Contact Information
Phone number: +39 080 5963911
Email: alfredo.grieco@poliba.it
Teaching
Signal Theory
Fundamentals of Telecommunications
Internet of Things
Research Topics
Alfredo Grieco
Full Professor
Polytechnic University of Bari
L. Alfredo Grieco received the Dr. Eng. degree (with honors) in electronic engineering from “Politecnico di Bari,” Bari, Italy, in Oct. 1999 and the Ph.D. degree in information engineering from “Università di Lecce,” Lecce, Italy, on December 2003. From Jan. 2005 to Oct. 2014, he held an Assistant Prof. position at the “DEI – Politecnico di Bari”. From March to June 2009, he has been a Visiting Researcher with INRIA (Sophia Antipolis, France), working on the topic of Internet measurements. From Oct. to Nov. 2013, he has been a Visiting Researcher with LAAS-CNRS (Toulouse, France) working on Information Centric Networking design of M2M systems. From Nov. 2014 to Dec. 2018, he has been an Associate Professor in Telecommunications at Politecnico di Bari (DEI). Since Dec. 2018, he is a Full Professor in Telecommunications at Politecnico di Bari (DEI). He authored more than 150 scientific papers published in venues of great renown that gained more than 6000 citations. His current research interests include: Internet of Things, Information Centric Networking, and Nano-communications. He is the Founder Editor in Chief of the Internet Technology Letters Journal (Wiley) and serves as EiC of the Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (Wiley) and as associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (for which he has been awarded as top associate editor in 2012 and 2017). He has been constantly involved as Technical Program Committee member of many prestigious conferences. Within the Internet Engineering Task Force (Internet Research Task Force), he is contributing (as author of RFC 7554) new standard protocols for industrial IoT applications (new standard architectures for tomorrow ICN-IoT systems). Starting from 2016 he is a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE VTS.
Research Topics
Publications
2021
Francesco Vista, Vittoria Musa, Giuseppe Piro, Luigi Alfredo Grieco, Gennaro Boggia
Network Intelligence with Quantum Computing in 6G and B6G: Design Principles and Future Directions Proceedings Article
In: 2021 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), Madrid, Spain, 2021.
BibTeX | Links:
@inproceedings{VistaGLOBECOM2021,
title = {Network Intelligence with Quantum Computing in 6G and B6G: Design Principles and Future Directions},
author = {Francesco Vista and Vittoria Musa and Giuseppe Piro and Luigi Alfredo Grieco and Gennaro Boggia},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2021/VistaGLOBECOM2021.pdf},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-12-01},
booktitle = {2021 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps)},
address = {Madrid, Spain},
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Francesco Vista, Giovanni Iacovelli, Luigi Alfredo Grieco
Quantum Scheduling Optimization for UAV-Enabled IoT Networks Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the ACM CoNEXT Student Workshop, CoNEXT'21 Student Workshop, Munich, Germany, 2021.
BibTeX | Links:
@inproceedings{VistaCONEXT2021,
title = {Quantum Scheduling Optimization for UAV-Enabled IoT Networks},
author = {Francesco Vista and Giovanni Iacovelli and Luigi Alfredo Grieco},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2021/VistaCONEXT2021.pdf},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-12-01},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM CoNEXT Student Workshop, CoNEXT'21 Student Workshop},
address = {Munich, Germany},
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Giovanni Grieco, Giovanni Iacovelli, Pietro Boccadoro, Luigi Alfredo Grieco
On the Design of the Drone Control Layer Proceedings Article
In: European Wireless 2021 (EW 2021), Verona, Italy, 2021.
@inproceedings{Grie2111:Drone,
title = {On the Design of the Drone Control Layer},
author = {Giovanni Grieco and Giovanni Iacovelli and Pietro Boccadoro and Luigi Alfredo Grieco},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2021/On_the_Design_of_a_Control_Layer_for_the_Internet_of_Drones.pdf},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-11-01},
booktitle = {European Wireless 2021 (EW 2021)},
address = {Verona, Italy},
abstract = {The Internet of Drones (IoD) is a networking architecture born to leverage
the huge potential of Internet-connected drones. A key challenge for the
IoD is represented by the technological fragmentation of its components. To
this end, a middleware solution, namely Drone Control Layer (DCL), is
proposed hereby, which enables complex mission design when heterogeneous
swarms are considered. The DCL is made of four interfaces which abstract
underlying drivers and hardware, provide a set of common primitives to
applications, enable communications between drones, and other logical
entities. To illustrate its applicability, relevant scenarios of interest
are analyzed in details.},
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the huge potential of Internet-connected drones. A key challenge for the
IoD is represented by the technological fragmentation of its components. To
this end, a middleware solution, namely Drone Control Layer (DCL), is
proposed hereby, which enables complex mission design when heterogeneous
swarms are considered. The DCL is made of four interfaces which abstract
underlying drivers and hardware, provide a set of common primitives to
applications, enable communications between drones, and other logical
entities. To illustrate its applicability, relevant scenarios of interest
are analyzed in details.
Giovanni Iacovelli, Pietro Boccadoro, Luigi Alfredo Grieco
An Optimization Approach to Energy-Efficient UAV Communications in Cellular Networks Proceedings Article
In: European Wireless 2021 (EW 2021), Verona, Italy, 2021.
@inproceedings{Iaco2111a:Optimization,
title = {An Optimization Approach to Energy-Efficient UAV Communications in
Cellular Networks},
author = {Giovanni Iacovelli and Pietro Boccadoro and Luigi Alfredo Grieco},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-11-01},
booktitle = {European Wireless 2021 (EW 2021)},
address = {Verona, Italy},
abstract = {In the Internet of Drones (IoD) architecture, both drone-to-drone and
drone-to-ground communications may take place, depending on the application
scenario. In this context, 5G can play a key role given its native support
to high speed and low latency communications. However, in real scenarios,
several constraints arise related to energy, kinematics, and connectivity.
In this work, a relevant use case is considered, involving an Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that surveys specific areas to acquire high-resolution
video signals. Before the mission ends, it delivers gathered data to a
ground control infrastructure, through Base Stations (BSs) deployed in the
region. The model envisions mission accomplishment and communication
reliability in terms of Out-of-Service (OoS) probabilities. All of the
above leads to a Mixed-Integer Non-Linear Fractional Programming (MINLFP)
problem, which is hard to solve. The solution presented in this work is
based on a novel optimization framework that designs an energy-efficient
mission plan. The goal is achieved through Block Coordinate Descendent
(BCD) and Successive Convex Approximation (SCA) techniques, combined with
Dinkelbach's Algorithm. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of
the proposal in terms of energy efficiency and data rate.},
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drone-to-ground communications may take place, depending on the application
scenario. In this context, 5G can play a key role given its native support
to high speed and low latency communications. However, in real scenarios,
several constraints arise related to energy, kinematics, and connectivity.
In this work, a relevant use case is considered, involving an Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that surveys specific areas to acquire high-resolution
video signals. Before the mission ends, it delivers gathered data to a
ground control infrastructure, through Base Stations (BSs) deployed in the
region. The model envisions mission accomplishment and communication
reliability in terms of Out-of-Service (OoS) probabilities. All of the
above leads to a Mixed-Integer Non-Linear Fractional Programming (MINLFP)
problem, which is hard to solve. The solution presented in this work is
based on a novel optimization framework that designs an energy-efficient
mission plan. The goal is achieved through Block Coordinate Descendent
(BCD) and Successive Convex Approximation (SCA) techniques, combined with
Dinkelbach's Algorithm. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of
the proposal in terms of energy efficiency and data rate.
Giovanni Iacovelli, Pietro Boccadoro, Luigi Alfredo Grieco
On Optimizing Drones' Communications under Different Radio Coverage Conditions Proceedings Article
In: 2021 29th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), Bari, Italy, 2021.
@inproceedings{Iaco2111b:Optimizing,
title = {On Optimizing Drones' Communications under Different Radio Coverage Conditions},
author = {Giovanni Iacovelli and Pietro Boccadoro and Luigi Alfredo Grieco},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2021/On_Optimizing_Drones__Communications_Under_Different_Radio_Coverage_Conditions.pdf},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-06-01},
booktitle = {2021 29th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED)},
address = {Bari, Italy},
abstract = {The Internet of Drones (IoD) architecture is quickly
gaining momentum thanks to its inherent ability to
capitalize the pros of both Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
and networking technologies. This work discusses a scenario
involving a drone carrying out a surveying mission along a
predefined path. With the aim of maximizing the gathered
and transmitted high resolution video signals, a
comparative study is proposed, encompassing two different
radio coverage conditions. The resulting optimization
problems are solved with different techniques: one of them
is solved in closed-form expression, while the other one is
approached using Linear Programming (LP). Simulation
results are also presented to demonstrate the effectiveness
of the proposed solutions.},
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gaining momentum thanks to its inherent ability to
capitalize the pros of both Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
and networking technologies. This work discusses a scenario
involving a drone carrying out a surveying mission along a
predefined path. With the aim of maximizing the gathered
and transmitted high resolution video signals, a
comparative study is proposed, encompassing two different
radio coverage conditions. The resulting optimization
problems are solved with different techniques: one of them
is solved in closed-form expression, while the other one is
approached using Linear Programming (LP). Simulation
results are also presented to demonstrate the effectiveness
of the proposed solutions.
Changqiao Xu, Jiuren Qin, Ping Zhang, Kai Gao, Luigi Alfredo Grieco
Reinforcement Learning-based Mobile AR/VR Multipath Transmission with Streaming Power Spectrum Density Analysis Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, no. 01, pp. 1-1, 2021, ISSN: 1558-0660.
BibTeX | Links:
@article{Xu:2021,
title = {Reinforcement Learning-based Mobile AR/VR Multipath Transmission with Streaming Power Spectrum Density Analysis},
author = {Changqiao Xu and Jiuren Qin and Ping Zhang and Kai Gao and Luigi Alfredo Grieco},
doi = {10.1109/TMC.2021.3082912},
issn = {1558-0660},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-05-01},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing},
number = {01},
pages = {1-1},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
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Paolo Benedetti, Giuseppe Piro, Luigi Alfredo Grieco
POSTER: Analysis of the Energy Saving in Emerging Information-Centric Metropolitan Area Networks Proceedings Article
In: proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN), IEEE 2021.
BibTeX | Links:
@inproceedings{benedetti2021analysis,
title = {POSTER: Analysis of the Energy Saving in Emerging Information-Centric Metropolitan Area Networks},
author = {Paolo Benedetti and Giuseppe Piro and Luigi Alfredo Grieco},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2021/benedetti2021analysis.pdf},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
booktitle = {proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN)},
organization = {IEEE},
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Giovanni Iacovelli, Luigi Alfredo Grieco
Drone Swarm as Mobile Relaying System: A Hybrid Optimization Approach Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, pp. 1-1, 2021.
BibTeX | Links:
@article{9547781,
title = {Drone Swarm as Mobile Relaying System: A Hybrid Optimization Approach},
author = {Giovanni Iacovelli and Luigi Alfredo Grieco},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2021/Drone_Swarm_as_Mobile_Relaying_System_A_Hybrid_Optimization_Approach.pdf},
doi = {10.1109/TVT.2021.3114677},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology},
pages = {1-1},
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Giovanni Iacovelli, Angelo Coluccia, Luigi Alfredo Grieco
Channel Gain Lower Bound for IRS-assisted UAV-aided Communications Journal Article
In: IEEE Communication Letters, 2021.
BibTeX | Links:
@article{IacovelliCOMMLET2021,
title = {Channel Gain Lower Bound for IRS-assisted UAV-aided Communications},
author = {Giovanni Iacovelli and Angelo Coluccia and Luigi Alfredo Grieco},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2021/FINAL_Channel_Gain_Lower_Bound_for_IRS_assisted_UAV_aided_Communications.pdf},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
journal = {IEEE Communication Letters},
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Xingyan Chen, Changqiao Xu, Mu Wang, Zhonghui Wu, Lujie Zhong, Luigi Alfredo Grieco
Augmented Queue-based Transmission and Transcoding Optimization for Livecast Services Based on Cloud-Edge-Crowd Integration Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2021.
BibTeX | Links:
@article{Chen2020,
title = {Augmented Queue-based Transmission and Transcoding Optimization for Livecast Services Based on Cloud-Edge-Crowd Integration},
author = {Xingyan Chen and Changqiao Xu and Mu Wang and Zhonghui Wu and Lujie Zhong and Luigi Alfredo Grieco},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2021/GriecoIEEETCSVT2021.pdf},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology},
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Vittoria Musa, Giuseppe Piro, Luigi Alfredo Grieco, Gennaro Boggia
A Feedback Control Strategy for Energy-Harvesting in Diffusion-Based Molecular Communication Systems Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 831-844, 2021, (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2020.3038796).
BibTeX | Links:
@article{MusaIEEETCOM2020,
title = {A Feedback Control Strategy for Energy-Harvesting in Diffusion-Based Molecular Communication Systems},
author = {Vittoria Musa and Giuseppe Piro and Luigi Alfredo Grieco and Gennaro Boggia},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2020/MusaIEEETCOM2020.pdf},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Communications},
volume = {69},
number = {2},
pages = {831-844},
note = {doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TCOMM.2020.3038796},
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Paolo Benedetti, Giuseppe Piro, Luigi Alfredo Grieco
A Softwarized and MEC-Enabled Protocol Architecture Supporting Consumer Mobility in Information-Centric Networks Journal Article
In: Computer Networks, vol. 188, 2021, (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2021.107867).
BibTeX | Links:
@article{benedetti2021softwarized,
title = {A Softwarized and MEC-Enabled Protocol Architecture Supporting Consumer Mobility in Information-Centric Networks},
author = {Paolo Benedetti and Giuseppe Piro and Luigi Alfredo Grieco},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2021/benedetti2021softwarized.pdf},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
journal = {Computer Networks},
volume = {188},
publisher = {Elsevier},
note = {doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2021.107867},
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Awais Aziz Shah, Giuseppe Piro, Luigi Alfredo Grieco, Gennaro Boggia
A Quantitative Cross-Comparison of Container Networking Technologies for Virtualized Service Infrastructures in Local Computing Environments Journal Article
In: Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Wiley, vol. 32, no. 4, 2021, (doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ett.4234).
BibTeX | Links:
@article{ShahETT2021,
title = {A Quantitative Cross-Comparison of Container Networking Technologies for Virtualized Service Infrastructures in Local Computing Environments},
author = {Awais Aziz Shah and Giuseppe Piro and Luigi Alfredo Grieco and Gennaro Boggia},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2021/ShahETT2021.pdf},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
journal = {Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Wiley},
volume = {32},
number = {4},
note = {doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ett.4234},
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Pietro Boccadoro, Domenico Striccoli, Luigi Alfredo Grieco
An Extensive Survey on the Internet of Drones Journal Article
In: Ad Hoc Networks, 2021.
BibTeX | Links:
@article{,
title = {An Extensive Survey on the Internet of Drones},
author = {Pietro Boccadoro and Domenico Striccoli and Luigi Alfredo Grieco},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2021/Survey_def.pdf},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
journal = {Ad Hoc Networks},
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2020
Pietro Boccadoro, Alessandro Santorsola, Luigi Alfredo Grieco
A Dual-stack Communication System for the Internet of Drones Proceedings Article
In: Proc. of The 19th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (AdHoc-Now 2020), Bari, Italy, 2020.
@inproceedings{BSGADHOCNOW20,
title = {A Dual-stack Communication System for the Internet of Drones},
author = {Pietro Boccadoro and Alessandro Santorsola and Luigi Alfredo Grieco},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-10-01},
booktitle = {Proc. of The 19th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (AdHoc-Now 2020)},
address = {Bari, Italy},
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Vittoria Musa, Giuseppe Piro, Luigi Alfredo Grieco, Gennaro Boggia
Towards Long-Lasting Nanoscale Wireless Communications in the Terahertz Band for Biomedical Applications Proceedings Article
In: Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (AdHoc-Now), Bari, Italy, 2020.
BibTeX | Links:
@inproceedings{MusaADHOCNOW2020,
title = {Towards Long-Lasting Nanoscale Wireless Communications in the Terahertz Band for Biomedical Applications},
author = {Vittoria Musa and Giuseppe Piro and Luigi Alfredo Grieco and Gennaro Boggia},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2020/MusaADHOCNOW2020.pdf},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-10-01},
booktitle = {Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (AdHoc-Now)},
address = {Bari, Italy},
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Antonio Petrosino, Giancarlo Sciddurlo, Giovanni Grieco, Awais Aziz Shah, Giuseppe Piro, Luigi Alfredo Grieco, Gennaro Boggia
Dynamic Management of Forwarding Rules in a T-SDN Architecture with Energy and Bandwidth Constraints Proceedings Article
In: Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (AdHoc-Now), 2020.
BibTeX | Links:
@inproceedings{PetrosinoADHOC-NOW2020,
title = {Dynamic Management of Forwarding Rules in a T-SDN Architecture with Energy and Bandwidth Constraints},
author = {Antonio Petrosino and Giancarlo Sciddurlo and Giovanni Grieco and Awais Aziz Shah and Giuseppe Piro and Luigi Alfredo Grieco and Gennaro Boggia},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2020/PetrosinoADHOC-NOW2020.pdf},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-10-01},
booktitle = {Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (AdHoc-Now)},
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Giovanni Iacovelli, Pietro Boccadoro, Luigi Alfredo Grieco
An Iterative Stochastic Approach to Constrained Drones' Communications Proceedings Article
In: Proc. of IEEE/ACM 24th International Symposium onDistributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT) (DS-RT'20), Prague, Czech Republic, 2020.
BibTeX | Links:
@inproceedings{IBGDSRT20,
title = {An Iterative Stochastic Approach to Constrained Drones' Communications},
author = {Giovanni Iacovelli and Pietro Boccadoro and Luigi Alfredo Grieco},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2020/ISAAC__DSRT.pdf},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-09-01},
booktitle = {Proc. of IEEE/ACM 24th International Symposium onDistributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT) (DS-RT'20)},
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Awais Aziz Shah, Giuseppe Piro, Luigi Alfredo Grieco, Gennaro Boggia
A Review of Forwarding Strategies in Transport Software-Defined Networks Proceedings Article
In: Proc. of IEEE Workshop on SDN-NFV Challenges and Solutions, in conjunction with ICTON 2020, 2020.
BibTeX | Links:
@inproceedings{ShahICTON2020,
title = {A Review of Forwarding Strategies in Transport Software-Defined Networks},
author = {Awais Aziz Shah and Giuseppe Piro and Luigi Alfredo Grieco and Gennaro Boggia},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2020/ShahICTON2020.pdf},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-07-01},
booktitle = {Proc. of IEEE Workshop on SDN-NFV Challenges and Solutions, in conjunction with ICTON 2020},
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Paolo Benedetti, Giuseppe Piro, Luigi Alfredo Grieco
An Energy Efficient and Software-Defined Information-Centric Networking Approach to Consumer Mobility Proceedings Article
In: Proc. of IEEE Workshop on SDN-NFV Challenges and Solutions, in conjunction with ICTON 2020, 2020.
BibTeX | Links:
@inproceedings{BenedettiICTON2020,
title = {An Energy Efficient and Software-Defined Information-Centric Networking Approach to Consumer Mobility},
author = {Paolo Benedetti and Giuseppe Piro and Luigi Alfredo Grieco},
url = {https://telematics.poliba.it/wp-content/uploads/publications/2020/BenedettiICTON2020.pdf},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-07-01},
booktitle = {Proc. of IEEE Workshop on SDN-NFV Challenges and Solutions, in conjunction with ICTON 2020},
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