Alessandro Aimi

I'm a research fellow at University of Bologna in Italy, working under Prof. Paolo Bellavista in the Mobile Middleware Research Group of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. I did my PhD at CNAM in Paris, France, where I was advised by Prof. Stefano Secci and worked as research scientist at Orange Labs. Before that, I received both a MSc and BSc in Computer Science and Engineering from Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy.

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Research

I'm interested in low-power IoT networks, network simulation, modeling and optimization, QoS-driven resource allocation, and Cloud infrastructures. I also maintain the lorawan module of the ns-3 network simulator. Some papers are highlighted.

Integrating ns-3, ELoRa and real network servers in a Kubernetes framework to automate reproducible, real-time emulation and testing of large-scale LoRaWAN deployments.

Putting citizen-owned smart LoRa gateways into homes to enable decentralized, community-driven urban sensing with scalable coverage and shared local data services.

ELoRa integrates ns-3 with ChirpStack to emulate realistic LoRaWAN traffic and anomalies at scale, enabling live testing of orchestration and radio resource allocation techniques.

Traffic control and channel assignment policies can be used for service-quality differentiation in dense LoRaWAN deployments, with improvements in packet delivery, device servicing rates, and network operator revenue.

An access-control method to isolate device clusters in LoRaWAN and meet differentiated packet delivery targets with improved fairness, at the cost of reduced network range.

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