Davide Iacono

Davide Iacono received his Ph.D. in Information Engineering from University of Pisa in June 2010 presenting a thesis entitled "Traffic Dirrentiation Techniques for WiMAX Networks in Marine Emergency Scenario".

He received his Master's degree in Telecommunication Engineering from University of Pisa in October 2006 with a degree thesis entitled "Information Theory Aspects in the Non Linear Distortion Phenomenon of Data Signals".
His research activity concerned several topics in Wireless Networks field. In particular, it focused in cross layer network design and channel assignment algorithms in multichannel solution for 802.11 based Wireless Mesh Network.
Furthermore it concerned network performance investigation of real mobile WiMAX test-bed in marine scenario.
Lastly his research activity covered scheduling algorithms for WiMAX systems.

Since April 2010 he is working at ResilTech s.r.l. He was involved in system and software design of several industrial research project. He was also involved in software development of complex systems.
In particular, he was involved in the design and development of a real-time multi-thread middleware for a railway Automatic Track Warning System (ATWS) (ref. European Research Project ALARP: http://www.alarp.eu/).
He was involved in system design of a Biometric authentication system.
He was involved in system design and development of a Railway Mobility Management Distributed System.
He was involved in RAMS analyses in the railway field (failure rate evaluation and FMEA analysis)
Actually he is involved in Verification & Validation activity in automotive field according to ISO 26262 standard. He is also involved in European research project within framework FP7 about the development of Smart Grid


as responsible of Infomobility research project and Hazard Analysis consultant.

Specialties: WiMAX networks
Cross Layer Network Design
Software Design
ISO 26262 - Functional Safety for Road vehicles

• ALARP FP7

  • January 2011 to Present
  Team Members: Davide Iacono

  ALARP is a RTD project funded within the EU FP7 Transport (including Aeronautics) programme (call FP7-SST-2008-RTD-1).
  
  The objective of the ALARP project is to study, design and develop an innovative more efficient Automatic Track Warning System (ATWS) to improve the safety of railway trackside workers.
  
  ALARP ATWS will be able to selectively inform the trackside workers about approaching trains on the track, maintenance events on power lines and/or safety equipment in the concerned tracks that may put at risk workers’ safety (e.g. being hit by a train or by an electric shock) emergencies on tracks and tunnels nearby the workers (e.g. fires in a tunnel, toxic smoke, etc.), escape routes in case of emergencies; keep track of the status and localisation of the workers (and especially those at risk, not responding) and of the operating conditions of devices.
  
  The proposed ALARP concept will be based on the following main components: the track-side train presence alert device (TPAD), able to sense an approaching train on the interested track without interfering with the signalling system; a set of distributed, low-cost, wearable, context-aware, robust, trustable and highly reliable, wireless Mobile Terminals (MTs) to inform the workers about possible approaching trains and/or other events that could put at risk their safety.

• SmartC2Net FP7

  • December 2012 to Present
  Team Members: Davide Iacono

  Goal of the SmartC2Net project is to develop, implement, and validate robust solutions that enable smart grid operation on top of heterogeneous off-the-shelf communication infrastructures with varying properties. The resulting innovative middleware functions are:
  
  (1) adaptive network and grid monitoring,
  
  (2) strategies to control communication network configurations and QoS settings, and
  
  (3) extended information models and adaptive information management procedures.
  
  These middleware functions create awareness of the communication network properties and their impact on information quality, which is subsequently exploited by innovative flexible power control algorithms of SmartC2Net.
  
  The effectiveness of project results will be validated in representative use-cases of the active operation of Distributed Energy Resources connected to medium and low voltage distribution networks. These use-cases are investigated in three complementary lab prototypes.
  
  The SmartC2Net results will clearly show that intelligent distribution grid operation can be realized in a robust manner over existing communication infrastructures even despite the presence of accidental faults and malicious attacks.
  
  A consortium of seven partners (two large companies, one SME, two research centres and two universities) from five European countries provides the required expertise combination in the three central disciplines: communication technologies, control methods, and energy technology.

• Experimental and simulation analysis of a WiMAX system in an emergency marine scenario

  • Computer Communications, Elsevier
  • May 2011
  Authors: Davide Iacono, Rosario Garroppo, Stefano Giordano, Luca Tavanti

  The paper presents several experimental and simulation activities aimed at providing a proof-of-concept for a marine emergency network in which the main components are a WiMAX system and a satellite link. WiMAX represents quite a novelty for the marine environment and its integration with the satellite link turns out to be remarkably efficient and greatly contributes in improving the utility and usability of the emergency network. These concepts are proved through a series of tests and analysis. Firstly, we report an experimental analysis of the coverage range of the WiMAX system in the marine environment in terms of both RSSI and throughput. Then, we discuss the feasibility and performance of a joint WiMAX-satellite path (in terms of throughput and perceived quality of VoIP calls), and report an experimental study that verifies the robustness of the WiMAX links under the interference of typical marine equipments such as radars. Finally, we present a simulation study targeted at evaluating the maximal capacity of the system in terms of VoIP calls under different WiMAX system configurations. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

• Experimental analysis of a WiMAX-Satellite network for emergency management in sea areas

  • IEEE
  • June 15, 2009
  Authors: Davide Iacono, Rosario Garroppo, Stefano Giordano, Alessandro Cignoni, Matteo Falzarano

  The paper presents a network scenario for multimedia communications during emergency operations in a sea area. The network scenario is composed by a satellite link and a WiMAX system provided by a main naval unit. The WiMAX system permits the communications between the operators on small units and the main naval unit, where there are both local coordinators and the shared satellite link, used for communications between units on the crisis area and the headquarter. The presented network scenario has been experimentally tested in terms of coverage area offered by the WiMAX system, IP throughput and user level quality of service of VoIP applications.

• Experimental analysis of a WiMAX-Satellite network for emergency management in sea areas

  • IEEE
  • June 15, 2009
  Authors: Davide Iacono, Stefano Giordano, Alessandro Cignoni, Rosario Garroppo, Matteo Falzarano

  The paper presents a network scenario for multimedia communications during emergency operations in a sea area. The network scenario is composed by a satellite link and a WiMAX system provided by a main naval unit. The WiMAX system permits the communications between the operators on small units and the main naval unit, where there are both local coordinators and the shared satellite link, used for communications between units on the crisis area and the headquarter. The presented network scenario has been experimentally tested in terms of coverage area offered by the WiMAX system, IP throughput and user level quality of service of VoIP applications.

• Experimental analysis of a WiMAX-Satellite network for emergency management in sea areas

  • IEEE
  • June 15, 2009
  Authors: Davide Iacono, Alessandro Cignoni, Stefano Giordano, Rosario Garroppo, Matteo Falzarano

  The paper presents a network scenario for multimedia communications during emergency operations in a sea area. The network scenario is composed by a satellite link and a WiMAX system provided by a main naval unit. The WiMAX system permits the communications between the operators on small units and the main naval unit, where there are both local coordinators and the shared satellite link, used for communications between units on the crisis area and the headquarter. The presented network scenario has been experimentally tested in terms of coverage area offered by the WiMAX system, IP throughput and user level quality of service of VoIP applications.

1. Telecommunications
2. Engineering
3. Wireless Networking
4. Network Design
5. Linux
6. C++
7. C
8. Programming
9. Integration
10. Systems Engineering
11. ISO 26262
12. IP
13. Assembly Language

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Gruppi e associazioni:

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  ALUMNI UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA
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  Habble
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  ISO 26262 Functional Safety
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  IT Career in Switzerland – Jobs & Opportunities
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  Safety Critical Professionals
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  University of Pisa
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  Università degli Studi di Pisa - Fac. Ingegneria
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  Università di Pisa - Ingegneria