Autonomous and Robotic IoT Systems
Distributed swarm management and mobility-aware interoperability for heterogeneous autonomous robots on land, sea and air.
Our research lab investigates the design and development of cutting-edge solutions for the next generation of IoT systems. The latter will be characterized by highly heterogeneous environments, including autonomous robots moving on land, ground, and water, as well as user-owned devices.
Our research is focused on designing distributed management solutions that enable swarm creation and management, leveraging mobility to optimize the system design in real-time. We also specialize in developing interoperability support for seamless data acquisition from heterogeneous robots and integration of mobile and static sensors.
Selected publications
2026journal Distributed split computing using diffusive metrics for UAV swarms
Journal of Systems Architecture
2026journal Say the Mission, Execute the Swarm: Agent-Enhanced LLM Reasoning in the Web-of-Drones
arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.03788
2025journal IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine
2025conference Decentralized and Network-Aware UAV Service Deployment for Dependency-Driven Applications
IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference
2025journal Distributed serverless function scheduling in ad-hoc drone networks
Ad Hoc Networks
2025conference Mobility-Aware Orchestration for UAV-Enabled IoT Networks in Emergency Scenarios
IEEE International Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems
2025journal Network slicing in aerial base station (UAV-BS) towards coexistence of heterogeneous 5G services
Computer Networks
2025journal IEEE Communications Standards Magazine
2024conference (poster) advancing non-terrestrial networks for critical scenarios with the rain4c framework
2024 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT)
2024journal A smart motor rehabilitation system based on the internet of things and humanoid robotics
Applied Sciences
2024conference Integrating ontological modelling, IoT and humanoid robotics for motor rehabilitation systems
CEUR WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS
2024journal Intelligent Computer Networks and Distributed Systems
Ad hoc networks
2024conference Iotinuum: The iot computing continuum
2024 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT)
2024conference Poster: Iot and humanoid robotics for next generation motor rehabilitation systems
2024 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT)
2024conference Trace Analysis of Electric Micromobility and its Application for City Sensing
IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications
2023journal 2nd International Workshop on the Internet of Time-Critical Things (IoTime 2023)
World Forum on Internet of Things
2023journal A ble mesh edge framework for qos-aware iot monitoring systems
World Forum on Internet of Things
2023conference Autonomic faulty node replacement in UAV-assisted wireless sensor networks: a test-bed
Consumer Communications and Networking Conference
2023conference Distributed service discovery over heterogeneous robotic systems-of-systems
2023 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT)
2023journal Optimal reliable design of energy-efficient Wireless Body Area Networks
Internet of Things
2022journal Cooperative Cellular UAV-to-Everything (C-U2X) communication based on 5G sidelink for UAV swarms
Computer Communications
2022conference Uhura: a software framework for swarm management in multi-radio robotic networks
International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems
2021conference Performance analysis of multi-hop communication based on 5G sidelink for cooperative UAV swarms
International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking
2021journal Smart spectrum and radio resource management for future 5G networks
Computer Networks
2020journal A GPS-free flocking model for aerial mesh deployments in disaster-recovery scenarios
IEEE Access
2020conference AirID: Injecting a custom RF fingerprint for enhanced UAV identification using deep learning
Global Communications Conference
2020journal Computer Networks
2020conference Inventory management through mini-drones: Architecture and proof-of-concept implementation
IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks
2020journal IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
2020journal Special Issue on Wired/Wireless Internet Communications conference (IFIP WWIC 2017)
Computer Communications
2020conference The SWAMP Farmer App for IoT-based Smart Water Status Monitoring and Irrigation Control
2020 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor)
2020journal World Forum on Internet of Things
2020conference Toolchain modeling: Comprehensive engineering plans for industry 4.0
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS SOCIETY
2019conference BEE-DRONES: Energy-efficient data collection on wake-up radio-based wireless sensor networks
Conference on Computer Communications Workshops
2019journal FOCUS: Fog computing in UAS software-defined mesh networks
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
2019journal Handbook of Cognitive Radio
2019journal Wired/Wireless Internet Communications
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
2018journal Handbook of Cognitive Radio
2018journal E-Fi: Evasive Wi-Fi measures for surviving LTE within 5 GHz unlicensed band
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
2018journal Intelligent drone swarm for search and rescue operations at sea
arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.05291
2018journal Joint coverage, connectivity, and charging strategies for distributed UAV networks
IEEE Transactions on Robotics
2018conference Locate: A lora-based mobile emergency management system
Global Communications Conference
2018journal Pervasive and Mobile Computing
2018conference Profiling Service Function Chaining Behavior for NFV Orchestration
International Symposium on Computers and Communications
2018journal QoS-based mobility system for autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles wireless networks
Wired/Wireless Internet Communications
2018journal The CUSCUS simulator for distributed networked control systems: Architecture and use-cases
Ad Hoc Networks
2018conference When UAVs ride a bus: Towards energy-efficient city-scale video surveillance
IEEE Conference on Computer Communications
2017journal 2017 Index IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine Vol. 12
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
2017conference Automotive communications in LTE: A simulation-based performance study
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
2017conference CUSCUS: An integrated simulation architecture for distributed networked control systems
Consumer Communications and Networking Conference
2017conference CUSCUS: CommUnicationS-control distributed simulator
Consumer Communications and Networking Conference
2017conference Dynamic segment size selection in HTTP based adaptive video streaming
Conference on Computer Communications Workshops
2017conference Fly and recharge: Achieving persistent coverage using small unmanned aerial vehicles (SUAVs)
2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
2017journal Indoor use of Gray and White Spaces: Another Look at Wireless Indoor Communication
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
2017journal Is WiFi suitable for energy efficient IoT deployments? A performance study
International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry Leveraging a better tomorrow
2017conference Towards fast flow convergence in cognitive radio cellular networks
Global Communications Conference
2016journal A route planner service with recharging reservation: Electric itinerary with a click
IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine
2016journal Enhancing TV white-spaces database with unmanned aerial scanning vehicles (UASVs)
DroNet@MobiSys
2016journal Computer Communications
2015journal An integrated simulation framework to model electric vehicle operations and services
IEEE Transactions on vehicular Technology
2015journal Connectivity recovery in post-disaster scenarios through cognitive radio swarms
Computer Networks
2015conference On 3-dimensional spectrum sharing for TV white and Gray Space networks
IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks
2015journal WhatIF application: Moving electrically without an electric vehicle
Design and Analysis of Intelligent Vehicular Networks and Applications
2014conference A collision-free contention protocol based on pulse/tone signals
2014 Second International Symposium on Computing and Networking
2014journal Accessing spectrum databases using interference alignment in vehicular cognitive radio networks
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
2014journal Cognitive modulation and coding scheme adaptation for 802.11 n and 802.11 af networks
2014journal Pervasive and mobile computing
2014conference Distributed mobile Femto-Databases for cognitive access to TV white spaces
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
2014conference Indoor communication over TV gray spaces based on spectrum measurements
IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference
2014conference Querying spectrum databases and improved sensing for vehicular cognitive radio networks
2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
2014conference Self-organizing aerial mesh networks for emergency communication
IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications
2013journal Cognitive radio vehicular ad hoc networks: design, implementation, and future challenges
Mobile Ad Hoc Networking: Cutting Edge Directions
2013journal Device characterization and cross-layer protocol design for RF energy harvesting sensors
Pervasive and Mobile Computing
2013journal Group communication on highways: An evaluation study of geocast protocols and applications
Ad Hoc Networks
2013journal Ad hoc networks
2013conference Integrating spectrum database and cooperative sensing for cognitive vehicular networks
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
2013conference Machine-to-machine communication over TV white spaces for smart metering applications
International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks
2013conference 2013 12th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (MED-HOC-NET)
2013conference International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking
2013conference STEM-mesh: Self-organizing mobile cognitive radio network for disaster recovery operations
2013 9th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC)
2013journal XCHARM: A routing protocol for multi-channel wireless mesh networks
Computer communications
2012journal Cognitive vehicular networks: Smart radios for smart vehicles
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
2012journal Collaboration and Coordination in Secondary Networks for Opportunistic Spectrum Access
arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.3005
2012conference ACM International Workshop on Mobility Management and Wireless Access
2012conference Enhancing the performance of safety applications in IEEE 802.11 p/WAVE Vehicular Networks
IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks
2012conference Modeling and simulation of WAVE 1609.4-based multi-channel vehicular ad hoc networks
International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques
2012conference International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks
2012journal 2012journal Smart radios for smart vehicles: Cognitive vehicular networks
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
2012journal Special section on wireless network behaviour and design
Computer Communications
2012journal TCP CRAHN: A transport control protocol for cognitive radio ad hoc networks
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
2011conference IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks
2011conference Adaptive sensing scheduling and spectrum selection in cognitive wireless mesh networks
International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks
2011conference Cooperation and communication in cognitive radio networks based on TV spectrum experiments
IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks
2011conference Cooperative spectrum management in cognitive vehicular ad hoc networks
IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference
2011conference Dynamic backbone for fast information delivery invehicular ad hoc networks: an evaluation study
ACM International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks
2011journal End-to-end protocols for cognitive radio ad hoc networks: An evaluation study
Performance Evaluation
2011journal Computer Communications
2011conference Learning with the bandit: A cooperative spectrum selection scheme for cognitive radio networks
Global Communications Conference
2011conference International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems
2011journal Urban-X: a self-organizing cognitive wireless mesh network for dense city environments
Wired/Wireless Internet Communications
2010journal Analyzing the potential of cooperative cognitive radio technology on inter-vehicle communication
IFIP Wireless Days
2010conference Cognitive Multi-Radio Mesh Networks for the Future Wireless Internet
Proc. of the 5th GI/ITG KuVS Workshop on Future Internet, Stuttgart, June, 2010
2010conference Cognitive multi-radio mesh networks on ISM bands: a cross-layer architecture
IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference
2010conference European Performance Engineering Workshop
2010conference CORAL: Spectrum aware admission policy in cognitive radio mesh networks
2010 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference GLOBECOM 2010
2010journal Learning-based spectrum selection in cognitive radio ad hoc networks
Wired/Wireless Internet Communications
2010journal Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal: Fast Track Issue on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Pervasive and Mobile Computing
2010conference Routing and link layer protocol design for sensor networks with wireless energy transfer
2010 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference GLOBECOM 2010
2010journal Spectrum management of cognitive radio using multi-agent reinforcement learning.
Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
2010conference 2010 Fifth IEEE Workshop on Wireless Mesh Networks
2010journal Urban-X: Towards distributed channel assignment in cognitive multi-radio mesh networks
IFIP Wireless Days
2009conference ACM International Workshop on Mobility Management and Wireless Access
2009conference International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems
2009journal International Journal of Communication Systems
2009conference ACM International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks
2009conference aEqualized: A novel routing algorithm for the Spidergon Network On Chip
2009 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition
2009conference Ctc: An end-to-end flow control protocol for multi-core systems-on-chip
2009 3rd ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Networks-on-Chip
2009journal DBA-MAC: dynamic backbone-assisted medium access control protocol for efficient broadcast in VANETs
Journal of Interconnection Networks
2009conference Joint channel assignment and multi-path routing for multi-radio wireless mesh networks
2009 29th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops
2009conference International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems
2009conference Real-time traffic in ad-hoc sensor networks
IEEE International Conference on Communications
2009journal Search: A routing protocol for mobile cognitive radio ad-hoc networks
Computer Communications
2009journal TP-CRAHN: A transport protocol for cognitive radio ad-hoc networks
IEEE INFOCOM 2009
2008journal Cross-layered mac and multipath routing protocols in multi-hop wireless mobile networks
Journal of Interconnection Networks
2008conference ACM International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks
2008journal MoVES: A framework for parallel and distributed simulation of wireless vehicular ad hoc networks
Computer Networks
2007conference A cross layered mac and clustering scheme for efficient broadcast in vanets
2007 IEEE Internatonal Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems
2007journal 2007journal Intrusion detection for secure clustering and routing in mobile multi-hop wireless networks
International journal of information security
2007conference NoC topologies exploration based on mapping and simulation models
Euromicro Symposium on Digital Systems Design
2007journal Parallel and Distributed Simulation of Wireless Mobile and Sensor Networks
2006conference A wireless intrusion detection system for secure clustering and routing in ad hoc networks
Information Security Conference
2006conference An adaptive load balancing middleware for distributed simulation
ISPA Workshops
2006journal Performance Evaluation
2006conference Exploring the effects of hyper-threading on parallel simulation
2006 Tenth IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications
2006journal 2006conference Parallel and distributed simulation of wireless vehicular ad hoc networks
International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems
2006conference Proximity detection in distributed simulation of wireless mobile systems
International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems
2006conference Simulation and analysis of network on chip architectures: ring, spidergon and 2D mesh
Proceedings of the Design Automation & Test in Europe Conference
2005conference IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications
2005conference Concurrent replication of parallel and distributed simulations
Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation
2005conference Scalable and efficient parallel and distributed simulation of complex, dynamic and mobile systems
Workshop on Techniques, Methodologies and Tools for Performance Evaluation of Complex Systems
2005journal 2004conference ACM International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks
2004conference A new adaptive middleware for parallel and distributed simulation of dynamically interacting systems
Eighth IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications
2004conference ARTIS: a parallel and distributed simulation middleware for performance evaluation
International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences
2004conference Design and simulation of a migration-based architecture for massively populated internet games
IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference Workshops, 2004. GlobeCom Workshops 2004.
2004conference International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems
2004journal Runtime optimization of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs performance
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
2004journal Simulation and modeling of wireless, mobile, and ad hoc networks
Mobile ad hoc networking
2001journal A distributed mechanism for power saving in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
Mobile Networks and Applications
2001conference Proceedings Tenth International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (Cat. No.01EX495)
2000conference Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
1999conference 1999 IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Multimedia Communications (MoMuC'99) (Cat. No.99EX384)
1998conference IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks