The application-based clustering concept and requirements for intervehicle networks. - Hans-Jürgen Reumerman; Marco Roggero; Marco Ruffini (IEEE Commun. Mag., 2005)

A testbed demonstrating optical IP switching (OIS) in disaggregated network architectures. - Marco Ruffini; Donal O'Mahony; Linda Doyle (TRIDENTCOM, 2006)

Optical IP Switching for Dynamic Traffic Engineering in Next-Generation Optical Networks. - Marco Ruffini; Donal O'Mahony; Linda Doyle (ONDM, 2007)

Automatic configuration in future semi-transparent distributed optical networks. - Marco Ruffini; Donal O'Mahony; Linda Doyle (Photonic Netw. Commun., 2007)

Optical IP switching - Marco Ruffini (2008)

Optical IP Switching: A Flow-Based Approach to Distributed Cross-Layer Provisioning. - Marco Ruffini; Donal O'Mahony; Linda Doyle (JOCN, 2010)

Designing Resilient Long-Reach Passive Optical Networks. - Deepak Mehta 001; Barry O'Sullivan; Luis Quesada 001; Marco Ruffini; David B. Payne; Linda Doyle (IAAI, 2011)

A Combinatorial Optimisation Approach to the Design of Dual Parented Long-Reach Passive Optical Networks. - Hadrien Cambazard; Deepak Mehta 001; Barry O'Sullivan; Luis Quesada 001; Marco Ruffini; David B. Payne; Linda Doyle (ICTAI, 2011)

Enabling future internet research: the FEDERICA case. - Peter Szegedi; Jordi Ferrer Riera; Joan A. Garcia-Espin; Markus Hidell; Peter Sjödin; Pehr Söderman; Marco Ruffini; Donal O'Mahony; Andrea Bianco; Luca Giraudo; Miguel Ponce de Leon; Gemma Power; et al. (IEEE Commun. Mag., 2011)

A Combinatorial Optimisation Approach to Designing Dual-Parented Long-Reach Passive Optical Networks - Hadrien Cambazard; Deepak Mehta 001; Barry O'Sullivan; Luis Quesada 001; Marco Ruffini; David B. Payne; Linda Doyle (CoRR, 2011)

Topology Configuration in Hybrid EPS/OCS Interconnects. - Konstantinos Christodoulopoulos; Marco Ruffini; Donal O'Mahony; Kostas Katrinis (Euro-Par, 2012)

Bandwidth and energy savings of locality-aware P2P Content Distribution in next-generation PONs. - Emanuele Di Pascale; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (ONDM, 2012)

Deployment case studies of an energy efficient protected LR-PON architecture. - Marco Ruffini; Linda Doyle; David B. Payne; Deepak Mehta 001; Barry O'Sullivan; Luis Quesada 001 (ONDM, 2012)

Deployment Strategies for Protected Long-Reach PON. - Marco Ruffini; Deepak Mehta 001; Barry O'Sullivan; Luis Quesada 001; Linda Doyle; David B. Payne (JOCN, 2012)

Accelerating Communication-Intensive Parallel Workloads Using Commodity Optical Switches and a Software-Configurable Control Stack. - Diego Lugones; Konstantinos Christodoulopoulos; Kostas Katrinis; Marco Ruffini; Donal O'Mahony; Martin Collier (Euro-Par, 2013)

Impact of popularity evolution on P2P-based VoD delivery over next-generation optical access networks. - Emanuele Di Pascale; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (GLOBECOM, 2013)

Improving hardware protection switching in 10Gb/s symmetric Long Reach PONs. - Séamas McGettrick; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (OFC/NFOEC, 2013)

An XG-PON module for the NS-3 network simulator. - Xiuchao Wu; Kenneth N. Brown; Cormac J. Sreenan; Pedro Alvarez; Marco Ruffini; Nicola Marchetti; David B. Payne; Linda Doyle (SimuTools, 2013)

Tailoring the network to the problem: topology configuration in hybrid electronic packet switched/optical circuit switched interconnects. - Kostas Christodoulopoulos; Kostas Katrinis; Marco Ruffini; Donal O'Mahony (Concurr. Comput. Pract. Exp., 2013)

Design and experimental test of 1: 1 end-to-end protection for LR-PON using an SDN multi-tier control plane. - Frank Slyne; Nattapong Kitsuwan; Séamas McGettrick; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (ECOC, 2014)

Towards the distributed core for ubiquitous superfast broadband optical access. - Andrea Di Giglio; Marco Schiano; Marco Ruffini; David B. Payne; Nick J. Doran; Mohand Achouche; R. Jensen; Barry O'Sullivan; Thomas Pfeiffer 001; Rene Bonk; Harald Rohde; Giuseppe Talli; et al. (EuCNC, 2014)

A novel protection design for OpenFlow-based networks. - Nattapong Kitsuwan; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (ICTON, 2014)

An SDN-driven approach to a flat Layer-2 telecommunications network. - Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini (ICTON, 2014)

Accelerating HPC workloads with dynamic adaptation of a software-defined hybrid electronic/optical interconnect. - Kostas Christodoulopoulos; Kostas Katrinis; Marco Ruffini; Donal O'Mahony (OFC, 2014)

N: 1 Protection design for minimising olts in resilient dual-homed long-reach passive optical network. - Avishek Nag; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2014)

A scalable optimisation approach to minimising IP protection capacity for Long-Reach PON. - Deepak Mehta 001; Barry O'Sullivan; Luis Quesada 001; Marco Ruffini; David B. Payne; Linda Doyle (ONDM, 2014)

Cable length minimisation in long-reach-PON planning for sparsely populated areas. - Saptadeep Pal; Cezary Zukowski; Avishek Nag; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (ONDM, 2014)

Performance evaluation of single carrier 40-Gbit/s downstream for long-reach passive optical networks. - Xin Yin; Xing-Zhi Qiu; Guy Torfs; Christophe van Praet; Renato Vaernewyck; Arno Vyncke; Jochen Verbrugghe; Bart Moeneclaey; Marco Ruffini; David B. Payne; Johan Bauwelinck (ONDM, 2014)

Modelling accurate planning of PON networks to reduce initial investment in rural areas. - Cezary Zukowski; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (ONDM, 2014)

DISCUS: an end-to-end solution for ubiquitous broadband optical access. - Marco Ruffini; Lena Wosinska; Mohand Achouche; Jiajia Chen 001; Nick J. Doran; Farsheed Farjady; Julio Montalvo-Garcia; Peter Ossieur; Barry O'Sullivan; Nick Parsons; Thomas Pfeiffer 001; Xing-Zhi Qiu; et al. (IEEE Commun. Mag., 2014)

Locality-Aware Peer-to-Peer Multimedia Delivery Over Next-Generation Optical Networks. - Emanuele Di Pascale; David B. Payne; Lena Wosinska; Marco Ruffini (JOCN, 2014)

The need for a Control Orchestration Protocol in research projects on optical networking. - Ricard Vilalta; Víctor López 001; Arturo Mayoral; Noboru Yoshikane; Marco Ruffini; Domenico Siracusa; Ricardo Martínez 001; Thomas Szyrkowiec; Achim Autenrieth; Shuping Peng 001; Ramon Casellas; Reza Nejabati; et al. (EuCNC, 2015)

Experimental end-to-end demonstration of shared N: 1 dual homed protection in long reach PON and SDN-controlled core. - Séamas McGettrick; Frank Slyne; Nattapong Kitsuwan; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2015)

Long-term drivers of broadband traffic in next-generation networks. - Pavel Loskot; Mohamed A. M. Hassanien; Farsheed Farjady; Marco Ruffini; David B. Payne (Ann. des Télécommunications, 2015)

Performance Evaluation of a Hybrid Optical/Electrical Interconnect. - Kostas Christodoulopoulos; Diego Lugones; Kostas Katrinis; Marco Ruffini; Donal O'Mahony (JOCN, 2015)

Independent Transient Plane Design for Protection in OpenFlow-Based Networks. - Nattapong Kitsuwan; Séamas McGettrick; Frank Slyne; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (JOCN, 2015)

Th4B.1: Access-metro convergence in next generation broadband networks. - Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2016)

Demonstration of SDN enabled dynamically reconfigurable high capacity optical access for converged services. - Giuseppe Talli; Stefano Porto; Daniel Carey; Nicola Brandonisio; Alan Naughton; Peter Ossieur; Frank Slyne; Séamas McGettrick; Christian Blümm; Marco Ruffini; David B. Payne; Rene Bonk; et al. (OFC, 2016)

Analysis of the maximum balanced load in Long-Reach PONs. - Pedro Alvarez; Alan Hill; Nicola Marchetti; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (ONDM, 2016)

End-to-end service orchestration from access to backbone. - José Manuel Gran Josa; Víctor López 001; Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini; Ricard Vilalta; Arturo Mayoral; Raul Muñoz 001; Ramon Casellas; Ricardo Martínez 001 (ONDM, 2016)

Hierarchical versus flat optical metro/core networks: A systematic cost and migration study. - Christian Raack; Roland Wessäly; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (ONDM, 2016)

FLATLANd: A novel SDN-based Telecoms network architecture enabling NFV and metro-Access convergence. - Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini (ONDM, 2016)

Multi-Dimensional Convergence in Future 5G Networks. - Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2016)

Evaluating Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation of Virtualized Passive Optical Networks Over Mobile Traffic Traces. - Pedro Alvarez; Nicola Marchetti; Marco Ruffini (JOCN, 2016)

Exploiting Dual Homing in Access Networks to Improve Resiliency in Core Networks. - Avishek Nag; Marija Furdek; Paolo Monti 001; Lena Wosinska; Marco Ruffini (JOCN, 2016)

N∶1 Protection Design for Minimizing OLTs in Resilient Dual-Homed Long-Reach Passive Optical Network. - Avishek Nag; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (JOCN, 2016)

Multi-service SDN controlled reconfigurable long-reach optical access network. - Giuseppe Talli; Stefano Porto; Daniel Carey; Nicola Brandonisio; Alan Naughton; Peter Ossieur; Paul D. Townsend; Rene Bonk; Thomas Pfeiffer 001; Frank Slyne; Séamas McGettrick; Christian Blümm; et al. (EuCNC, 2017)

Dynamic energy savings in Cloud-RAN: An experimental assessment and implementation. - Christian Blümm; Yi Zhang; Pedro Alvarez; Marco Ruffini; Luiz A. DaSilva (ICC Workshops, 2017)

End-to-end network design and experimentation in the DISCUS project. - David B. Payne; Alejandro Arbelaez; René Bonk; Nick J. Doran; Marija Furdek; R. Jensen; Nick Parsons; Thomas Pfeiffer 001; Luis Quesada 001; Christian Raack; Giuseppe Talli; Paul D. Townsend; et al. (ICTON, 2017)

Virtual dynamic bandwidth allocation enabling true PON multi-tenancy. - Amr Elrasad; Nima Afraz; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2017)

Antenna, spectrum and capacity trade-off for cloud-RAN Massive distributed MIMO over next generation PONs. - Irene Macaluso; Bruno Cornaglia; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2017)

Integrating wireless BBUs with optical OFDM flexible-grid transponders in a C-RAN architecture. - Avishek Nag; Yi Zhang; Luiz A. DaSilva; Linda Doyle; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2017)

Frame Level Sharing for DBA virtualization in multi-tenant PONs. - Amr Elrasad; Marco Ruffini (ONDM, 2017)

Technologies and architectures to enable SDN in converged 5G/optical access networks. - Giuseppe Talli; Stefano Porto; Daniel Carey; Nicola Brandonisio; Peter Ossieur; Paul D. Townsend; Rene Bonk; Thomas Pfeiffer 001; Frank Slyne; Séamas McGettrick; Christian Blümm; Marco Ruffini; et al. (ONDM, 2017)

Inter-operator dynamic capacity sharing for multi-tenant virtualized PON. - Nima Afraz; Amr Elrasad; Hamed Ahmadi; Marco Ruffini (PIMRC, 2017)

Conference Report/IEEE OnlineGreenComm 2016. - Josip Lorincz; Michela Meo; Emad Alsusa; Marco Ruffini; Paolo Monti 001; Andres Garcia-Saavedra; Chin Keong Ho (IEEE Commun. Mag., 2017)

Complex Systems Science meets 5G and IoT. - Nicola Marchetti; Irene Macaluso; Nicholas J. Kaminski; Merim Dzaferagic; M. Majid Butt; Marco Ruffini; Saul Friedner; Julie Bradford; Andrea Zanella; Michele Zorzi; Linda Doyle (CoRR, 2017)

End-to-End Service Orchestration From Access to Backbone. - Víctor López 001; José Manuel Gran Josa; Víctor Uceda; Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini; Ricard Vilalta; Arturo Mayoral; Raúl Muñoz 001; Ramon Casellas; Ricardo Martínez 001 (JOCN, 2017)

Access and Metro Network Convergence for Flexible End-to-End Network Design [Invited]. - Marco Ruffini; Mohand Achouche; Alejandro Arbelaez; René Bonk; Andrea Di Giglio; Nick J. Doran; Marija Furdek; R. Jensen; Julio Montalvo-Garcia; Nicholas Parsons; Thomas Pfeiffer 001; Luis Quesada 001; et al. (JOCN, 2017)

FLATLANd: SDN-Based Flat Layer-2 Architecture-Enabling NFV and Metro-Access Convergence. - Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini (JOCN, 2017)

Connected OFCity: Technology Innovations for a Smart City Project [Invited]. - Rodney S. Tucker; Marco Ruffini; Luca Valcarenghi; Divanilson R. Campelo; Dimitra Simeonidou; Liang B. Du; Maria-Cristina V. Marinescu; Catherine A. Middleton; Shuang Yin; Tim Forde; Kevin Bourg; Eugene Dai; et al. (JOCN, 2017)

Design, implementation, and evaluation of an XG-PON module for the ns-3 network simulator. - Jerome A. Arokkiam; Pedro Alvarez; Xiuchao Wu; Kenneth N. Brown; Cormac J. Sreenan; Marco Ruffini; Nicola Marchetti; Linda Doyle; David B. Payne (Simul., 2017)

Optical and wireless network convergence in 5G systems - an experimental approach. - Paulo Marques 002; Alexandre Pereira do Carmo; Valerio Frascolla; Carlos F. M. Silva; Emanuel D. R. Sena; Raphael Braga; Joao F. N. Pinheiro; Carlos A. Astudillo; Tiago P. C. de Andrade; Eduardo S. Gama; Luiz F. Bittencourt; Leandro A. Villas; et al. (CAMAD, 2018)

Single Lane 168 Gb/s PAM-8 Short Reach Transmission Using an EAM with Receiver Skew Compensation. - Colm Browning; Marco Ruffini; Barry Cardiff; Liam P. Barry (ECOC, 2018)

Moving the Network to the Cloud: Multi-Tenant and Multi-Service Cloud Central Office. - Marco Ruffini (ECOC, 2018)

Experimental Demonstration of DPDK Optimised VNF Implementation of Virtual DBA in a Multi-Tenant PON. - Frank Slyne; Robin Giller; Jasvinder Singh; Marco Ruffini (ECOC, 2018)

Dynamic Allocation of Processing Resources in Cloud-RAN for a Virtualised 5G Mobile Network. - Yi Zhang; Federico Barusso; Diarmuid Collins; Marco Ruffini; Luiz A. DaSilva (EUSIPCO, 2018)

DBA Capacity Auctions to Enhance Resource Sharing across Virtual Network Operators in Multi-Tenant PONs. - Nima Afraz; Amr Elrasad; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2018)

Experimental Demonstration of SDN-controlled Variable-rate Fronthaul for Converged LTE-over-PON. - Pedro Alvarez; Frank Slyne; Christian Blümm; Johann M. Márquez-Barja; Luiz A. DaSilva; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2018)

Joint Optimization of BBU Pool Allocation and Selection for C-RAN Networks. - Yao Li 034; Mariya Bhopalwala; Sandip Das; Jiakai Yu; Weiyang Mo; Marco Ruffini; Daniel C. Kilper (OFC, 2018)

Demonstration of Real Time VNF Implementation of OLT with Virtual DBA for Sliceable Multi-Tenant PONs. - Frank Slyne; Amr Elrasad; Christian Blümm; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2018)

Performance analysis of QoT estimator in SDN-controlled ROADM networks. - Alan A. Diaz-Montiel; Jiakai Yu; Weiyang Mo; Yao Li 034; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini (ONDM, 2018)

Midhaul transmission using edge data centers with split PHY processing and wavelength reassignment for 5G wireless networks. - Jiakai Yu; Yao Li 034; Mariya Bhopalwala; Sandip Das; Marco Ruffini; Daniel C. Kilper (ONDM, 2018)

When optical networks meet wireless systems: experiments at the boundary. - Valerio Frascolla; Carlos Colman Meixner; Reza Nejabati; Dimitra Simeonidou; Frank Slyne; Yi Zhang; Luiz A. DaSilva; Marco Ruffini; Magnos Martinello; Rafael S. Guimarães; Moisés Renato Nunes Ribeiro (PSC, 2018)

Networks for Future Services in a Smart City: Lessons Learned from the Connected OFCity Challenge 2017. - Domaniç Lavery; Marco Ruffini; Luca Valcarenghi; Naoto Yoshimoto; Thomas Pfeiffer 001; Dave Hood; Junwen Zhang; Daniel King; Hal Roberts; Rajesh Yadav; Nicola Sambo; Marco Tacca; et al. (IEEE Commun. Mag., 2018)

A Survey on Application of Machine Learning Techniques in Optical Networks. - Francesco Musumeci 001; Cristina Rottondi; Avishek Nag; Irene Macaluso; Darko Zibar; Marco Ruffini; Massimo Tornatore (CoRR, 2018)

A Distributed Bilateral Resource Market Mechanism for Future Telecommunications Networks. - Nima Afraz; Marco Ruffini (GLOBECOM Workshops, 2019)

Active Wavelength Load as a Feature for QoT Estimation Based on Support Vector Machine. - Alan A. Diaz-Montiel; Sandra Aladin; Christine Tremblay; Marco Ruffini (ICC, 2019)

A Performance Analysis of Supervised Learning Classifiers for QoT Estimation in ROADM-Based Networks. - Alan A. Díaz-Montiel; Marco Ruffini (ONDM, 2019)

3-Stage Hierarchical Quality of Service for Multi-tenant Passive Optical Networks. - Frank Slyne; Bruno Cornaglia; Marco Boselli; Marco Ruffini (ONDM, 2019)

Code-based physical layer secret key generation in passive optical networks. - Marco Baldi; Franco Chiaraluce; Lorenzo Incipini; Marco Ruffini (Ad Hoc Networks, 2019)

FUTEBOL Control Framework: Enabling Experimentation in Convergent Optical, Wireless, and Cloud Infrastructures. - Cristiano Both; Rafael S. Guimarães; Frank Slyne; Juliano Araújo Wickboldt; Magnos Martinello; Cristina K. Dominicini; Rafael de Jesus Martins; Yi Zhang; Diego G. Cardoso; Rodolfo da Silva Villaça; Isabella Ceravolo; Reza Nejabati; et al. (IEEE Commun. Mag., 2019)

An Overview on Application of Machine Learning Techniques in Optical Networks. - Francesco Musumeci 001; Cristina Rottondi; Avishek Nag; Irene Macaluso; Darko Zibar; Marco Ruffini; Massimo Tornatore (IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials, 2019)

Connected OFCity Challenge: Addressing the Digital Divide in the Developing World. - Marco Ruffini; Kasandra Pillay; Chongjin Xie; Lei Shi; Dale Smith; Inder Monga; Xinsheng Wang; Jun Shan Wey (JOCN, 2019)

A Swarm-based Approach for Function Placement in Federated Edges. - Andrei Palade; Atri Mukhopadhyay; Aqeel H. Kazmi; Christian Cabrera 001; Evelyn Nomayo; Georgios Iosifidis; Marco Ruffini; Siobhán Clarke (SCC, 2020)

5G Network Slice Brokering: A Distributed Blockchain-based Market. - Nima Afraz; Marco Ruffini (EuCNC, 2020)

Learning Automata for Multi-Access Edge Computing Server Allocation with Minimal Service Migration. - Atri Mukhopadhyay; Marco Ruffini (ICC, 2020)

Mitigating the Impact of Cross-Tier Interference on Quality in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks. - Bharat Agarwal; Mohammed Amine Togou; Marco Ruffini; Gabriel-Miro Muntean (LCN, 2020)

Collaborative Cyber Attack Defense in SDN Networks using Blockchain Technology. - Mehrdad Hajizadeh; Nima Afraz; Marco Ruffini; Thomas Bauschert (NetSoft, 2020)

Capacity Sharing Approaches in Multi-Tenant, Multi-Service PONs for Low-Latency Fronthaul Applications based on Cooperative-DBA. - Arsalan Ahmad; Frank Slyne; Sanwal Zeb; Abdul Wahab; Rana Azhar Khan; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2020)

PON Virtualisation with EAST-WEST Communications for Low-Latency Converged Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC). - Sandip Das; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2020)

Demonstration of Software-Defined Packet-Optical Network Emulation with Mininet-Optical and ONOS. - Bob Lantz; Alan A. Díaz-Montiel; Jiakai Yu; Christian Rios; Marco Ruffini; Dan Kilper (OFC, 2020)

Experimental Demonstration of multiple Disaggregated OLTs with Virtualised Multi Tenant DBA, over General Purpose Processor. - Frank Slyne; David Coyle; Jasvinder Singh; Rory Sexton; Brendan Ryan; Robin Giller; Michael O'Hanlon; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2020)

Hybrid Machine Learning EDFA Model. - Shengxiang Zhu; Craig Gutterman; Alan A. Diaz-Montiel; Jiakai Yu; Marco Ruffini; Gil Zussman; Daniel C. Kilper (OFC, 2020)

Evolution of access network sharing towards software based passive optical network: can virtual OLTs run at full line rate? - Marco Ruffini; David Coyle; Jasvinder Singh; Rory Sexton; Brendan Ryan; Robin Giller; Michael O'Hanlon; Frank Slyne (ONDM, 2020)

Sharing Distributed and Heterogeneous Resources toward End-to-End 5G Networks: A Comprehensive Survey and a Taxonomy. - Nina Slamnik-Krijestorac; Haris Kremo; Marco Ruffini; Johann M. Márquez-Barja (IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials, 2020)

Introduction to the JOCN special issue on future PON architectures enabled by advanced technology. - René Bonk; Derek Nesset; Josep Prat; Marco Ruffini; Roberto Gaudino (JOCN, 2020)

Virtualized EAST-WEST PON architecture supporting low-latency communication for mobile functional split based on multiaccess edge computing. - Sandip Das; Frank Slyne; Aleksandra Kaszubowska; Marco Ruffini (JOCN, 2020)

Virtual DBA: virtualizing passive optical networks to enable multi-service operation in true multi-tenant environments. - Marco Ruffini; Arsalan Ahmad; Sanwal Zeb; Nima Afraz; Frank Slyne (JOCN, 2020)

A Fairness-Driven Resource Allocation Scheme Based on a Weighted Interference Graph in HetNets. - Bharat Agarwal; Mohammed Amine Togou; Marco Ruffini; Gabriel-Miro Muntean (BMSB, 2021)

Programmable Data Planes as the Next Frontier for Networked Robotics Security: A ROS Use Case. - Diego Rossi Mafioletti; Ricardo Carminati de Mello; Marco Ruffini; Valerio Frascolla; Magnos Martinello; Moisés R. N. Ribeiro (CNSM, 2021)

PIRS3A: A Low Complexity Multi-knapsack-based Approach for User Association and Resource Allocation in HetNets. - Bharat Agarwal; Mohammed Amine Togou; Marco Ruffini; Gabriel-Miro Muntean (ICC Workshops, 2021)

Real-Time Control Plane Operations for gOSNR QoT Estimation through OSNR Monitoring. - Alan A. Díaz-Montiel; Ayush Bhardwaj; Bob Lantz; Jiakai Yu; Aamir N. Quraishy; Dan Kilper; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2021)

SDN-controlled Dynamic Front-haul Provisioning, Emulated on Hardware and Virtual COSMOS Optical x-Haul Testbeds. - Bob Lantz; Jiakai Yu; Ayush Bhardwaj; Alan A. Díaz-Montiel; Aamir Quraishy; Steven Santaniello; Tingjun Chen; Rina Fujieda; Atri Mukhopadhyay; Gil Zussman; Marco Ruffini; Dan Kilper (OFC, 2021)

A Novel low-latency DBA for Virtualised PON implemented through P4 In-Network Processing. - Diego Rossi Mafioletti; Frank Slyne; Robin Giller; Michael O'Hanlon; Brendan Ryan; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2021)

Stateful DBA Hypervisor Supporting SLAs with Low Latency & High Availability in Shared PON. - Frank Slyne; Sanwal Zeb; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2021)

Trustless Virtual PON Sharing for 5G Services. - Nima Afraz; Marco Ruffini (ONDM, 2021)

Optimal virtual PON slicing to support ultra-low latency mesh traffic pattern in MEC-based Cloud-RAN. - Sandip Das; Marco Ruffini (ONDM, 2021)

Deploying PolKA Source Routing in P4 Switches : (Invited Paper). - Cristina K. Dominicini; Rafael S. Guimarães; Diego R. Mafioletti; Magnos Martinello; Moisés R. N. Ribeiro; Rodolfo da Silva Villaça; Frédéric Loui; Jordi Ortiz; Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini; Eoin Kenny (ONDM, 2021)

Impairment-aware Virtual Network Embedding Using Time Domain Hybrid Modulation formats in Optical Networks. - Farooq Shahzad; Ihtesham Khan; Muhammad Umar Masood; Arsalan Ahmad; Muhammad Imran 004; Marco Ruffini; Vittorio Curri (ONDM, 2021)

Experimental Demonstration of RAN Functional Split over virtual PON Transport Network. - Line M. P. Larsen; Frank Slyne; Ghizlane Mountaser; Marco Ruffini; Toktam Mahmoodi (CoRR, 2021)

Moving the Network to the Cloud: the Cloud Central Office Revolution and its Implications for the Optical Layer. - Marco Ruffini; Frank Slyne (CoRR, 2021)

Cost analysis of rural roll-out using a long-reach passive optical network: trading off the upfront cost under uncertainty of the user take-up rate. - Cezary Zukowski; Atri Mukhopadhyay; David B. Payne; Marco Ruffini (JOCN, 2021)

The CODYSUN Approach: A Novel Distributed Paradigm for Dynamic Spectrum Sharing in Satellite Communications. - Irfan Jabandzic; Fadhil Firyaguna; Spilios Giannoulis; Adnan Shahid; Atri Mukhopadhyay; Marco Ruffini; Ingrid Moerman (Sensors, 2021)

To Embed or Not to Embed SHA in Programmable Network Interface Cards. - Diego Rossi Mafioletti; Magnos Martinello; Moisés R. N. Ribeiro; Marco Ruffini; Frank Slyne (CNSM, 2022)

ML Approach for Power Consumption Prediction in Virtualized Base Stations. - Merim Dzaferagic; Jose A. Ayala-Romero; Marco Ruffini (GLOBECOM (Workshops), 2022)

Joint Performance-Resource Optimization for Improved Video Quality in Fairness Enhanced HetNets. - Bharat Agarwal; Mohammed Amine Togou; Marco Ruffini; Gabriel-Miro Muntean (ICC, 2022)

A Min-Max Fair Resource Allocation Framework for Optical x-haul and DU/CU in Multi-tenant O-RANs. - Sourav Mondal; Marco Ruffini (ICC, 2022)

Demonstration of a low latency bandwidth allocation mechanism for mission critical applications in virtual PONs with P4 programmable hardware. - Diego Rossi Mafioletti; Frank Slyne; Robin Giller; Michael O'Hanlon; David Coyle; Brendan Ryan; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2022)

A Comprehensive Survey on Radio Resource Management in 5G HetNets: Current Solutions, Future Trends and Open Issues. - Bharat Agarwal; Mohammed Amine Togou; Marco Ruffini; Gabriel-Miro Muntean (IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials, 2022)

Optimal Slicing of Virtualised Passive Optical Networks to Support Dense Deployment of Cloud-RAN and Multi-Access Edge Computing. - Sandip Das; Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2022)

Schedulers Synchronization Supporting Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC) in Cloud-RAN over Virtualised Mesh PON. - Sandip Das; Frank Slyne; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2022)

Trusted distributed marketplace for virtual passive optical network sharing. - Nima Afraz; Marco Ruffini (JOCN, 2022)

Optimal Slicing of Virtualized Passive Optical Networks to Support Dense Deployment of Cloud-RAN and Multi-Access Edge Computing. - Sandip Das; Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini (IEEE Netw., 2022)

Guest Editorial: Next-Generation Optical Access Networks to Support Super-Broadband Services and 5G/6G Mobile Networks. - Zhensheng Jia; Elaine Wong 001; Marco Ruffini; Jun-ichi Kani; Junwen Zhang (IEEE Netw., 2022)

Optical Front/Mid-Haul With Open Access-Edge Server Deployment Framework for Sliced O-RAN. - Sourav Mondal; Marco Ruffini (IEEE Trans. Netw. Serv. Manag., 2022)

Migration-Aware Network Services With Edge Computing. - Atri Mukhopadhyay; George Iosifidis; Marco Ruffini (IEEE Trans. Netw. Serv. Manag., 2022)

Reduced Complexity Optimal Resource Allocation for Enhanced Video Quality in a Heterogeneous Network Environment. - Bharat Agarwal; Marco Ruffini; Gabriel-Miro Muntean (IEEE Trans. Wirel. Commun., 2022)

Optimal Embedding of Heterogeneous RAN Slices for Secure and Technology-Agnostic RANaaS. - Joao F. Santos; Davi da Silva Brilhante; José Ferreira de Rezende; Nicola Marchetti; Marco Ruffini; Luiz A. DaSilva (IEEE Trans. Netw. Serv. Manag., 2022)

A Low Complexity ML-Assisted Multi-knapsack-based Approach for User Association and Resource Allocation in 5G HetNets. - Bharat Agarwal; Mohammed Amine Togou; Marco Ruffini; Gabriel-Miro Muntean (BMSB, 2023)

Analysis of Real-Time Video Streaming and Throughput Performance Using the Open Air Interface Stack on Multiple UEs. - Bharat Agarwal; Clemens Felber; Neel Pandeya; Florian Kaltenberger; Marco Ruffini; Gabriel-Miro Muntean (CSCN, 2023)

Energy Efficient SDN and SDR Joint Adaptation of CPU Utilization Based on Experimental Data Analytics. - Beiran Chen; Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini (ICC, 2023)

Experimental Demonstration of Network Convergence with Coherent and Analog Radio-over-Fibre Signals For Densified 5.5G/6G Small Cell Networks. - Frank Slyne; Colm Browning; Amol Delmade; Liam P. Barry; Marco Ruffini (ICC, 2023)

Machine Learning-Based Early Attack Detection Using Open RAN Intelligent Controller. - Bruno Missi Xavier; Merim Dzaferagic; Diarmuid Collins; Giovanni Comarela; Magnos Martinello; Marco Ruffini (ICC, 2023)

Real-time, low latency virtual DBA hypervisor for SLA-compliant multi-service operations over shared Passive Optical Networks. - Arijeet Ganguli; Frank Slyne; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2023)

Experimental Demonstration of ML-Based DWDM System Margin Estimation. - Jasper Müller; Frank Slyne; Kaida Kaeval; Sebastian Troia; Tobias Fehenberger; Jörg-Peter Elbers; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini; Carmen Mas Machuca (OFC, 2023)

Connected OFCity Challenge: an updated perspective on technology for connected cities. - Marco Ruffini; Chongjin Xie; Lei Shi; Jun Shan Wey (OFC, 2023)

Resource Cooperation in MEC and SDN based Vehicular Networks. - Beiran Chen; Marco Ruffini (PIMRC, 2023)

Blockchain and Smart Contracts for Telecommunications: Requirements vs. Cost Analysis. - Nima Afraz; Francesc Wilhelmi; Hamed Ahmadi; Marco Ruffini (IEEE Access, 2023)

Employing Channel Probing to Derive End-of-Life Service Margins for Optical Spectrum Services. To appear in OPTICA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. - Kaida Kaeval; Frank Slyne; Sebastian Troia; Eoin Kenny; Klaus Große; Helmut Griesser; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini; Jose-Juan Pedreno-Manresa; Sai Kireet Patri; Gert Jervan (CoRR, 2023)

Experimental Demonstration of Network Convergence with Coherent and AnalogRadio-over-Fibre signals For Densified 5.5G/6G Small Cell Networks. - Frank Slyne; Colm Browning; Amol Delmade; Liam P. Barry; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2023)

Optical Networks and Interconnects. - Carmen Mas Machuca; Lena Wosinska; Marco Ruffini; Jiajia Chen 001 (CoRR, 2023)

Two-tier PON virtualisation with scheduler synchronization supporting application-level ultra-low latency in MEC based Cloud-RAN, using MESH-PON. - Sandip Das; Frank Slyne; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2023)

Self-Normalizing Neural Network, Enabling One Shot Transfer Learning for Modeling EDFA Wavelength Dependent Gain. - Agastya Raj; Zehao Wang; Frank Slyne; Tingjun Chen; Dan Kilper; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2023)

Metro Access Network with Convergence of Coherent and Analog RoF Data Services. - Amol Delmade; Frank Slyne; Colm Browning; Daniel C. Kilper; Liam P. Barry; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2023)

Progress on Integrating Quantum Communications in Optical Systems Testbeds. - Jerry Horgan; Dmitrii Briantcev; Aleksandra Kaszubowska-Anandarajah; Marco Ruffini; Dan Kilper (CoRR, 2023)

Fairness Guaranteed and Auction-Based x-Haul and Cloud Resource Allocation in Multi-Tenant O-RANs. - Sourav Mondal; Marco Ruffini (IEEE Trans. Commun., 2023)

QoE-Driven Optimization in 5G O-RAN-Enabled HetNets for Enhanced Video Service Quality. - Bharat Agarwal; Mohammed Amine Togou; Marco Ruffini; Gabriel-Miro Muntean (IEEE Commun. Mag., 2023)

Two-tier PON virtualization with scheduler synchronization supporting application-level ultra-low latency in MEC based cloud-RAN, using MESH-PON. - Sandip Das; Frank Slyne; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini (J. Opt. Commun. Netw., 2023)

Employing channel probing to derive end-of-life service margins for optical spectrum services. - Kaida Kaeval; Frank Slyne; Sebastian Troia; Eoin Kenny; Klaus Grobe; Helmut Griesser; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini; Jose-Juan Pedreno-Manresa; Sai Kireet Patri; Gert Jervan (J. Opt. Commun. Netw., 2023)

Towards Efficient Confluent Edge Networks. - Rishu Raj; Devika Dass; Kaida Kaeval; Sai Kireet Patri; Vincent Sleiffer; Benedikt Baeuerle; Wolfgang Heni; Marco Ruffini; Colm Browning; Alan Naughton; Ruth Mackey; David Mackey; et al. (EuCNC/6G Summit, 2024)

Routing and Spectrum Allocation in Broadband Degenerate EPR-Pair Distribution. - Rohan Bali; Ashley Tittelbaugh; Shelbi L. Jenkins; Anuj Agrawal; Jerry Horgan; Marco Ruffini; Daniel C. Kilper; Boulat A. Bash (ICC, 2024)

Cross-Domain AI for Early Attack Detection and Defense Against Malicious Flows in O-RAN. - Bruno Missi Xavier; Merim Dzaferagic; Irene Vilà; Magnos Martinello; Marco Ruffini (ICC, 2024)

Low-Latency Upstream Scheduling in Multi-Tenant, SLA Compliant TWDM PON. - Arijeet Ganguli; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2024)

Demonstration of Cooperative Transport Interface using open-source 5G OpenRAN and virtualised PON network. - Frank Slyne; Kevin O. Sullivan; Merim Dzaferagic; Bruce Richardson; Marcin Wrzeszcz; Brendan Ryan; Niall Power; Robin Giller; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2024)

Performance measurement dataset for open RAN with user mobility and security threats. - Bruno Missi Xavier; Merim Dzaferagic; Magnos Martinello; Marco Ruffini (Comput. Networks, 2024)

Decentralized Multi-Party Multi-Network AI for Global Deployment of 6G Wireless Systems. - Merim Dzaferagic; Marco Ruffini; Nina Slamnik-Krijestorac; Joao F. Santos; Johann Márquez-Barja; Christos Tranoris; Spyros G. Denazis; Thomas Kyriakakis; Panagiotis Karafotis; Luiz A. DaSilva; Shashi Raj Pandey; Junya Shiraishi; et al. (CoRR, 2024)

Control Protocol for Entangled Pair Verification in Quantum Optical Networks. - Vivek Vasan; Anuj Agrawal; Alexander Nico-Katz; Jerry Horgan; Boulat A. Bash; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2024)

PoT-PolKA: Let the Edge Control the Proof-of-Transit in Path-Aware Networks. - Everson Scherrer Borges; Magnos Martinello; Vitor Berger Bonella; Abraão Jesus Dos Santos; Roberta L. Gomes; Cristina K. Dominicini; Rafael Silva Guimarães; Gabriel Tetzner Menegueti; Marinho P. Barcellos; Marco Ruffini (IEEE Trans. Netw. Serv. Manag., 2024)

Secure Information Exchange Between Optical Network Digital Twin and Optical Transport Network. - Allen Abishek; Lluis Gifre Renom; Raul Muñoz 001; Marco Ruffini; Dmitrii Briantcev; Dan Kilper; Adrian Asensio; Xavier Masip-Bruin; Ricard Vilalta (NetSoft, 2025)

Coexistence of Digital Coherent, mmWave and sub-THz Analog RoF Services using OSaaS over converged access-metro live production network. - Devika Dass; Amol Delmade; Agastya Raj; Eoin Kenny; Dan Kilper; Liam P. Barry; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2025)

Demonstration of Cooperative Transport Interface over Open Source 7.2 split RAN and Virtualised Open PON Network. - Merim Dzaferagic; Kevin O'Sullivan; Bruce Richardson; Brendan Ryan; Niall Power; Robin Giller; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2025)

Real-Time Streaming Telemetry Based Detection and Mitigation of OOK and Power Interference in Multi-User OSaaS Networks. - Agastya Raj; Devika Dass; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini (OFC, 2025)

AI/ML-Based State-of-Polarization Monitoring in Optical Networks: Concepts and Challenges. - Leyla Sadighi; Carlos Natalino; Stefan Karlsson; Lena Wosinska; Marco Ruffini; Marija Furdek (OFC, 2025)

Scalable Machine Learning Models for Optical Transmission System Management. - Zehao Wang; Agastya Raj; Giacomo Borraccini; Shaobo Han; Yue-Kai Huang; Ting Wang 016; Marco Ruffini; Dan Kilper; Tingjun Chen (OFC, 2025)

Experimental Evaluation of an SDN Controller for Open Optical-circuit-switched Networks. - Kazuya Anazawa; Takeru Inoue; Toru Mano; Hiroshi Ou; Hirotaka Ujikawa; Dmitrii Briantcev; Sumaiya Binte Ali; Devika Dass; Hideki Nishizawa; Yoshiaki Sone; Eoin Kenny; Marco Ruffini; et al. (CoRR, 2025)

Modular and Integrated AI Control Framework across Fiber and Wireless Networks for 6G. - Merim Dzaferagic; Marco Ruffini; Daniel C. Kilper (CoRR, 2025)

ML-Based Handover Prediction Over a Real O-RAN Deployment Using RAN Intelligent Controller. - Merim Dzaferagic; Bruno Missi Xavier; Diarmuid Collins; Vince D'Onofrio; Magnos Martinello; Marco Ruffini (IEEE Trans. Netw. Serv. Manag., 2025)

Demonstration of Cooperative Transport Interface over Open Source 7.2 split RAN and Virtualised Open PON Network. - Merim Dzaferagic; Kevin O. Sullivan; Bruce Richardson; Brendan Ryan; Niall Power; Robin Giller; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2025)

Multi-Span Optical Power Spectrum Evolution Modeling using ML-based Multi-Decoder Attention Framework. - Agastya Raj; Zehao Wang; Frank Slyne; Tingjun Chen; Dan Kilper; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2025)

Interference Identification in Multi-User Optical Spectrum as a Service using Convolutional Neural Networks. - Agastya Raj; Zehao Wang; Frank Slyne; Tingjun Chen; Dan Kilper; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2025)

Transfer Learning for EDFA Gain Modeling: A Semi-Supervised Approach Using Internal Amplifier Features. - Agastya Raj; Dan Kilper; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2025)

Mitigating xApp conflicts for efficient network slicing in 6G O-RAN: a graph convolutional-based attention network approach. - Sihem Bakri; Indrakshi Dey; Harun Siljak; Marco Ruffini; Nicola Marchetti (CoRR, 2025)

Interference Detection in Spectrum-Blind Multi-User Optical Spectrum as a Service. - Agastya Raj; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2025)

Routing and Spectrum Allocation in Broadband Quantum Entanglement Distribution. - Rohan Bali; Ashley Tittelbaugh; Shelbi L. Jenkins; Anuj Agrawal; Jerry Horgan; Marco Ruffini; Daniel C. Kilper; Boulat A. Bash (IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., 2025)

Real-Time Capable, Low-latency Upstream Scheduling in Multi-Tenant, SLA Compliant TWDM PON. - Arijeet Ganguli; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2025)

Generalized few-shot transfer learning architecture for modeling the EDFA gain spectrum. - Agastya Raj; Zehao Wang; Tingjun Chen; Daniel C. Kilper; Marco Ruffini (CoRR, 2025)