Paolo Dini

Senior Researcher

Division:	Communication Networks
Category:	Research
Phone:	+34 93 645 29 16 Ext: 2132
Fax:	+34 93 645 29 01
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Paolo Dini received the “laurea” in Electronic Engineering in 2001 and the Ph.D. degree in Information & Communication Science and Technology in 2005, both from the Università di Roma “La Sapienza”. From 2001 to 2005 he worked as a research assistant in the Computer Science and Systems (DIS) and Information and Communication (INFOCOM) departments of Università di Roma “La Sapienza”. In 2005 he worked with the Research Centre on Software Technologies (RCOST) as a research assistant. In the same year he was also an assistant professor at INFOCOM department lecturing the course of “Comunicazioni Elettriche”. In February 2006 he joined CTTC, where now holds a Senior Researcher position.

Paolo has an active participation in research projects funded by EU, national and regional government as well as by private companies. He took part in more than 20 R&D projects so far as a Principal Investigador, WorkPackage leader, project manager or researcher. He is currently the coordinator of the SCAVENGE European Training Network.

He has been also serving as TPC in many international conferences and workshops and as a reviewer in several scientific journals of IEEE, Springer, Wiley, Elsevier.

His research interests encompass system modeling and optimization by machine learning, data analytics and optimal control with particular emphasis on sustainability and energy saving, including energy harvesting networks and smart power grids.
More info on his current research can be found here.

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6756-0289

MISCELLANEOUS

Grants

European Union H2020-MSCA-ITN-ETN grant 675891 Sustainable Cellular Networks Harvesting Ambient Energy (SCAVENGE) - February 2016 [project selected as example of ITN Best Practices in November 2018]
Silicon Valley Foundation (Cisco): data striping with inter-packet encoding in wireless heterogeneous networks - March 2011
Silicon Valley Foundation (Cisco): distributed handover management in wireless heterogeneous networks - December 2008
Italian Ministry of Education: PhD fellowship - September 2001

Standardization activities

3GPP SA2#24 meeting: RSVP signalling over the UMTS network, Madrid, April 2002.

Books & Chapters

P. Dini, M. Portolés, J. Nin, J. Mangues, Experimental Characterization of VoIP Traffic over IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs , Chapter in 'VoIP Technologies' edited by: S. Kashihara , In-Tech. 2011. ISBN: 978-953-307-549-5.

P. Dini, e. alii, End-to-end Quality of Service Support , chapter 5 within Space/Terrestrial Mobile Networks: Internet Access and QoS Support” book edited by John Wiley & Sons, 2004.

Journals & magazines

S. Rostami, S. Lagen, M. Costa, M. Valkama, P. Dini, Wake-Up Radio based Access in 5G under Delay Constraints: Modeling and Optimization , IEEE Transactions on Communications, Dec 2019.

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D. Temesgene, M. Miozzo, P. Dini, Dynamic Control of Functional Splits for Energy Harvesting Virtual Small Cells: a Distributed Reinforcement Learning Approach , Elsevier Computer Communications, Vol. 148 , pp. 48-61, December 2019.

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H. D. Trinh, E. Zeydan, L. Giupponi, P. Dini, Detecting Mobile Traffic Anomalies Through Physical Control Channel Fingerprinting: A Deep Semi-Supervised Approach , IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp. 152187-152201, , https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8871152.

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M. Miozzo, N. Piovesan, P. Dini, Coordinated Load Control of Renewable Powered Small Base Stations through Layered Learning , IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking ( Early Access ), September 2019.

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N. Piovesan, D.Temesgene, M. Miozzo, P. Dini, Joint Load Control and Energy Sharing for Autonomous Operation of 5G Mobile Networks in Micro-Grids , IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp. 31140 - 31150, March 2019.

N. Piovesan, A. Fernandez Gambin, M. Miozzo, M. Rossi, P. Dini, Energy sustainable paradigms and methods for future mobile networks: A survey , Elsevier Computer Communications, Vol.119, pp. 101-117, April 2018.

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D.Temesgene, J. Núñez, P. Dini, Softwarization and Optimization for Sustainable Future Mobile Networks: A Survey , IEEE Access, Vol. 5, pp. 25421 - 25436, December 2017.

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N. Piovesan, P. Dini, Optimal Direct Load Control of Renewable Powered Small Cells: A Shortest Path Approach , Wiley Internet Technology Letters, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. e7, September 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/itl2.7.

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Journals & magazines

D. Zordan, M. Miozzo, P. Dini, M. Rossi, When Telecommunication Networks Meet Energy Grids: Cellular Networks with Energy Harvesting and Trading Capabilities , IEEE Communication Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 6, pp. 117 - 123, June 2015.

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P. Dini, J. Nin, N. Baldo, An overlay and distributed approach to node mobility in multi-access wireless networks , Springer Wireless Networks, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 1275-1293, August 2014.

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G. Piro, M. Miozzo, G. Forte, N. Baldo, L.A. Grieco, G. Boggia, P. Dini, HetNets Powered by Renewable Energy Sources – Sustainable Next-Generation Cellular Networks , IEEE Internet Computing, February 2013.

P. Dini, M. Portolés, J. Nin, J. Mangues, L. L. Dai, S. Addepalli, A reconfigurable test platform to experiment with wireless heterogeneous networks in a laboratory , in Inderscience International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems (IJCNDS), Special Issue: Recent Advances in Test-bed Driven Networking Research, Vol. 5, No. 1/2, pp. 1-4, June 2010.

P. Dini, F. Delli Priscoli, A Quality of Service Support Module (QASM) for a Wireless Multi-Segment Integrated 3G Network , Springer Wireless Personal Communication, vol. 43, nº4, pg. 1781-1800, december 2007

P. Dini, J. Mangues, M. Cardenete, On the Interworking among Heterogeneous Wireless Networks for Seamless User Mobility , IEEE Buran journal, 2007.

P. Dini, M. Cardenete, J. Mangues, Inter-System Handover Management in the Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) Technology , IEEE Buran journal, 2007.

Int'l conferences

S. Rostami, S. Lagen, M. Costa, P. Dini, M. Valkama, Modeling and Optimizing Wake-up Scheme with Bounded Delay for Machine Type Communications , in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM), 9-13 December 2019, Waikoloa, HI (USA).

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H. D. Trinh, L. Giupponi, P. Dini, Urban Anomaly Detection by Processing Mobile Traffic Traces with LSTM Neural Networks , in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking, 10-13 June 2019, Boston, Massachusetts (USA).

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A. Rago, G. Piro, G. Boggia, H. D. Trinh, P. Dini, Unveiling Radio Resource Utilization Dynamics of Mobile Traffic through Unsupervised Learning , in Proceedings of Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference (TMA), 19-21 June 2019, Paris (France).

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Int'l conferences

N. Piovesan, P. Dini, Unsupervised Learning of Representations from Solar Energy Data , in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 9-12 September 2018, Bologna (Italy).

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H. D. Trinh, L. Giupponi, P. Dini, Mobile Traffic Prediction from Raw Data Using LSTM Networks , in Proceedings of IEEE 29th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communication (PIMRC 2018), 13-15 September 2018, Bologna (Italy).

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D.Temesgene, N. Piovesan, M. Miozzo, P. Dini, Optimal Placement of Baseband Functions for Energy Harvesting Virtual Small Cells , in Proceedings of IEEE 88th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2018-Fall, 27-30 August 2018, Chicago (USA).

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M. Miozzo, P. Dini, Layered Learning Radio Resource Management for Energy Harvesting Small Base Stations , in Proceedings of IEEE 87th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2018-Spring, 3-6 June 2018, Porto (Portugal).

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D.Temesgene, M. Miozzo, P. Dini, Dynamic Functional Split Selection in Energy Harvesting Virtual Small Cells Using Temporal Difference Learning , in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 9-12 September 2018, Bologna, (Italy).

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N. Piovesan, M. Miozzo, P. Dini, Optimal Direct Load Control of Renewable Powered Small Cells: Performance Evaluation and Bounds , in Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), April 2018, Barcelona, Spain.

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H. D. Trinh, N.Bui, J. Widmer, L. Giupponi, P. Dini, Analysis and Modeling of Mobile Traffic Using Real Traces , in Proceedings of 28th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC 2017), 8-13 October 2017, Montreal (Canada).

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M. Miozzo, L. Giupponi, M. Rossi, P. Dini, Switch-On/Off Policies for Energy Harvesting Small Cells through Distributed Q-Learning , in Proceedings of 2nd IEEE WCNC workshop on Green and Sustainable 5G Wireless Networks (GRASNET 2), 19-22 March 2017, San Francisco, CA (USA).

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J. Baranda, M. Miozzo, P. Dini, J. Núñez, J. Mangues, Backhaul Routing and Base Station Sleep Mode Engagement in Energy Harvesting Cellular Networks , in Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWIM 2016), 13-17 November 2016, Malta.

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A. Dudnikova, P. Dini, L. Giupponi, D. Panno, Fuzzy Multiple Criteria Switch Off Method for Dense Heterogeneous Networks , in Proceedings of the 20th IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD 2015), 7-9 September 2015, Guildford (UK).

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Int'l conferences

A. Dudnikova, P. Dini, L. Giupponi, D. Panno, Multi?Criteria Decision for Small Cell Switch Off in Ultra?Dense LTE Network , in Proceedings of International Conference on Telecommunications (ConTel 2015), 13-15 July 2015, Graz (Austria).

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M. Miozzo, L. Giupponi, M. Rossi, P. Dini, Smart Energy Management in Mobile Networks Powered with Renewable Energies , in Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics (ECM3), 7-9 July 2015, Scotland (UK).

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M. Miozzo, L. Giupponi, M. Rossi, P. Dini, Distributed Q-Learning for Energy Harvesting Heterogeneous Networks , in Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC2015), 8-12 June 2015, London (UK).

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P. Dini, M. Miozzo, N. Baldo, Sustainable Energy in ICT Industry: Supplying Mobile Networks with RES , in Proceedings of International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics (ECM2), 19-21 August 2014, Scotland (UK).

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M. Miozzo, D. Zordan, P. Dini, M. Rossi, SolarStat: Modeling Photovoltaic Sources through Stochastic Markov Processes , IEEE Energy Conference (ENERGYCON), May 13-16, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2014., May 2014, technical report available in arxiv.

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N. Baldo, R. Martínez, P. Dini, R. Vilalta, M. Miozzo, R. Casellas, R. Muñoz, A Testbed for Fixed Mobile Convergence Experimentation: ADRENALINE-LENA Integration , in Proc. of European Wireless 2014, Barcelona, Spain, 14-16 May, 2014, May 2014.

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P. Dini, M. Miozzo, N.Bui, N. Baldo, A Model to Analyze the Energy Savings of Base Station Sleep Mode in LTE HetNets , in Proceedings of IEEE GreenCom 2013, 20-23 August 2013, Beijing (China).

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P. Dini, J. Nin, N. Baldo, S. Addeppalli, Inter-Packet Encoding to Minimize Data Block Transfer Delay in Multipath Communications , in proceedings of Wireless Communication and Networking Conferences (IEEE WCNC 2013), Shanghai, China, 7-10 April 2013.

B. Bojovic, N. Baldo, P. Dini, A Cognitive Scheme for Radio Admission Control in LTE systems , in Proceedings of 3rd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing (CIP), 28-30 May 2012, Parador de Baiona (Spain)

B. Bojovic, N. Baldo, P. Dini, A Neural Network Based Cognitive Engine for IEEE 802.11 WLAN Access Point Selection , in Proceedings of IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC 2012), 14-17 January 2012, Las Vegas, Nevada (US).

Int'l conferences

B. Bojovic, N. Baldo, J. Nin, P. Dini, A Supervised Learning Approach to Cognitive Access Point Selection , in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2011), 5-9 December 2011, Houston, Texas (US).

N. Baldo, P. Dini, J. Mangues, M. Miozzo, J. Núñez, Small cells, wireless backhaul and renewable energy: a solution for disaster aftermath communications , in Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Cognitive Radio and Advanced Spectrum Management (COGART 2011) - Cognitive and Self-Organizing Networks for Disasters Aftermath Assistance, 26-29 October 2011, Barcelona (Spain).

N. Baldo, P. Dini, J. Nin, User-driven Call Admission Control for VoIP over WLAN with a Neural Network Based Cognitive Engine , in Proceedings of 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing (CIP 2010), 14-16 June 2010, Elba Island, Tuscany (Italy).

P. Dini, J. Nin, J. Mangues, L. Dai, S. Addepalli, Interworking Scheme Using Optimized SIP Mobility for MultiHomed Mobile Nodes in Wireless Heterogeneous Networks , in Proceedings of IEEE 71st Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2010-Spring 16–19 May 2010, Taipei, Taiwan

P. Dini, N. Baldo, J. Nin, J. Mangues, S. Addepalli, L. Dai, Distributed Call Admission Control for VoIP over 802.11 WLANs based on Channel Load Estimation , in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC-2010), 23-27 May 2010, Cape Town (South Africa).

N. Baldo, M. Requena, J. Núñez, M. Portolés, J. Nin, P. Dini, J. Mangues, Validation of the IEEE 802.11 MAC Model in the ns3 Simulator using the EXTREME Testbed , in Proceedings of the 3rd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools), 15-19 March 2010, Torremolinos, Malaga (Spain).

P. Dini, M. Portolés, J. Mangues, L. Dai, S. Addepalli, A Real-Time Cellular System Architecture to Experiment with UMTS/HSDPA in a laboratory , in Proceedings of 5th International Conference on testbed and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities (Tridentcom 2009), 6-8 April 2009, Washington D.C. (USA).

P. Dini, M. Portolés, O. Font-Bach, M. Requena, J. Mangues, A Reconfigurable Framework for Experimental Analysis of Single and Multi Hop WLANs , in Proceedings of 3rd IEEE Workshop on advanced EXPerimental activities ON WIRELESS networks & systems (EXPONWIRELESS 2008), 23 June 2008 California (USA).

P. Dini, O. Font-Bach, J. Mangues, Experimental Analysis of VoIP Call Quality Support in IEEE 802.11 DCF , in Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2008), 23-25 July 2008, Graz (Austria).

P. Dini, R. Cusani, Analysis of Radio Resource Management Strategies to Guarantee Quality of Service for CDMA Systems , in Proc. of conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems (IPMU), Paris (France). July 2-7, 2006.

Int'l conferences

P. Dini, R.Cusani, Analysis of Radio Resource Management Strategies to Guarantee QoS for CDMA Systems , Proc. IPMU 2006, Paris, France, July 2006.

F. Delli Priscoli, P. Dini, E. Guainella, V. Suraci, An Architecture for End-to-End QoS Provisioning in Next GenerationNetworks: the IMAGES Project , Proc. IST Mobile & Wireless Summit 2006, Mykonos, Greece, June 2006.

P. Dini, R.Cusani, A Fuzzy Logic Approach to Solve Call Admission Control Issues in CDMA Systems , Proc. Eusflat 2005, Barcelona, Spain, September 2005 (Invited Paper).

P. Dini, F. M. Signoretti, R. Cusani, Resource Allocation Policies for QoS Provision over a CDMA Satellite Return Link in the Airborne Communication System , Proc. IEEE IWSC&IWSSC 2005, Siena, Italy, September 2005.

P. Dini, F. M. Signoretti, R. Cusani, Connection Admission Control Issues for a CDMA Return Link in the Aeronautical Broadband Communication System , Proc. IEEE PIMRC 2005, Berlin, Germany, September 2005.

P. Dini, R. Cusani, End to End Quality of Service Management for Multimedia Service Provision in the Aeronautical Broadband Communication System , Proc. IST Mobile & Wireless Summit 2005, Dresden, Germany, June 2005.

P. Dini, P. Falconio, Design and Performance Evaluation of Packet Scheduler Algorithms for Video Traffic in the High Speed Downlink Packet Access , Proc. IEEE PIMRC 2004, Barcelona, Spain, September 2004.

P. Dini, M. Bertolami, A Dynamic Resource Management Strategy for Multimedia Service Provision in the UMTS Radio Access , Proc. WPMC 2004, Abano Terme, Italy, September 2004.

P. Dini, M. Massaroni, Admission Control Policies for WCDMA Satellite Return Link in an Avionic Environment , Proc. ESA EMPS&ASMS Conference 2004, Noordwijk, Netherlands, September 2004.

P. Dini, S. Guglielmucci, A Call Admission Control for WCDMA Systems based on Fuzzy Logic , Proc. IEEE International Communication Conference (ICC) 2004, Paris, France, June 2004.

Int'l conferences

P. Dini, G. Ciferri, An Access Protocol for Multimedia Services Provision in an Avionic Environment , Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2004, Milan, Italy, May 2004.

P. Dini, R. Minni, A Joint Call Admission Control /Scheduling Policy for Multimedia Services in UTRA FDD , Proc. European Wireless (EW) 2004, Barcelona, Spain, February 2004

P. Dini, R. Cusani, F. Delli Priscoli, A Packet Handling Scheme for QoS Support in an Integrated Satellite/Terrestrial System , Proc. IWDC 2002, Capri (Italy), September 2002.

P. Dini, S. Russo, B. Alessandrini, Performance analysis and Evaluation of Call Admission Control Strategies over a UMTS Traffic Emulator for an Urban Environment , Proc. SoftCom2003, Split, Venice, Ancona, Dubrovnik, September 2003.

P. Dini, D. Pompili, Fair per-flow Multi-Step Scheduler in a New Internet DiffServ Node Architecture , Proc. SoftCom2003, Split, Venice, Ancona, Dubrovnik, September 2003.

P. Conforto, C. Tocci, N. Blefari Melazzi, M. Femminella, P. Dini, R. De Finis, QoS-Aware Mobility Management: solutions and performance evaluation , Proc. IST Mobile & Wireless Summit 2002, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2002.

Submitted & Public Patents

J. Nin, P. Dini, C. Antón-Haro, J. Mangues, FEMTO-TOLL. A femtocell-based toll collection system , International Application Nº: PCT/EP2011/063595.

Huawei_ML_SON - Efficient Machine Learning for RAN

5G-REFINE - Resource EfFIcient 5G NEtworks

TEC2017-88373-R

SCAVENGE - Sustainable CellulAr networks harVEstiNG ambient Energy

H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015

5GNORM - 5G Network Orchestration and Management

TEC2014-60491-R

Flex5Gware - Efficient Hardware/Software and Platforms for 5G Network Elements and Devices

H2020-ICT-2014-2 / ICT-14-2014-671563

5G-CROSSHAUL - The 5G Integrated fronthaul/backhaul

H2020-671598

SANSA - Shared Access Terrestrial-Satellite Backhaul Network enabled by Smart Antennas

Grant number 645047

D4DSE - Data for Development Challenge 2014 Senegal – Energy Objective

SYMBIOSIS - System-level studY for coping with MoBIle data grOwth in evolved cellular networkS and future Internet environmentS

IPANEMA - Improving user exPerienced quAlity usiNg multiple wirEless interfaces siMultaneously And network coding

BeFEMTO - Broadband Evolved FEMTO Networks

ICT-FP7-248523

2009 SGR 940 - Wireless communications networks and access technologies

DESSERT - Distributed interface selection for seamless terminal mobility across wireless heterogeneous networks

ARTICO - Architecture enabling the autonomous opeRation of complex, heTerogeneous and dynamIC wireless netwOrks

Project contract/code: TEC2008-06826/TEC

TMA - Traffic Monitoring and Analysis

Project Contract/Code: Cost Action IC073

EXTREME Testbed ® - System level testbed featuring IP mobility

FREEDOM - Access and IP technologies for mobility

COMBO - COnvergence of fixed and Mobile BrOadband access/aggregation networks

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SIUSAS - Sistema Inalámbrico Ubicuo de Servicios de Acceso y Sensorización