The
Telecommunication
Networks Group
of
Politecnico di Torino
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Outline
• Politecnico di Torino
• TNG people
• TNG research topics, tools and labs
• TNG research contracts and international
collaborations
• TNG editorial activities
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Politecnico di Torino
TURIN
The Holy
Shroud
The Egyptian Museum
Architecture and Engineering school
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Staff+admin: 2,000
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Students: 26,000
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Courses: 1,000
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Teaching hours: 70,000 h/year
2006
Winter Olympic
Games
Juventus
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TNG at-a-glance
Telecommunication group staff
• 6 full professors
• 11 associate professors
Politecnico di Torino
Dipartimento di
Elettronica
• 10 assistant professors
Telecommunication
Group
Networks Group
Digital Signal
Processing Group
Optical
Communication Group
Transmission and
Coding Group
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TNG at-a-glance - Faculty
NETWORKS GROUP
Marco Ajmone Marsan - Full Professor
10 faculty members:
Guido Albertengo - Associate Professor
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2 full professors
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4 associate professors
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4 assistant professors
~5 Post-Docs
~25 PhD Students
Andrea Bianco – Full Professor
Claudio Casetti - Assistant Professor
Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini - Associate Professor
Paolo Giaccone – Assistant Professor
Emilio Leonardi - Associate Professor
Marco Mellia – Assistant Professor
Michela Meo - Associate Professor
Maurizio Munafò – Assistant Professor
Fabio Neri - Full Professor
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Research topics - I
• P2P Networks
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Characterization of P2P traffic
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Study of the impact of overlay topology in P2P
streaming systems
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Analysis of scheduling algorithms for P2P
streaming systems
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Design of P2P-TV applications
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Research topics - II
• Switching architectures
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Input-queuing architectures
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Throughput and delay analysis of scheduling and
matching algorithms
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QoS support
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Multicast scheduling
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PC-based (software) routers
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Storage virtualization for disaster recovery
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Energy efficiency in switching architectures
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Networks on chip
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Research topics - III
• Wireless networks
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Ad-hoc and sensor networks
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Wireless LANs (802.11a/b/g/e)
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Vehicular and mobile ad-hoc networks
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Energy efficiency, QoS provisioning and cooperation
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Delay Tolerant Networks
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Cognitive radio networks
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Optimization and performance analysis (modelling,
simulation, experimental testbeds)
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Research topics - IV
• Optical networks
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Optical switching architectures
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Passive Optical Networks (PONs)
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WDM metro networks
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MAC protocols
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Wavelength-routed networks:
• Logical topology design
• Routing and wavelength assignment
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Research topics - V
• IP Traffic measurement
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Traffic characterization
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Traffic classification
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Traffic anomaly detection
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Passive measurement tools and techniques
• Internet service characterization
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CDN system analysis
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Cloud based service monitoring
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Research topics - VI
• IP networks
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Energy Efficient Networks
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Voice and Video over IP
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Routing algorithms
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Congestion management
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New, improved versions of the TCP protocol
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TCP models
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Research tools
• Stochastic modeling
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Queuing systems
Markovian models
Generalized stochastic Petri nets
Lyapunov theory
Fluid models
Game theory
• Simulation
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Internally developed tools
Add-on modules for standard simulators (ns2, Omnet++)
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Research tools
• Advanced optimization techniques
Tabu search
 Simulated annealing
 Genetic algorithms
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• Measurement Tools
IP and TCP oriented tools
 Tstat: traffic traces analysis tool (detailed
TCP and UDP analysis)
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Laboratories
• INLAB (Integrated Networks LABoratory),
jointly with CSP
• LAQ (High-Quality Laboratories) sponsored by
Politecnico di Torino:
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LIPAR (Laboratory on Internet: Network Protocols
and Architectures)
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PhotonLab, jointly with other groups working on
optical technologies
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Main research contracts
Industry
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Research Agencies
• EU:
• FP7: TREND (NoE), ECONET (IP),
Alcatel-Lucent
Stamina (FET), NAPA-WINE
Alenia
(STREP), FEDERICA (I3), BONE
British Telecom
(NoE), NEWCOM++ (NoE), EURONF (NoE), STRONGEST (IP)
Cisco
• FP6: e-Photon/One (NoE), EUROCSP
NGI (NoE), NEWCOM (NoE), NOBEL
Fastweb
(IP)
IBM Labs Zurich
• MIUR (the Italian Ministry for
University and Scientific Research)
NEC Europe
Narus Inc - Boeing • Regional (Piedmont) Research
Funding
Telecom Italia
• CNR (the Italian National Research
Topix
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Council)
Vodafone-Omnitel
• ASI (the Italian Space Agency)
Current international collaborations
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CISCO, USA (Dr. Flavio Bononi)
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Columbia University, New York, NY (Prof. Luca Carloni)
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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai, India (Prof. D.
Manjunath)
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Institut Eurécom, France (Prof. Fethi Filali)
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Narus, USA (Dr. Antonio Nucci)
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MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston (Prof. Eytan
Modiano)
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Purdue University (Prof. Sanjay Rao)
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Rice University, Houston, TX (Prof. Ed Knightly)
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University of California San Diego, USA (Prof. Ramesh Rao)
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University of California Davis, USA (Prof. Biswanath Mukherjee)
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Past international collaborations
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Alcatel, France (Francesco Masetti now at Alcatel China)
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Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Prof. Martin Reisslein)
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Carnegie Mellon University (Prof. Hui Zhang)
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Centre de Recherche sur les Transports of Montreal, Canada (Prof. Gabriel Crainic)
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Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (Prof. Jean-Yves Le Boudec)
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Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Prof. Edmundo de Souza e Silva)
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France Telecom, Paris, France (Prof. Jim Roberts)
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IBM Zurich, Switzerland (Dr. Ronald Luijten, Dr. Cyriel Minkenberg)
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Intel Labs, Cambridge, UK (Dr. Christophe Diot, now at Thompson)
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Lucent Bell Labs (Dr. Andrea Francini)
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SprintLabs, Burlingame, CA (Christophe Diot now at Thompson, Dr. Antonio Nucci now at
Narus)
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Stanford University, USA (Prof. Nick Mc Keown, Prof. Balaji Prabhakar)
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Technical University of Budapest, Hungary (Prof. Laszlo Jereb, now at Sopron University,
Hungary)
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University of California Berkeley, USA (Prof. Ion Stoica)
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University of California Los Angeles, USA (Prof. Mario Gerla)
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University of Massachusetts (UMass) (Prof. Jim Kurose, Prof. Don Towsley)
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Editorial activities
• Editorial boards
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ACM/IEEE Transactions on Networking, Elsevier Computer Networks,
Elsevier Optical Switching and Networking. IEEE Communications
Letters, Elsevier AdHoc Networks Journal, , IEEE Transactions on
Wireless Communications, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine,
Elsevier Computer Communications, …
• TPC participation
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IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE ICC, ACM Sigcomm, ACM
CoNext, ACM MOBICOM, ACM MOBIHOC, IEEE VTC, ECOC, …
• Conference organization
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WONS 2012, WONS 2010, MobiHoc 2009, IT-NEWS (QoS-IP) 2008,
MSWiM 2006, WONS 2006, QoS-IP 2005, HPSR 2003, ONDM 2002,
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ECOC 2010 (in Turin), INFOCOM 2013 (in Turin)
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Conclusions
Contacts:
• TNG home page
http://www.tlc-networks.polito.it
• TNG email address
lastname@tlc.polito.it
• Publications online
http://www.tlc-networks.polito.it/database/
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