., A cost analysis of optical IP switching in new generation optical networks, International Conference on Photonics in Switching, 2006 (PS '06.), Heraklion, Crete, October 16 - 18, IEEE, 2006Conference Paper, 2006, DOI , URL
• M.Ruffini, D. O'Mahony, L. Doyle., Automatic Configuration in Future Semi-Transparent Optical Network Nodes, Photonic Network Communications, Springer Ed., 14, (3), 2007, p241 - 251Journal Article, 2007, DOI , URL
• Ruffini, M. and O'Mahony, D. and Doyle, L., Feasibility of flow-based optical provisioning in GÈANT, Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFCNFOEC 2007) , Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFCNFOEC 2007), Anaheim, CA, USA, 25 - 27 March 2007, Optical Society of America, 2007, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2007, DOI , URL
• M. Ruffini, D. O'Mahony, L. Doyle, Optical IP Switching for dynamic traffic engineering in next-generation optical networks, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Optical Network Design and Modeling, Athens, Greece, 29 - 31 May 2007, 4534, (2007), Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2007, pp309 - 318Conference Paper, 2007, DOI , URL
• Ruffini, M. and O'Mahony, D. and Doyle, L., Dynamic optical path allocation in multi-layer traffic engineering, IEEE International Conference on Communications 2007, Workshop (W-03) - Traffic Engineering in Next Generation IP Networks, Glasgow, Scotland, 24-28, June 2007, 2007Conference Paper, 2007, URL
• Ruffini, M. and Kilper, D. and O'Mahony, D. and Doyle, L., Cost study of dynamically transparent networks, Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFCNFOEC 2008), Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFCNFOEC 2008), San Diego, USA, 24 - 28 February, Optical Society of America, 2008Conference Paper, 2008, DOI
• Mulvihill, G, Ruffini, M, Smyth, F.,Barry,L,Doyle,L.,O'Mahony,D., Optical IP Switching a Solution to Dynamic Lightpath Establishment in Disaggregated Network Architectures, International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks 2006, Nottingham, 2006, pp78 - 81Conference Paper, 2006, DOI , URL
• P.J.F. Maguire, M. Ruffini, L.P. Barry, All-Optical Switching Techniques to Enable High-Speed, Next Generation Photonic Transport Systems, IEI/IEE Symposium on Telecommunications Systems Research, November 2001, 2001Conference Paper, 2001
• M. Ruffini, H-J. Reumerman, Distributed Power Control for Reliable Broadcast in Inter-Vehicle Communication Systems, 2nd International Workshop on Intelligent Transportation (WIT 2005), March 2005, 2005Conference Paper, 2005
• M. Ruffini, H-J. Reumerman, Power-Rate adaptation in high-mobility distributed ad-hoc wireless networks, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC'05) , Stockholm, Sweden, May 2005, 2005Conference Paper, 2005, DOI
• M. Ruffini, D. O'Mahony, L. Doyle, A Testbed Demonstrating Optical IP Switching (OIS) in Disaggregated Network Architectures, IEEE conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructure for the Development of Network and Communities, Barcelona, Spain, 2006Conference Paper, 2006, DOI
• A. Sánchez, S. Figuerola, G. Junyent, E. Kenny, V. Reijs, M. Ruffini, A user provisioning tool for EoMPLS services based on UCLPv1.5, TERENA Networking Conference, 2007, 2007Conference Paper, 2007
• M. Ruffini, D. O'Mahony, L. Doyle, Testing the impairments of dynamic optical switching on TCP traffic through the European FEDERICA testbed infrastructure, IEEE International Conference on Tranparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Munich, Germany, 2010, 2010, pp1 - 4Conference Paper, 2010, DOI
• H-J. Reumerman, M. Roggero, M. Ruffini, Application-Based Clustering Concept and Requirements for Intervehicle Networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, 43, (4), 2005, p108 - 113Journal Article, 2005, DOI
• M. Ruffini, D. O'Mahony, L. Doyle, Optical IP Switching: a flow-based approach to distributed cross-layer provisioning, IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2, (8), 2010, p609 - 624Journal Article, 2010, DOI
• Marco Ruffini, Optical IP Switching, University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2008Thesis, 2008, URL
• M. Ruffini, Victor Reijs, HEAnet national conference, Kilkenny, Ireland, November 2010, 2010Invited Talk, 2010
• P. Szegedi, J.F. Riera, J.A. Garcia-Espin, M. Hidell, P. Sjodin, P. Soderman, M. Ruffini, D. O'Mahony, A. Bianco, L. Giraudo, M. Ponce de Leon, G. Power, C. Cervello-Pastor, V. Lopez, S. Naegele-Jackson, Enabling future internet research: the FEDERICA case, IEEE Communications Magazine, 49, (7), 2011, p54 - 61Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• D. Mehta, B. O'Sullivan, L. Quesada, M. Ruffini, D. Payne, L. Doyle, Designing Resilient Long-Reach Passive Optical Networks, IAAI, Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence, San Francisco, 7-8 August, 2011, pp1674 - 1680Conference Paper, 2011
• H. Cambazard, D. Mehta, B. O'Sullivan, L. Quesada, M. Ruffini, D. B. Payne, L. Doyle, A Combinatorial Optimisation Approach to the Design of Dual Parented Long-Reach Passive Optical Networks, 22nd Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. AICS 2011., Derry, 31-08-2011 / 02-09-2, 2011Conference Paper, 2011, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• M. Ruffini, B. O'Sullivan, D. Metha, L. Quesada, F. Farjady, N. Doran, D. Payne, A protected LR-PON deployment for the UK, EPSRC photonic communications workshop, Oxford, UK, 28-29 September 2011, 2011Poster, 2011, TARA - Full Text
• F. Farjady, M. Ruffini, D. Payne, N. Doran, Techno-economic comparison of GPONs and long-reach PONs, EPSRC photonic communications workshop, Oxford, UK, 28-29 September 2011, 2011Oral Presentation, 2011, TARA - Full Text
• H. Cambazard, D. Mehta, B. O'Sullivan, L. Quesada, M. Ruffini, D. B. Payne, L. Doyle, A Combinatorial Optimisation Approach to the Design of Dual Parented Long-Reach Passive Optical Networks, 23rd IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 7-9, November 2011, 2011, pp785 - 792Conference Paper, 2011, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• M. Ruffini, D. B. Payne, Next-Generation Fibre to the Home Deployment - A HEAnet Case Study, HEAnet national conference, Kilkenny, Ireland, 10-11, November 2011, 2011Invited Talk, 2011, TARA - Full Text
• Marco Ruffini, Deepak Mehta, Barry O'Sullivan, Luis Quesada, Linda Doyle, David B. Payne, Deployment Strategies for Protected Long-Reach PON, IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 4, (2), 2012, p118 - 129Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Marco Ruffini, Deepak Mehta, Barry O'Sullivan, Luis Quesada, Linda Doyle, David B. Payne, Deployment case studies of an energy efficient protected LR-PON architecture, IEEE Optical Network Design and Modelling, University of Essex, UK, 17-19 April, IEEE, 2012, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2012, DOI
• Emanuele Di Pascale, David B. Payne, Marco Ruffini, Bandwidth and Energy Savings of Locality-Aware P2P Content Distribution in Next-Generation PONs, IEEE Optical Network Design and Modelling, University of Essex, UK, 17-20 April, 2012, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2012, DOI
• Christodoulopoulos, K., Katrinis, K., Ruffini, M. & O'Mahony, D., Topology Configuration in Hybrid EPS/OCS Interconnects, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2012), Rhodes, Greece, August 27th-31st, 7484, 2012, pp701-715Conference Paper, 2012, DOI
• K. Christodoulopoulos, K. Katrinis, M. Ruffini, D. O'Mahony, Tailoring the Network to the Problem: Topology Configuration in Hybrid EPS/OCS Interconnects, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience., 25, (17), 2013, p2412-2432Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• S. McGettrick, D. B. Payne and M. Ruffini, Improving Hardware Protection Switching in 10Gb/s Symmetric Long Reach PONs, Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference,, Optical Fibre Copnference (OFC), Anaheim, CA, 17-21 March, 2013, ppArticle number 6533158Conference Paper, 2013, DOI
• X. Wu, K. Brown, C. Sreenan, P. Alvarez, M. Ruffini, N. Marchetti, D. B. Payne and L. Doyle, An XG-PON Module for the NS-3 Network Simulator, Proceedings of the 6th International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques, WNS3, International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques, Brussels, 2013, pp195-202Conference Paper, 2013, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• C.Zukowski, D.B.Payne, M.Ruffini, Optical Splitters Configuration for Long-Reach Passive Optical Network Deployment, Proceedings of the European Conference on Network and Optical Communication, 8th European Conference on Network and Optical Communications, Graz; Austria, 10-12 July, 2013, pp185-190Conference Paper, 2013, DOI
• D. Mehta, B. O'Sullivan, L. Quesada, D.B. Payne, L. Doyle, M. Ruffini, Routing and network design for HEAnet, 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, Cartagena; Spain, 23-27 June, 2013, ppart. no. 6603033Conference Paper, 2013, DOI
• M. Ruffini, N. Doran, M. Achouche, N. Parsons, T. Pfeiffer, X. Yin, H. Rohde, M. Schiano, P. Ossieur, B. O'Sullivan, R. Wessaly, L. Wosinska, J. Montalvo and D.B. Payne, DISCUS: End-to-end network design for ubiquitous high speed broadband services, 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, Cartagena; Spain, 23-27 June, 2013, art. no. 6602948Conference Paper, 2013, DOI
• M. Ruffini , E. Di Pascale, D.B. Payne, Improving high fidelity multimedia distribution in next-generation optical networks, ICTON, Cartagena, Spain, 23-27 June, 2013, pp1-4Conference Paper, 2013, DOI
• S. McGettrick, L. Guan, A. Hill, D.B. Payne, M. Ruffini, Ultra-fast 1+1 Protection in 10 Gb/s Symmetric Long Reach PON, ECOC, March, 2013, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2013, DOI
• E. Di Padcale, D. B. Payne, M. Ruffini, Impact of Popularity Evolution on P2P-Based VoD Delivery over Next-Generation Optical Access Networks., Globecom, December, 2013, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2013, DOI
• D. B. Payne, M. Ruffini, An End to End Architecture for Ubiquitous Super-Fast Broadband, Asia communications and photonic conference, November, 2013, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2013, DOI
• A. Nag, D. B. Payne, M. Ruffini, N:1 Protection Design for Minimising OLTs in Resilient Dual-Homed Long-Reach Passive Optical Network, Optical Fiber Communication Conference, US, 9-13 March, 2014, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2014, DOI
• M. Ruffini, L. Wosinska, M. Achouche, J. Chen, N. J. Doran, F. Farjady, J. Montalvo, P. Ossieur, B. O'Sullivan, N. Parsons, T. Pfeiffer, X.-Z. Qiu, C. Raack, H. Rohde, M. Schiano, P. Townsend, R. Wessaly, X. Yin, D. B. Payne, DISCUS: An end-to-end solution for ubiquitous broadband optical access, IEEE Communications Magazine, 52, (2), 2014, p24 - 32Journal Article, 2014, DOI
• Lugones, D., Christodoulopoulos, K., Katrinis, K., Ruffini, M., O'Mahony, D., Collier, M., Accelerating communication-intensive parallel workloads using commodity optical switches and a software-configurable control stack, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) , 8097, 2013, p713-724Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Ruffini, M., Payne, D.B., Doyle, L., Protection strategies for Long-Reach PON, European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC, European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC , Torino; Italy, 19-23 April, 2010, Article number 5621156Conference Paper, 2010, DOI
• K. Christodoulopoulos, K. Katrinis, M. Ruffini, D. O'Mahony, Accelerating HPC Workloads with Dynamic Adaptation of a Software-Defined Hybrid Electronic/Optical Interconnect, Optical Fiber Communication Conference, San Francisco, 9-13 March, 2014, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2014, DOI
• Loskot, P., Hassanien, M.A.M., Farjady, F., Ruffini, M., Payne, D., Long-term drivers of broadband traffic in next-generation networks, Annales des Telecommunications/Annals of Telecommunications , 2014, p1-10Journal Article, 2014, DOI
• McGettrick, S., Guan, L., Hill, A., Payne, D.B., Ruffini, M, Ultra-fast 1+1 protection in 10 Gb/s symmetric long reach PON, IET Conference Publications , 39th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication, ECOC 2013, London, 22-26 September, 2013, IET, 2013, pp1203-1205Conference Paper, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• P. Alvarez, N. Marchetti, D. Payne, M. Ruffini, Backhauling Mobile Systems with XG-PON Using Grouped Assured Bandwidth, European Conference on Networks and Optical Communications, 2014Conference Paper, 2014, DOI
• E. Di Pascale, D. B. Payne, L. Wosinska and M. Ruffini, Locality-Aware P2P Multimedia Delivery over Next-Generation Optical Networks, Journal of optical communications and networking, 6, (9), 2014, p782 - 792Journal Article, 2014, DOI
• N. Kitsuwan, F. Slyne, S. McGettrick, D. B. Payne and M. Ruffini, A Europe-Wide Demonstration of Fast Network Restoration with OpenFlow, IEICE Communications Express, 3, (9), 2014, p275 - 280Journal Article, 2014, DOI
• X. Yin, X.Z. Qiu, G. Torfs, C. Van Praet, R. Vaernewyck, A. Vyncke, J. Verbrugghe, B. Moeneclaey,M. Ruffini, D.B. Payne, and J. Bauwelinck, Performance Evaluation of Single Carrier 40-Gbit/s Downstream for Long-Reach Passive Optical Networks, Optical Network Design and Modeling, Stockholm, 2014, pp162 - 167Conference Paper, 2014, URL
• D. Mehta, B. O'Sullivan, L. Quesada, M. Ruffini , D.B. Payne, L. Doyle, A Scalable Optimisation Approach to Minimising IP Protection Capacity for Long-Reach PON, Optical Network Design and Modeling, Stockholm, 2014, pp31 - 36Conference Paper, 2014, URL
• S. Pal, C. Zukowski, A. Nag, D. B. Payne and M. Ruffini, Cable Length Minimisation in Long-Reach-PON Planning for Sparsely Populated Areas, Optical Network Design and Modeling, Stockholm, 2014, pp234 - 239Conference Paper, 2014, URL
• C. Zukowski, D. B. Payne, M. Ruffini, Modelling accurate planning of PON networks to reduce initial investment in rural areas, Optical Network Design and Modeling, Stockholm, 2014, pp138 - 143Conference Paper, 2014, DOI
• A. Di Giglio, M. Schiano, M. Ruffini, D.B. Payne, N. Doran, M. Achouche, R. Jensen, B. O'Sullivan, T. Pfeiffer, R. Bonk, H. Rohde, X. Yin, R. Wessaly, L. Wosinska, J. Montalvo, G. Talli, Towards the Distributed Core for Ubiquitous Superfast Broadband Optical Access, Networks and Communications, Bologna, 2014, pp1 - 5Conference Paper, 2014, DOI
• N. Kitsuwan, D.B. Payne, M. Ruffini, A novel protection design for OpenFlow-based Networks, International conference on transparent optical networks, Graz, 2014, pp1 - 5Conference Paper, 2014, DOI , URL
• F. Slyne, M. Ruffini, An SDN-Driven Approach to a Flat Layer-2 Telecommunications Network, International conference on transparent optical networks, Graz, 2014, pp1 - 5Conference Paper, 2014, DOI
• F. Slyne, N. Kituswan, S. McGettrick, D.B. Payne and Marco Ruffini, Design and experimental test of 1:1 End-to-End Protection for LR-PON using an SDN multi-tier Control Plane, European Conference on Optical Communications, Cannes, 2014, pp1 - 4Conference Paper, 2014, DOI
• E. Di Pascale, F. Slyne and M. Ruffini, A Transparent OpenFlow-based Oracle for Locality-Aware Content Distribution, Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium , Madeira, 2014, pp1 - 5Conference Paper, 2014, DOI
• S. McGettrick, F. Slyne, N. Kitsuwan, D.B. Payne, M. Ruffini, Experimental End-to-End Demonstration of Shared N:1 Dual Homed Protection in Long Reach PON and SDN-Controlled Core, Optical Fibre Communications, Los Angeles, 2015, pp1 - 3Conference Paper, 2015, DOI
• E. Di Pascale and M. Ruffini, Cache Storage Optimization for Locality-Aware Peer-to-Peer Multimedia Distribution, International Conference on Communications, London, 2015, pp1 - 6Conference Paper, 2015, DOI

• P. Alvarez, N. Marchetti, M. Ruffini, D.B. Payne, 'Method and Scheduler for Grouped Transmission Containers in Passive Optical Networks', UK patent office, 1418192.9, 2015, 1 December 2022Patent, URL
• M. Ruffini, Open Networking to enable end-to-end network research across wireless, optical and cloud domains, ComReg, 2020Invited Talk, URL
• M. Ruffini, OpenIreland: end-to-end testbed for network disaggregation using open source and open hardware, Cork Smart Gateway webinar, 2021Invited Talk, URL
• M. Ruffini, The Open Ireland research infrastructure: from open networking to digital twins, Telecom SudParis University, 2022Invited Talk, URL
• B. Chen and M. Ruffini, Resource Cooperation in MEC and SDN based Vehicular Networks, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2023, pp1 - 6Conference Paper
• V. Karunakaran, J. Muller, F. Slyne, K. Kaeval, S. Troia, A. Autenrieth, D.C. Kilper, T. Bauschert and M. Ruffini, Model-based Service Provisioning in Optical Networks, European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2023, pp1 - 3Conference Paper
• K. Kaeval, F. Slyne, S. Troia, E. Kenny, K. Große, H. Griesser, D.C. Kilper, M. Ruffini, J-J Pedreno-Manresa, S.K. Patri and G. Jervan., Employing Channel Probing to Derive End-of-Life Service Margins for Optical Spectrum Services, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2023, p63 - 73Journal Article
• D. O'Mahony, M. Ruffini, Optical IP Switching - A Responsive Solution for Grid Interconnect, International Workshop on Autonomic Grid Networking and Management, Dublin, 2006, 2006Conference Paper
• M. Ruffini, Optical IP Switching & UCLP, UCLP Workshop, Edinburgh, UK, August 2006, 2006Invited Talk
• M. Ruffini, D. O'Mahony, L. Doyle, CTVR-2: The vision, the technology: the network, HEAnet workshop, Dublin, June 2010, 2010, HEAnetInvited Talk

My research interests are next generation networks, including passive optical networks, metro transmission networks, Software-Defined-Networks, convergence of mobile, fixed and cloud networking, network slicing and virtualisation. Part of my work involves the use of experimental testbeds validation, in the area of passive optical networks, multi-wavelength systems, cloud Radio Access Network and Network Function Virtualisation.

• Title

  Agile cloud service delivery using integrated photonics networking.
  Summary

  Next generation transparent optical datacentres
  Funding Agency

  SFI/NSF
  Date From

  December 2015
  Date To

  November 2018
• Title

  DISCUS
  Summary

  DISCUS will analyse, design, and demonstrate a complete end-to-end architecture and technologies for an economically viable, energy efficient and environmentally sustainable future-proof optical network. It will provide a revolution in communications networks applicable across Europe and the wider world exploiting to the full the opportunity offered by LR-PONS and flat optical core networks to produce a simplified and evolvable architecture which will be the foundation for communications for the long term future. The architecture will be ultra energy efficient, simple to operate, robust to new technology introduction and providing universal availability of bandwidth and features regardless of geographic location. This ideal is obtained by a clean-slate approach to the architectural design by universal application of optical technologies throughout the fixed network eliminating traditional demarcations of metro, regional, core and access. Thus our essential concept is to use advanced optical technologies throughout giving rise to economies of scale and allowing bandwidths and flexibility hitherto unimaginable. Specifically the DISCUS architecture will: scale gracefully and economically, over a common physical infrastructure, as FTTP drives bandwidth growth by three orders of magnitude or more. It will evolve from today's architectures, adopting future technologies while co-existing with earlier generations. A unique feature will be a "Principle of Equivalence" whereby all network access points have equal bandwidth and service capability including core bandwidths (10Gb/s to 100+Gb/s) delivered to the access edge. It will seamlessly integrate wireless and fixed optical networks, fully exploiting both technologies. It will enable a competitive and simple regulatory environment controlled by customers and users rather than network operators and service providers.
  Funding Agency

  European Commission
  Date From

  November 2012
  Date To

  October 2015
• Title

  O'SHARE
  Summary

  O'SHARE aims at designing and demonstrating an SDN-based dynamic control and management platform for broadband access networks to enable efficient sharing of physical resources among multiple Network Operators and Service Providers. The main issue behind the sluggish deployment of high-speed and ubiquitous fibre access infrastructure is the long payback period. Besides the high upfront cost, the issue is exacerbated by the fact that many operators are considering Fibre-to-the-Home as a residential-only solution, which can only generate a small amount of revenue. In O'SHARE we aim at developing an SDN- based access network control framework that will enable convergence of multiple operators and services over the same physical infrastructure, thus increasing the revenue generated by the access network. This is achieved through two main innovations: open-access oriented interfaces, which will simplify network access by multiple network operators and service providers; and algorithms and techniques to virtualise Passive Optical Networks, leading to a more efficient exploitation of system resources. The theoretical work carried out in O'SHARE will be first tested through simulations and then implemented into a hardware testbed, which will lead up to an international demonstrator showcasing industry-led networking scenarios. O'SHARE will create the basis for an information-led society without digital divide.
  Funding Agency

  SFI
  Date From

  November 2015
  Date To

  October 2019

Computer science - Information Systems, Communication engineering and systems; telecommunications, Communication engineering and systems; telecommunications, Computer science - Information Systems, Computer science - Information Systems, Communication engineering and systems; telecommunications,

• Winner of the Trinity Innovations Award "ones to watch" category 2020
• Distinguished Paper Award at IEEE NTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING (Europar) 2012 2012
• Senior IEEE member 2015
• Awarded best paper award at IEEE Optical Network Design and Modeling Conference (ONDM) 2016. 2016
• My research featured in the SFI annual report 2020 2020
• Best paper award, IEEE Optical Network Design and Modeling conference (ONDM) 2021 2021
• My research activity appeared in the TCD Provost Annual Review 2012-2013 2012
• Shortlisted for the Trinity Innovations Award " Industry Engagment" category 2021
• Ireland'Champions of EU Research 2012, presented by Ireland's President Michael D. Higgins 2012
• Fellow of The University of Dublin, Trinity College. 2018
• Shortlisted for the Technology Ireland Awards Ceremony IBEC 2022 on "Outstanding Academic Achievement of the Year" 2022
• Shortlisted for the Technology Ireland Awards Ceremony IBEC 2021 on "Outstanding Academic Achievement of the Year" 2021
• Best paper award at Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP) 2018 2018
• My research featured in the SFI annual report 2021 2021

• IEEE member (senior from 2015) and communications society member
• Member of OPTICA, optical society of America 2018
• Elected steering committee member for the European Technology Platform for communications networks and services (NetWorld2020) forum. 2021
• TCD representative for the Broadband Forum standardisation group 2020
• Member of the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), OpenRAN, Open packet optical and Open City Infrastructure programmes. 2020
• Member of Italian Engineers Associations

• External Ph.D examiner for Alvaro Fernandez Fernandez, from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) 2017
• External examiner for the research master student Sidhant Hasija from Waterford Institute of Technology 2018
• External Ph.D examiner for Alvaro Fernandez Fernandez, from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) 2017
• Associated Editor for the IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN) since 2018
• Associate Editor of the Springer Photonic Network Communications 2015-2018
• External examiner for the PhD committee of candidate Cristophe Van Praet, from IMEC, University of Ghent, in Belgium, December 2013. 2013
• Member of the EPSRC (UK) Associate College, for providing peer reviews of EPSRC funding applicarions 2016
• Associate Editor of the Springer Photonic Network Communications 2015-2018
• Managing editor of the Elsevier Optical Fibre Technology special issue on Access networks. 2015
• Member of the EPSRC (UK) Associate College, for providing peer reviews of EPSRC funding applicarions 2016
• External Ph.D examiner for Alvaro Fernandez Fernandez, from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) 2017
• External examiner for the research master student Sidhant Hasija from Waterford Institute of Technology 2018
• External examiner for the PhD committee of candidate Cristophe Van Praet, from IMEC, University of Ghent, in Belgium, December 2013. 2013
• Managing editor of the Elsevier Optical Fibre Technology special issue on Access networks. 2015
• Steering committee member for IEEE Optical Network Design and Modeling Conference 2018-
• Member of the EPSRC (UK) Associate College, for providing peer reviews of EPSRC funding applicarions 2016
• External examiner for the research master student Sidhant Hasija from Waterford Institute of Technology 2018
• Managing editor of the Elsevier Optical Fibre Technology special issue on Access networks. 2015
• Associated Editor for the IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN) since 2018
• External examiner for the PhD committee of candidate Cristophe Van Praet, from IMEC, University of Ghent, in Belgium, December 2013. 2013
• Associate Editor of the Springer Photonic Network Communications 2015-2018
• Associated Editor for the IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN) since 2018