- Caching and Content Delivery
- Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks
- Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
- IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
- Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
- Software-Defined Networks and 5G
- Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Wireless Networks and Protocols
- Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
- Age of Information Optimization
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods
- Network Security and Intrusion Detection
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
- Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
- Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- Digital Transformation in Industry
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Satellite Communication Systems
- Robotics and Automated Systems
University of Messina
2025
Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni
2020-2025
University of Reggio Calabria
2015-2024
University of Cagliari
2023
Universidad del Noreste
2022
Institute for Infocomm Research
2022
University of Catania
2022
University of Palermo
2022
In view of evolving the Internet infrastructure, ICN is promoting a communication model that fundamentally different from traditional IP address-centric model. The approach consists retrieval content by (unique) names, regardless origin server location (i.e., address), application, and distribution channel, thus enabling in-network caching/replication content-based security. expected benefits in terms improved data dissemination efficiency robustness challenging scenarios indicate high...
In the connected vehicle ecosystem, a high volume of information-rich and safety-critical data will be exchanged by roadside units onboard transceivers to improve driving traveling experience. However, poor-quality wireless links mobility vehicles highly challenge delivery. The IP address-centric model current Internet barely works in such extremely dynamic environments poorly matches localized nature majority vehicular communications, which typically target specific road areas (e.g.,...
The Named Data Networking (NDN) project is emerging as one of the most promising information-centric future Internet architectures. Besides NDN recognized potential a content retrieval solution in wired and wireless domains, its innovative concepts, such named content, name-based routing in-network caching, particularly suit requirements Things (IoT) interconnecting billions heterogeneous objects. IoT highly differs from today's due to resource-constrained devices, massive volumes small...
Named Data Networking (NDN) is a promising Information-Centric future Internet architecture. Besides its recognized potentialities as content retrieval solution in wired domains, NDN has been also recently considered an enabling technology for the of Things (IoT), thanks to innovative features like named-based routing and in-network caching. In particular, possibility caching at intermediate nodes can be especially useful reduce delay, limit network traffic load on data producer. However,...
In this paper we propose an innovative networking architecture for content retrieval and distribution in Vehicular Ad hoc NETworks (VANETs), that leverages the recently proposed Content-Centric Networking (CCN) paradigm. It is based on named contents instead of IP addresses, seems attractive opportunity to handle dynamic, short-lived intermittent connectivity typical VANETs.
The new era of Internet Things (IoT) is driving the revolution in computing and communication technologies spanning every aspect our lives. Thanks to its innovative concepts, such as named content, name-based routing in-network caching, Named Data Networking (NDN) appears a key enabling paradigm for IoT. Despite potential, support IoT applications often requires some modifications NDN engine more efficient effective exchange packets. In this paper, we propose baseline framework reliable...
The Information-Centric Networking (ICN) paradigm for the future Internet is fundamentally different from classic host-centric Protocol (IP). By leveraging unique, persistent and location-independent content names, ICN provides native multicast support, content-based security, in-network caching, easy data access, which can be especially useful in of Things (IoT). In this paper, attention on design an framework tailored to smart home domain, considered as a major representative IoT...
Content-centric networking is a new paradigm conceived for future Internet architectures, where communications are driven by contents instead of host addresses. This has key potentialities to enable effective and efficient in the challenging vehicular environment characterized short-lived connectivity highly dynamic network topologies. We design CRoWN, content-centric framework ad-hoc networks, which implemented on top IEEE 802.11p standard layers fully compliant with them. Performance...
Named Data Networking (NDN) is a promising paradigm for the future Internet architecture that also opens new perspectives in way data can be retrieved Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). In this paper, we explore potentialities of NDN applied to WSNs and propose enhancements forwarding strategy by including principles inspired traditional data-centric routing schemes. Results achieved through ndnSIM simulator confirm viability effectiveness proposal.
Named Data Networking (NDN) is a promising information-centric future Internet architecture. Its innovative concepts, like named content, name-based routing and in-network caching, particularly suit the requirements of Things (IoT), interconnecting billions heterogeneous constrained objects. NDN supports receiver-driven communications can easily enable IoT pull-based applications, e.g., to monitor sensors control actuators. However, cannot natively allow devices transmit unsolicited data,...
Edge computing is a key paradigm to offload the core network and effectively process massive Internet of Things (IoT) raw data without sending them cloud. This normally relies on set purpose-built pre-planned servers, which host storage processing resources provide IoT services close sources, thus saving offloading remote cloud infrastructure. In this paper, we propose turn edge into dynamic, distributed environment that supports provisioning services, by exploiting recent evolution named...
Among the distinctive features of Named Data Networking (NDN) paradigm, in-network caching plays a crucial role in improving data delivery performance. At network edge, benefits can be remarkable terms reduced traffic and user-perceived access latency. Multiple strategies have been designed for static Internet contents NDN routers, while less attention has devoted to transient Things (IoT) data, which expire after certain amount time. In this work, we introduce novel distributed autonomous...
In-network caching is one of the main pillars Named Data Networking (NDN) paradigm, where every Internet router, in path between data sources and consumers, can cache incoming content packets. Multiple strategies have been designed for Things (IoT) streamed by resource-constrained devices edge domains wireless sensor networks, while benefits IoT at Internet-scale, including both core network segments, not fully disclosed. In this work, we propose analyse a novel probabilistic Internet-scale...
With more than 75 billions of objects connected by 2025, Internet Things (IoT) is the catalyst for digital revolution, contributing to generation big amounts (transient) data, which calls into question storage and processing performance conventional cloud. Moving resources at edge can reduce data retrieval latency save core network resources, albeit actual depends on selected caching policy. Existing strategies mainly account content popularity as crucial decision metric do not consider...
Future buildings are complex systems that aim at improving the quality of life their inhabitants and increasing safeness, security, efficiency. In order to reach these goals, they require own self-management self-adaptation capabilities, thus becoming cognitive entities. However, developing exploit advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in a distributed fashion is still challenge. Indeed, need continuously collect process variety environmental parameters, learn predict users’ needs...
The advent of 6G networks and beyond calls for innovative paradigms to address the stringent demands emerging applications, such as extended reality autonomous vehicles, well technological frameworks like digital twin networks. Traditional cloud computing edge architectures fall short in providing their required flexibility, scalability, ultra-low latency. Cloud centralizes resources distant data centers, leading high latency increased network congestion, while computing, though closer...
Content-centric networking is a new communication paradigm conceived for Future Internet architectures. It supports content search and delivery without any reference to the location where data can be retrieved from. also exploits in-network caching provide fast distribute network load. This model promising mobile wireless networks with intermittent connectivity, like MANETs. In this paper, we present CHANET, content-centric MANET that built on connectionless layer designed top of legacy IEEE...
The Named Data Networking (NDN) project is emerging as one of the most promising information-centric future Internet architectures. So far, NDN performance in wireless networks has been largely unexplored, especially for what concerns transport mechanisms, which are crucial to ensure reliable and efficient data delivery while accounting available resources network dynamics. In this paper, we propose a scheme that effects self-regulating Interest rate control (SIRC), reduces content...