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Francesco CHITI

Ruolo attuale:: Professore Associato
SSD:: IINF-03/A - Telecomunicazioni
Afferenza organizzativa:: Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione

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Posizione attuale

Professore associato di Telecomunicazioni presso il Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze

Abilitato alle funzioni di Professore di prima fascia nel settore Telecomunicazioni

Membro del Collegio dei docenti del Dottorato di ricerca in Ingegneria dell’Informazione dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze

Delegato all’Orientamento del Corso di laurea in Ingegneria Elettronica dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze

Membro della Commissione Comunicazione e Public Engagement del Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione

Associate Editor di IEEE Communications Magazine, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, Security and Privacy e International Journal of Security and Communication Networks

Posizioni precedenti

2004-2007: Assegnista di ricerca presso il Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze

2007-2012: Ricercatore a tempo determinato nel settore Telecomunicazioni presso l’Università degli Studi di Firenze

2012-2017: Ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipo A nel settore Telecomunicazioni presso l’Università degli Studi di Firenze

2017-2020: Ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipo B nel settore Telecomunicazioni presso l’Università degli Studi di Firenze

2020-2024: Membro della Commissione Internazionalizzazione del Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione

Membership

Membro del Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT) dal 2001

Membro della Società Italiana di Matematica Applicata e Industriale (SIMAI) dal 2004

IEEE Senior Member dal 2013

Membro della IEEE Communications and Information Security Technical Committee, nella quale ha ricoperto gli incarichi di Segretario, Vicepresidente e Presidente

Editor della Newsletter della IEEE Communications and Information Security Technical Committee

Membro della IEEE Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Technical Committee

Membro della IEEE Satellite and Space Communications Technical Committee

Membro della IEEE Technical Committee on Quantum Communications and Information Technology

Afferente al laboratorio Data Communications Networks and Systems Lab del Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione

Afferente al Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca per le Tecnologie e i Microsistemi per la Qualità e la Sicurezza Ambientale dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze

Formazione

Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di Professore di prima fascia nel settore Telecomunicazioni, conseguita nel 2020

Dottorato di ricerca in Ingegneria Informatica e delle Telecomunicazioni, Università degli Studi di Firenze, conseguito nel 2004

Master post lauream in Web and Wireless, Università di Pisa, conseguito nel 2001

Abilitazione all’esercizio della professione di Ingegnere, conseguita nel 2000

Laurea in Ingegneria delle Telecomunicazioni, Università degli Studi di Firenze, conseguita nel 2000 con votazione di 110 su 110 e lode

Francesco CHITI

Curriculum

Francesco Chiti - Professore Associato di Telecomunicazioni | Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione | Università degli Studi di Firenze

Profilo accademico

Francesco Chiti è Professore associato nel settore Telecomunicazioni presso il Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze dal 2020. Nello stesso Ateneo ha conseguito la laurea in Ingegneria delle Telecomunicazioni con lode nel 2000 e il Dottorato di ricerca in Ingegneria Informatica e delle Telecomunicazioni nel 2004. Ha conseguito l’Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle funzioni di Professore di prima fascia nel settore Telecomunicazioni, valida fino al 2032.

Ricerca

La sua attività scientifica riguarda architetture e protocolli per reti di telecomunicazioni avanzate. Gli interessi attuali comprendono reti non terrestri e integrazione satellite-terra, comunicazioni quantistiche e Quantum Internet, Software Defined Networking e Network Function Virtualization per sistemi 5G e 6G, Edge e Fog Computing per Industrial Internet of Things, reti veicolari, sicurezza delle reti, Wireless Sensor Networks e Internet of BioNanoThings. Afferisce al laboratorio DaCoNetS e al Centro Interdipartimentale CITMQSA dell’Università di Firenze.

Progetti e responsabilità scientifiche

Ha partecipato a numerosi progetti europei, nazionali e regionali, spesso con funzioni di coordinamento scientifico. Tra le iniziative recenti figurano la COST Action 6G-PHYSEC, il PRIN SIPT-VARIS e il partenariato PNRR RESTART, nei quali è impegnato su sicurezza e resilienza delle reti 6G, architetture SDN per l’Industrial IoT e reti industriali ultra-affidabili. È stato responsabile di progetto o di unità di ricerca in iniziative dedicate a IoT, blockchain, monitoraggio ambientale e del rischio idrogeologico, mobilità e Industria 4.0, coordinando inoltre assegni e borse di ricerca.

Didattica e formazione

Svolge attività didattica nei corsi di laurea e laurea magistrale dell’area dell’ingegneria elettronica, informatica e delle telecomunicazioni. È attualmente titolare di insegnamenti su architetture e applicazioni Internet, Internet of Things e sistemi intelligenti, oltre a un corso sulle competenze trasversali. È membro del Collegio dei docenti del Dottorato in Ingegneria dell’Informazione. Ha seguito sette tesi di dottorato e oltre cento tesi di laurea su reti avanzate, IoT, 5G e 6G, comunicazioni satellitari e quantistiche e cybersecurity.

Produzione scientifica e comunità internazionale

Al 5 agosto 2026, Scopus indicizza 150 pubblicazioni, 1.682 citazioni e un h-index pari a 23. IEEE Senior Member, ha ricoperto i ruoli di Segretario, Vicepresidente e Presidente della IEEE Communications and Information Security Technical Committee ed è Editor della relativa newsletter. Dal 2026 è Associate Editor di IEEE Communications Magazine e svolge incarichi editoriali per altre riviste internazionali. Ha presieduto simposi sulla sicurezza delle comunicazioni a IEEE ICC 2025 e IEEE GLOBECOM 2016 e 2021. Tra i riconoscimenti ricevuti figurano il CIS-TC Technical Recognition Award 2024, due Best Paper Award e il Certificate of contribution to standardization per il lavoro svolto sulla specifica ETSI TETRA Release 2.

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Chiti Francesco; Lotti Matteo; Picchioni Sara; Pierucci Laura (2026). SDN-Oriented 6G Industrial IoT Architecture Design and Application to Optimal RIS Placement and Selection. SENSORS, vol. 26, pp. 1-23, ISSN:1424-8220 DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano (2026). La nuova era delle telecomunicazioni: una prospettiva tecnologica verso reti e sistemi intelligenti. In: Stefano Selleri, Alberto Tesi, Enrico Vicario. Ingegneria Industriale & Ingegneria dell’Informazione per il territorio fiorentino, pp. 65-68 Firenze University Press, ISBN:9791221509755. DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Morosi, Simone; Pierucci, Laura (2026). Multiple SDN Controllers Placement for Integrated Satellite/Terrestrial Network. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT, vol. 23, pp. 3341-3350, ISSN:1932-4537 DOI

Ciuchi, Annalisa; Chiti, Francesco; Caputo, Stefano; Borghini, Giacomo; Magarini, Maurizio; Mucchi, Lorenzo (2026). A Software-Defined Perspective on Molecular Networking in the Internet of BioNanoThings. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MOLECULAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND MULTI-SCALE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 12, pp. 451-466, ISSN:2332-7804 DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Pecorella, Tommaso; Picchi, Roberto; Pierucci, Laura (2025). Towards Digital-Twin Assisted Software-Defined Quantum Satellite Networks. SENSORS, vol. 25, pp. 1-19, ISSN:1424-8220 DOI

Cibecchini Sergio, Chiti Francesco, Pierucci Laura (2025). A Lightweight AI-Based Approach for Drone Jamming Detection. FUTURE INTERNET, vol. 17, pp. 1-23, ISSN:1999-5903 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Bonanni, Michele; Chiti, Francesco; Pierucci, Laura (2025). Hybrid Dual Stack Control Plane Design for Resilient Software Defined WSANs. IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL, pp. 1-10, ISSN:2327-4662 DOI

Bartoli Claudio; Bonanni Michele; Chiti Francesco; Pierucci Laura (2025). The Alliance of SDN and MQTT for the Web of Industrial Things. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, vol. 21, pp. 4367-4376, ISSN:1551-3203 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Picchi, Roberto; Chiti, Francesco; Pecorella, Tommaso; Pierucci, Laura (2025). HAPS Based Quantum Network Design Optimization. In: 2025 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2025, gbr, 2025, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1-6. DOI

Francesco Chiti; Simone Morosi ; Claudio Bartoli (2024). An Integrated Software-Defined Networking–Network Function Virtualization Architecture for 5G RAN–Multi-Access Edge Computing Slice Management in the Internet of Industrial Things. COMPUTERS, vol. 13, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2073-431X DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chiti Francesco; Morosi Simone; Bartoli Claudio. (2024). 5G RAN and MEC Slices Management Framework for Networks of Industrial Things. In: 7th IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Industry 4.0 and IoT, MetroInd4.0 and IoT 2024, ita, 2024, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 316-321. DOI

Chiti F.; Picchi R.; Pierucci L. (2024). A survey on non-terrestrial quantum networking: Challenges and trends. COMPUTER NETWORKS, vol. 252, pp. 1-19, ISSN:1389-1286 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Francesco Chiti, Roberto Picchi, Laura Pierucci (2024). From Earth-to-Moon Networking: A Software-Defined Temporal Perspective. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORK SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, pp. 1-12, ISSN:2327-4697 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chiti, Francesco; Picchi, Roberto; Pierucci, Laura (2024). Advanced Control Architectures for Quantum Satellite Temporal-Networking. IEEE ACCESS, vol. 12, pp. 43410-43421, ISSN:2169-3536 DOI

Chiti, Francesco (2023). Internet. Prospettive, architetture, applicazioni. Nuova ediz. Società Editrice Esculapio srl, ISBN:9788893853408

Chiti, Francesco; Degl'Innocenti, Ashley; Pierucci, Laura (2023). Secure Networking with Software-Defined Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces. SENSORS, vol. 23, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1424-8220 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chiti F.; Gandini G. (2023). Distributed Ledger as a Service: A Web 3.0-Oriented Architecture. JOURNAL OF SENSOR AND ACTUATOR NETWORKS, vol. 12, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2224-2708 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Michele Bonanni; Francesco Chiti; Giovanni Collodi; Stefano Maddio; Giuseppe Pelosi; Laura Pierucci (2022). A Parasitic Loaded Rectenna for Energy Harvesting Applications for the Internet of Things. In: IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), Denver, 10-15 July 2022, IEEE, pp. 2008-2012. DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Bartoli C.; Bonanni M.; Chiti F.; Pierucci L.; Cidronali A.; Collodi G.; Maddio S. (2022). Toward the Web of Industrial Things: A Publish-Subscribe Oriented Architecture for Data and Power Management. SENSORS, vol. 22, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1424-8220 DOI

Chiti F.; Fantacci R.; Picchi R.; Pierucci L. (2022). Mobile Control Plane Design for Quantum Satellite Backbones. IEEE NETWORK, vol. 36, pp. 91-97, ISSN:0890-8044 DOI

Xiao B.; Wu F.; Chiti F.; Manshaei M.; Ateniese G. (2022). Guest Editorial: Introduction to the Special Section on Security and Privacy for AI Models and Applications. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORK SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, vol. 9, pp. 171-172, ISSN:2327-4697 DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Picchi, Roberto; Pierucci, Laura (2022). Metropolitan Quantum-Drone Networking and Computing: A Software-Defined Perspective. IEEE ACCESS, vol. 10, pp. 126062-126073, ISSN:2169-3536 DOI

Francesco Chiti, Romano Fantacci, Roberto Picchi, Laura Pierucci (2021). Quantum Satellite Backbone Networks Design and Performance Evaluation. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications, Montreal, 14-23 June 2021, IEEE, pp. 1-6. DOI

Francesco Chiti, Romano Fantacci, Dania Marabissi, Andrea Tani (2021). Correlation Based Spectrum Sensing with Oversampling and Optimal Weights Selection for OFDM based Networks Coexistence in TVWS. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COGNITIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING, vol. 7, pp. 511-523, ISSN:2332-7731 DOI

Francesco Chiti, Romano Fantacci, Roberto Picchi, Laura Pierucci (2021). Towards the Quantum Internet: Satellite Control Plane Architectures and Protocol Design. FUTURE INTERNET, vol. 13, pp. 1-13, ISSN:1999-5903 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chiti F., Fantacci R., Pierucci L. (2021). A Green Routing Protocol with Wireless Power Transfer for Internet of Things. JOURNAL OF SENSOR AND ACTUATOR NETWORKS, vol. 10, pp. 1-14, ISSN:2224-2708 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Bonanni, Michele; Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Pierucci, Laura (2021). Dynamic Control Architecture Based on Software Defined Networking for the Internet of Things. FUTURE INTERNET, vol. 13, pp. 113-127, ISSN:1999-5903 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Tani A., Chiti F., Fantacci R., Marabissi D. (2020). A Multi-cycle Spectrum Sensing for OFDM signals under Cyclic Frequency Offsets in Cognitive Vehicular Networks. IET COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 14, pp. 2259-2269, ISSN:1751-8628 DOI

Bonadio A., Chiti F., Fantacci R. (2020). Performance Analysis of an Edge Computing SaaS System for Mobile Users. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, vol. 69, pp. 2049-2057, ISSN:0018-9545 DOI

ROBERTO PICCHI, FRANCESCO CHITI, ROMANO FANTACCI, LAURA PIERUCCI (2020). Towards Quantum Satellite Internetworking: a Software Defined Networking Perspective. IEEE ACCESS, vol. 8, pp. 210370-210381, ISSN:2169-3536 DOI

Bonanni M., Chiti F., Fantacci R. (2020). Mobile Mist Computing for the Internet of Vehicles. INTERNET TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, vol. 3, pp. 1-5, ISSN:2476-1508 DOI

Alessio Bonadio; Francesco Chiti; Romano Fantacci; Vincenzo Vespri (2020). An Integrated Framework for BlockChain inspired Fog Communications and Computing in Internet of Vehicles. JOURNAL OF AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE AND HUMANIZED COMPUTING, vol. 11, pp. 755-762, ISSN:1868-5137 DOI

Rashid A.; Pecorella T.; Chiti F. (2020). Toward resilient wireless sensor networks: A virtualized perspective. SENSORS, vol. 20, pp. 1-20, ISSN:1424-8220 DOI

Francesco Chiti, Romano Fantacci, Laura Pierucci (2020). Optimal Links Selection Procedure in Buffer- Aided Relaying for Point-to-Multipoints Communications. IET COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 14, pp. 349-356, ISSN:1751-8628 DOI

Chiti F., Fantacci R., Picano B., Pierucci L. (2020). A Capacitated House Allocation Game for the Energy Efficient Relays Selection in 5G Multicast Context. SENSORS, vol. 20, pp. 1-12, ISSN:1424-8220 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

F. Chiti, R. Fantacci, B. Picano (2020). A Matching Game for Tasks Offloading in Integrated Edge-Fog Computing Systems. EUROPEAN TRANSACTIONS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS, vol. 31, pp. 1-8, ISSN:1124-318X DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Francesco Chiti, Romano Fantacci, Francesca Nizzi, Laura Pierucci, Carlos Borrego (2019). A Distributed Token Passing Protocol for Time Constrained Data Gathering in VANETs. ELECTRONICS, vol. 8, pp. 1-17, ISSN:2079-9292 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

F. Chiti, R. Fantacci, L. Pierucci (2019). Energy Efficient Communications for Reliable IoT Multicast 5G/Satellite Services. FUTURE INTERNET, vol. 11, pp. 1-13, ISSN:1999-5903 DOI

Giulio Bartoli, Francesco Chiti, Romano Fantacci, Benedetta Picano (2019). An Efficient Resource Allocation Scheme for Applications in LR-WPANs based on a Stable Matching with Externalities Approach. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, vol. 68, pp. 5893-5903, ISSN:0018-9545 DOI

Alessio Bonadio, Francesco Chiti, Romano Fantacci (2019). An Integrated Framework for Fog Communications and Computing in Internet of Vehicles. In: OMNeT++ Summit 2018, Pisa, 5-7 September 2018, EPiC Series in Computing, vol. 66, pp. 1-8.

Benedetta Picano, Francesco Chiti , Romano Fantacci, Zhu Han (2019). Passengers Demand Forecasting Based on Chaos Theory. In: IEEE ICC 2019, IEEE, pp. 1-6. DOI

F. Chiti, R. Fantacci, F. Paganelli, B. Picano (2019). Virtual Functions Placement with Time Constraints in Fog Computing: a Matching Theory Perspective. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT, pp. 1-9, ISSN:1932-4537 DOI

Chiti, Francesco (2018). Evolution of Vehicular Networks in the Transition from 3G to 4G Systems. In: Hsiao-Hwa Chen. Encyclopedia of Wireless Networks, pp. 1-10 Springer International Publishing, ISBN:978-3-319-32903-1. DOI

Francesco Chiti, Enrico Dei, Romano Fantacci (2018). Bio-Communities Communications Paradigms for Vehicular Social Networks. In: P. Cong-Vinh. Nature-Inspired Networking: Theory and Applications, pp. 25-48 CRC Press / Taylor & Francis. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Nizzi F., Pecorella T., Bonadio A., Chiti F., Fantacci R., Tarchi D., Cerroni W. (2018). FOG-oriented Joint Computing and Networking: the GAUChO Project Vision. In: 2018 AEIT International Annual Conference, AEIT, pp. 1-5.

F. Chiti, R. Fantacci, A. tani (2018). An Efficient Network Coding Scheme for Time Constrained Multicast Narrowband Power Line Communications. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, vol. 21, pp. 1-8, ISSN:1074-5351 DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Rizzo, Andrea (2018). An Integrated Software Platform for Airport Queues Prediction with Application to Resources Management. JOURNAL OF AIR TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT, vol. 67, pp. 11-18, ISSN:0969-6997 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Francesco Chiti, Romano Fantacci, Benedetta Picano (2018). A Matching Theory Framework for Tasks Offloading in Fog Computing for IoT Systems. IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL, vol. 5, pp. 5089-5096, ISSN:2327-4662 DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Picano, Benedetta; Gu, Yunan; Du, Xunsheng; Han, Zhu (2018). A low complexity matching game approach for LTE-Unlicensed. In: 2017 IEEE 86th Vehicular Technology Conference, IEEE, pp. 1-5. DOI

Chiti, F.; Fantacci, R.; Nizzi, F.; Pecorella, T.; Pierucci, L. . (2017). A Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Protocol for IEEE 802.15.4m Wide-Area WSNs. In: IEEE ICC 2017, IEEE, pp. 1-5, ISBN:978-146738999-0 DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Tani, Andrea (2017). Performance Evaluation of An Adaptive Channel Allocation Technique for Cognitive Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, pp. 5351-5363, ISSN:0018-9545 DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Tani, Andrea (2017). An Efficient Network Coding Scheme for Reliable Multicast Power Line Communications. PHYSICAL COMMUNICATION, vol. 25, pp. 34-42, ISSN:1874-4907

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Guy, Yunan; Hany, Zhu (2017). Content Sharing in Internet of Vehicles: Two Matching-Based User-Association Approaches. VEHICULAR COMMUNICATIONS, pp. 35-44, ISSN:2214-2096 DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Pierucci, Laura (2017). Social-Aware Relay Selection for Cooperative Multicast Device-to-Device Communications. FUTURE INTERNET, vol. 9, pp. 1-13, ISSN:1999-5903 DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Romano Fantacci, ; Gabriella Pasi, ; Francesco Tisato, (2016). Context-Awareness in Autonomic Communication and in Accessing Web Information: Issues and Challenges. In: Ning Zhong, Jianhua Ma, Jiming Liu, Runhe Huang, Xiaohui Tao. Wisdom Web of Things, pp. 107-118 Springer International Publishing, ISBN:978-3-319-44198-6. DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Marabissi, Dania; Tani, Andrea (2016). Performance Evaluation of an Efficient and Reliable Multicast Power Line Communication System. IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 34, pp. 1953-1964, ISSN:0733-8716 DOI

Francesco, Chiti; Romano, Fantacci; Tommaso, Pecorella. (2016). An Optimized Multicast Scheme for Data Burst Dissemination over Satellite Links. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, vol. 65, pp. 9414-9420, ISSN:0018-9545

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Pierucci, Laura (2016). Buffer-Aided Relaying Approaches for Multicast Communications. In: IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC) 2016, IEEE, pp. 411-416. DOI

Chiti F.; Fantacci R.; Pierucci L.; Privitera N. (2016). Optimal joint MIMO and modulation order selection for network coded multicast wireless communications. TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, vol. 61, pp. 433-441, ISSN:1018-4864 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chiti, Francesco; DI GIACOMO, Dario; Fantacci, Romano; Pierucci, Laura; Carlini, Camillo (2016). Optimized Narrow-Band M2M Systems for Massive Cellular IoT Communications. In: IEEE Globecom 2016, IEEE, pp. 1-6. DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Loreti, Michele; Pugliese, Rosario (2016). Context-aware wireless mobile autonomic computing and communications: Research trends and emerging applications. IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 23, pp. 86-92, ISSN:1536-1284 DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Duzgun, Fatma Gamze; Vespri, Vincenzo (2016). A Game Theory Inspired Channel Allocation Policy for Multi-Radio Pervasive Ad Hoc Communications. WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND MOBILE COMPUTING, vol. 16, pp. 1826-1836, ISSN:1530-8669 DOI

L.Pierucci, R. Fantacci, F.Chiti, Di Giacomo D. (2016). Interference aware approach for D2D communications. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2016, IEEE, pp. 1-6. DOI

Chiti, F; Fantacci, R; Pierucci, L (2016). Adaptive Network Coded MIMO Schemes for Group Reliable Multicast Green Communications. In: International Annual Conference: Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean Area, Energy and ICT Networks of the Future 2016, Capri, Ottobre, IEEE- AEIT, pp. 1-5. DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Giuli, Dino; Paganelli, Federica; Rigazzi, Giovanni (2016). Communications Protocol Design for 5G Vehicular Networks. In: Wei Xiang, Kan Zheng, Xuemin Shen. 5G Mobile Communications, pp. 625-649 Springer, ISBN:978-3-319-34206-1. DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Pierucci, Laura (2016). Dynamic Multicast Link Selections for Buffer-Aided Relaying Networks. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, vol. 29, pp. 1790-1804, ISSN:1074-5351 DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Tani, Andrea (2015). Performance Evaluation of An Adaptive Channel Allocation Technique for Cognitive Wireless Sensor Networks. In: IEEE Globecom 2015, IEEE, pp. 1-5.

Tassi A.; Khirallah C.; Vukobratovic D.; Chiti F.; Thompson J.; Fantacci R. (2015). Resource Allocation Strategies for Network-Coded Video Broadcasting Services over LTE-Advanced. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, vol. 64, pp. 2186-2192, ISSN:0018-9545 DOI

Carlà L.; Chiti F.; Fantacci R.; Tassi A. (2015). Sleep Period Optimization Model For Layered Video Service Delivery Over eMBMS Networks. In: IEEE ICC 2015, IEEE, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 US, pp. 1-5.

Esposito, Flavio; Chiti, Francesco (2015). Distributed consensus-based auctions for wireless virtual network embedding. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2015, gbr, 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., vol. 2015-, pp. 472-477, ISBN:9781467364324 DOI

Chiti F.; Fantacci R.; Mastandrea R.; Rigazzi G.; Suarez Sarmiento A.; Macıas Lopez E.M. (2015). A Distributed Clustering Scheme with Self Nomination: Proposal and Application to Critical Monitoring. WIRELESS NETWORKS, vol. 21, pp. 329-345, ISSN:1022-0038 DOI

Chiti F.; Fantacci R.; Tassi A. (2015). An Efficient HARQ Scheme For Applications in Multicast Communication Systems. WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND MOBILE COMPUTING, pp. 1-8, ISSN:1530-8677 DOI

Pecorella, Tommaso; Ronga, Luca Simone; Chiti, Francesco; Jayousi, Sara; Franck, Laurent (2015). Emergency satellite communications: research and standardization activities. IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE, vol. 53, pp. 170-177, ISSN:0163-6804 DOI

Chiti F.; Fantacci R.; Dei E.; Zhu Han (2015). Context Aware Clustering in VANETs: a Game Theoretic Perspective. In: IEEE ICC 2015, IEEE, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 US, pp. 1-5.

Lorenzo Carlà; Francesco Chiti; Romano Fantacci; Tommaso Pecorella (2015). Current and Future Trends in Open Source Network Simulator for Wireless Systems. In: Mohammad Obaidat, Petros Nicopolitidis, Faouzi Zarai. Modeling and Simulation of Computer Networks and Systems, pp. 451-464 -ACADEMIC PRESS LTD ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 24-28 OVAL RD, LONDON, ENGLAND, NW1 7DX, ISBN:978-0-12-800887-4. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Tassi A.; Chiti F.; Fantacci R.; Schoen F. (2014). An Energy Efficient Resource Allocation Scheme for RLNC-based Heterogeneous Multicast Communications. IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS, vol. 18, pp. 1399-1402, ISSN:1089-7798 DOI

Giovanni Rigazzi;Francesco Chiti;Romano Fantacci;Camillo Carlini (2014). Multi-hop D2D networking and resource management scheme for M2M communications over LTE-A systems. In: International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), IEEE, pp. 973-978, ISBN:9781479909599 DOI

Chiti F.; Fantacci R.; Tassi A. (2014). Evaluation of the Resequencing Delay for Selective Repeat ARQ in TDD-Based Wireless Communication Systems. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, pp. 2450-2454, ISSN:0018-9545 DOI

Chiti F.; Fantacci R.; Rigazzi G. (2014). A Mobility Driven Joint Clustering and Relay Selection for IEEE 802.11p/WAVE Vehicular Networks. In: IEEE ICC 2014, IEEE / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Incorporated:445 Hoes Lane:(800)701-4333, (732)981-0060, EMAIL: subscription-service@ieee.org, INTERNET: http://www.ieee.org, Fax: (732)981-9667, pp. 1-5.

Baccarelli E.; Chiti F.; Cordeschi N. ; Fantacci R.; Marabissi D.; Parisi R.; Uncini A. (2014). Green Multimedia Wireless Sensor Networks: Distributed Intelligent Data Fusion, In-network Processing and Optimized Resource Management. IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 21, pp. 20-26, ISSN:1536-1284 DOI

Francesco Chiti; Romano Fantacci; Tommaso Pecorella (2014). Social Sensor Networks for Transportation Management in Smart Cities. In: Mohammad Ilyas , Sami S. Alwakeel , Mohammed M. Alwakeel , el-Hadi M. Aggoune. Sensor Networks for Sustainable Development, pp. 357-378, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742: CRC Press, ISBN:9781466582064. DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Carlà L.; Chiti F.; Fantacci R. ; Khirallah C.; Tassi A. (2014). Power Efficient Resource Allocation Strategies for Layered Video Delivery Over eMBMS Networks. In: IEEE ICC 2014, IEEE, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017, pp. 1-5.

Leonardo Maccari; Romano Fantacci; Tommaso Pecorella; Francesco Chiti; G. Ghettini (2014). Protecting mobile agents communications in pervasive networks with a trusted distributed mediator for ID-based RSA. SECURITY AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, vol. 7, pp. 1887-1899, ISSN:1939-0122 DOI

Chiti F.; Fantacci R.; Pecorella T.; Tassi A. (2013). Optimized Short Message Transmission for Reliable Communications over Satellite Broadcast Channels. In: IEEE Globecom 2013, IEEE, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA, pp. 1-5.

Bartoli, Giulio; Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Marabissi, Dania; Tassi, Andrea (2013). MAC and PHY-layer network coding for applications in wireless communications networks. In: M.A. Matin. IT Policy and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, pp. 706-727 IGI Global, ISBN:9781466629202. DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chiti f.; Fantacci R.; Schoen F.; Tassi A. (2013). Optimized Random Network Coding for Reliable Multicast Communications. IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS, pp. 1624-1627, ISSN:1089-7798

Tassi A.; Rigazzi G.; Khirallah C.; Vukobratović D.; Chiti F.; Thompson J.; Fantacci R. (2013). Reliable Multicast in LTE-A: An Energy Efficient Cross-layer Application of Network Coding. In: ICT-2013, ICT Conference, pp. 1-5.

F. Chiti; Romano Fantacci (2013). Intelligent and cooperative environments via internet of sensors: Perspectives and case study analysis. In: 9th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2013, Cagliari, IEEE, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 US, pp. 19-23, ISBN:9781467324793 DOI

F. Chiti; R. Fantacci; A. Tassi (2013). An Efficient Network Coding Scheme with Symbol Combining: Performance Evaluation, Optimization and Comparisons. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, pp. 1267-1275, ISSN:0018-9545

Tassi A.; Khirallah C.; Vukobratović D.; Chiti F.; Thompson J.; Fantacci R. (2013). Reliable Rate-Optimized Video Multicasting Services over LTE/LTE-A. In: IEEE ICC 2013, IEEE, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017, pp. 1-6.

Chiti F.; Fantacci R.; Pierucci L.; Privitera N. (2012). An Energy Efficient Antennas Allocation Method for MIMO Multicast Communications using Network Coding. In: IEEE ICC 2012, IEEE, pp. 5249-5253, ISBN:978-1-4577-2052-9 DOI

F. Chiti; R. Fantacci; R. Mastandrea (2012). A low complexity clustering approach enabling context awareness in sparse VANETs. In: IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2012, IEEE, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 US, pp. 61-66, ISBN:9781467309219 DOI

F. Chiti; R. Fantacci; L. Micciullo; F. Paganelli; T. Ambra; D. Baldo; R. Caldelli; A. Del Mastio; M. Felici (2012). Servizi Telematici per il Tracciamento del Trasporto dei Rifiuti. SERVIZI A RETE, vol. 5, pp. 47-54, ISSN:2499-6688

Bartolozzi L.; Chiti F.; Fantacci R.; Pecorella T.; Sgrilli F. (2012). Supporting Monitoring Applications with Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks: the "eN Route'' Forwarding Approach. In: IEEE ICC 2012, IEEE, pp. 1-5, ISBN:978-1-4577-2052-9 DOI

Gianfranco Manes; Giovanni Collodi; Francesco Chiti; Romano Fantacci; Rosanna Fusco; Leonardo Gelpi; Antonio Manes (2012). A Distributed Infrastructure for Real-time Continuous VOC Monitoring in Hazardous Sites. In: UBICOMM 2012 - 6th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, IARIA, pp. 77-86, ISBN:9781612082363

Bartoli G.; Chiti F.; Fantacci R.; Marabissi D.; Tassi A. (2012). MAC and PHY-Layer Network Coding for applications in Wireless Communications Networks. In: Mohammad A. Matin. Developments in Wireless Network Prototyping, Design and Deployment: Future Generations, pp. 86-108 IGI Global, ISBN:9781466617971. DOI

F. Chiti; R. Fantacci; R. Mastandrea (2012). Ambienti Itelligenti. SERVIZI A RETE, pp. 29-35, ISSN:2499-6688

Stefanovic 'C.; Vukobratovic D. ' Crnojevic 'V. ; Chiti F.; Niccolai L.; Fantacci R. (2011). Unequal Error Protection Rateless Coding for Urban Traffic Data Broadcast. In: NEWCOM++ / COST 2100 Joint workshop, -----, pp. 1-5.

Cedomir Stefanovic;Dejan Vukobratovic;Francesco Chiti;Lorenzo Niccolai;Vladimir Crnojevic;Romano Fantacci (2011). Urban Infrastructure-to-Vehicle Traffic Data Dissemination Using UEP Rateless Codes. IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 29, pp. 94-102, ISSN:0733-8716 DOI

Macias E.; Suarez A.; Chiti F.; Sacco A.; Fantacci R. (2011). A Hierarchical Communication Architecture for Oceanic Survelliance Applications. SENSORS, pp. 11343-11356, ISSN:1424-8220 DOI

Chiti F.; Fantacci R. (2010). Urban Microclimate and Traffic Monitoring with Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Geoff V Merret, Yen Kheng Tan. Wireless Sensor Networks: Application-Centric Design, pp. 1-14, ------: Intech, ISBN:9789533073217. DOI

Dejan Vukobratovic;Cedomir Stefanovic;Vladimir Crnojevic;Francesco Chiti;Romano Fantacci (2010). Rateless packet approach for data gathering in wireless sensor networks. IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 28, pp. 1169-1179, ISSN:0733-8716 DOI

David Tacconi;Daniele Miorandi;Iacopo Carreras;Francesco Chiti;Romano Fantacci (2010). Using wireless sensor networks to support intelligent transportation systems. AD HOC NETWORKS, vol. 8, pp. 462-473, ISSN:1570-8705 DOI

F. Chiti; L. Niccolai; R. Fantacci; C. Stefanović; D. Vukobratović; V. Crnojević (2010). Contaminated Areas Monitoring via Distributed Rateless Coding with Constrained Data Gathering. In: International Wireless Communication& Mobile Computing (IWCMC 2010), Caen, FR, IEEE, pp. 1-6. DOI

F.Chiti;L.Pierucci (2010). Api2t: a bit of improvement for applications in critical scenarios. In: ACM IWCMC 2010, cannes, ACM, pp. 794-798. DOI

F. Chiti; E. Del Re; R. Fantacci; S. Morosi; L. Niccolai; R. Tucci (2010). A system level approach for node localization in IEEE 802.15.4a WSNs. In: IEEE International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN’10), IEEE, pp. 1-5.

D.Di Palma; L.Bencini; G.Collodi; G.Manes; F.Chiti; R.Fantacci; A.Manes (2010). Distributed Monitoring Systems for Agriculture based onWireless Sensor Network Technology. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON ADVANCES IN NETWORKS AND SERVICES, vol. 3, pp. 11-22, ISSN:1942-2644 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Lappoli, Stefano (2010). Contention delay minimization in wireless body sensor networks: A game theoretic perspective. In: 53rd IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2010, Miami, FL, usa, 2010, IEEE, pp. 1-6, ISBN:9781424456383 DOI

F. Chiti; R. Fantacci; D. Vukobratović (2010). Joint discrete power-level and delay optimization for network coded wireless communications. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications 2009 (ICC'09), Cape Town, IEEE, pp. 1-6.

F. Chiti; R. Fantacci; R. A. Johnson; V. Crnojević; D. Vukobratović (2009). End-to-end Delay Analysis for Reliable Communications over Lossy Channels: Integrating Network Coding and ARQ Schemes. In: IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, 2009 (GLOBECOM 2009), Honolulu, HI, Nov. 30 2009-Dec. 4 2009, IEEE, pp. 1-5, ISBN:9781424441488

F. Chiti; R. Fantacci; G. Collodi; G. Manes; L. Bencini; D. Lund; B. Ammar; I. Katsaros; A. Doswald; S. Robert; P. Sollberger (2009). Supporting Distributed Applications for Swarm of Robots within Smart Environments: The Way of EU Project DustBot. In: IWCMC 2009, Leipzig, 21-24 Giugno 2009, IEEE, pp. 1096-1101, ISBN:9781605585697 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

F. Chiti; R. Fantacci; F. Archetti; E. Messina; D. Toscani (2009). An Integrated Communications Framework for Context Aware Continuous Monitoring with Body Sensor Networks. IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 27, pp. 379-386, ISSN:0733-8716

D. Vukobratovic;C. Stefanovic;V. Crnojevic;F. Chiti;R. Fantacci (2009). A Packet-Centric Approach to Distributed Rateless Coding in Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, 2009. SECON '09. 6th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on, 2009-June, pp. 1-8. DOI

Chiti Francesco, Fantacci Romano, Maccari Leonardo, Marabissi Dania, Tarchi Daniele (2009). The Role of WiMAX Technology in Distributed Wide Area Monitoring Applications. In: M.KATZ, F.FITZEK. WiMAX Evolution: Emerging Technologies and Applications, pp. 129-143, Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, ISBN:9780470696804. DOI

L. Bencini; F. Chiti; G. Collodi; D. Di Palma; R. Fantacci; A. Manes; G. Manes (2009). Agricultural Monitoring based on Wireless Sensor Network Technology: Real Long Life Deployments for Physiology and Pathogens Control. In: SENSORCOMM 2009, Athens - Glyfada, 18-23 giugno 2009, IEEE, pp. 372-377, ISBN:9780769536699 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

L. Bencini; F. Chiti; G. Collodi; D. Di Palma; R. Fantacci; A. Manes; G. Manes (2009). Energy Efficient Communications Solutions for Nomadic Nodeswithin a Wireless Sensor Networks. In: IEEE RWS 2009, San Diego, 18-22 gennaio 2009, IEEE, pp. 99-102, ISBN:9781424426980 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Binazzi, G.; Chisci, L.; Chiti, F.; Fantacci R.; Menci, S (2009). Localization of a Swarm of Mobile Agents via Unscented Kalman Filtering. In: Communications, 2009. ICC '09. IEEE International Conference on, Dresda, Germania, Giugno 2009, IEEE, pp. 1-5. DOI

F. Chiti; M. Ciabatti; G. Collodi; D. Di Palma; R. Fantacci; G. Manes; A. Manes; I. Nelli (2008). D-STAR MAC Protocol: A Cross Layer Solution for Wireless Sensor Networks Endowed with Directive Antennas. WIRELESS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, vol. Volume 47, pp. 15-26, ISSN:0929-6212 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Francesco Chiti;Romano Fantacci;Simone Morosi;Lorenzo Niccolai (2008). Improving Localization of Mobile Agents: the Approach of Averaged Dirty Templates in IR-UWB Ranging. In: Global Telecommunications Conference, 2008. IEEE GLOBECOM 2008. IEEE, New Orleans USA, Nov. 30 2008-Dec. 4 2008, IEEE, pp. 1-5, ISBN:9781424423248 DOI

D. Di Palma; F. Chiti; G. Manes; L. Bencini; G. Collodi; R. Fantacci; A. Manes (2008). Virtual Macro Site Analysis using Wireless Sensor Network. In: WISES 2008, Regensburg, 10-11 luglio 2008, IEEE, pp. 1-10, ISBN:9783000249891 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chiti Francesco, Fantacci Romano, Maccari Leonardo, Marabissi Dania, Tarchi Daniele (2008). A Broadband Wireless Communications System for Emergency Management. IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 15, pp. 8-14, ISSN:1536-1284 DOI

G. Manes;R. Fantacci; F. Chiti; M. Ciabatti; G. Collodi; D. Di Palma; I.Nelli; A. Manes (2008). Energy efficient MAC protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks endowed with directive antennas: a cross-layer solution. In: Radio and Wireless Symposium, 2008 IEEE, Orlando, FL, marzo 2008, IEEE, pp. 239-242, ISBN:9781424414635 DOI

Fantacci R.; Chiti F.; Maccari L. (2008). Fast distributed bi-directionalauthentication for wireless sensor networks. SECURITY AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, vol. 1, pp. 17-24, ISSN:1939-0114

Tacconi, David; Carreras, Iacopo; Miorandi, Daniele; Chlamtac, Imrich; Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano (2007). Supporting the sink mobility: A case study for wireless sensor networks. In: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC'07, Glasgow, Scotland, gbr, 2007, IEEE, pp. 3948-3953, ISBN:1424403537 DOI

Tacconi, David; Carreras, Iacopo; Miorandi, Daniele; Casile, Antonio; Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano (2007). A system architecture supporting mobile applications in disconnected sensor networks. In: 50th Annual IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GLOBECOM 2007, Washington, DC, usa, 2007, IEEE, pp. 833-837, ISBN:1424410436 DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Menci, Simone; Zappoli, Alessandro (2007). Cooperative localization protocols for wireless sensor networks. In: 50th Annual IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GLOBECOM 2007, Washington, DC, usa, 2007, IEEE, pp. 1048-1052, ISBN:1424410436 DOI

F. Chiti; M. Ciabatti; G. Collodi; D. Di Palma; R. Fantacci; A. Manes (2007). Design and application of enhanced communication protocols for wireless sensor networks operating in environmental monitoring. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SENSOR NETWORKS, vol. Volume 2, pp. 299-310, ISSN:1748-1279 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

G. Manes; R. Fantacci; F. Chiti; M. Ciabatti ; G. Collodi; D. Di Palma; A. Manes (2007). Enhanced System Design Solutions for Wireless Sensor Networks applied to Distributed Environmental Monitoring. In: Local Computer Networks, 2007. LCN 2007. 32nd IEEE Conference on, Dublin, Ireland, 15-18 Oct., IEEE, pp. 807-814, ISBN:9780769530000 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

L. Caponi;F. Chiti; R. Fantacci (2007). Performance Evaluation of a Link Adaptation Technique for high Speed Wireless Communication Systems. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 6, pp. 4568-4575, ISSN:1536-1276

Chiti F.; Fantacci R. (2007). A soft combining hybrid-ARQ technique applied to throughput maximization within 3G satellite IP networks. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, vol. 56, pp. 594-604, ISSN:0018-9545 DOI

G. Manes; R. Fantacci; F. Chiti; M. Ciabatti; G. Collodi; D. Di Palma; A. Manes; I. Nelli (2007). Efficient MAC Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks Endowed with Directive Antennas: A Cross-Layer Solution. EURASIP JOURNAL ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING, vol. Volume 2007, pp. 1-9, ISSN:1687-1499 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Maccari, Leonardo; Murray, Ken; Pesch, Dirk; Tomic, Slobodanka; Aguero, Ramon; Solano, Juan José Pérez; Suihko, Tapio; Prasad, Neeli R. (2007). The approach of European network of excellence CRUISE to heterogeneous wireless sensor networks design and integration. In: 2007 International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications, SENSORCOMM 2007, Valencia, esp, 2007, IEEE, pp. 520-525, ISBN:0769529887 DOI

Chiti F.; Fantacci R.; Marabissi D.; Innocenti L.; Hsiao-Hwa Chen; Guizani M.; (2006). Punctured hopping CDMA techniques: fundamentals and application to UWB communications. IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 24, pp. 731-737, ISSN:0733-8716 DOI

F. Chiti; R. Fantacci; M. Frasconi; M. Nouri (2006). An Acknowledgment Driven Adaptive Link Control Approach for Applications in High Speed Wireless Communication Systems. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 12, pp. 3588-3595, ISSN:1536-1276

Bacci, Vanni; Chiti, Francesco; Morosi, Simone; Haapola, Jussi; Shelby, Zach (2006). Performance evaluation of optimized medium access control schemes based on ultra wideband technology. In: 2006 IEEE 17th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC, Helsinki, fin, 2006, IEEE, pp. 1-6, ISBN:1424403294 DOI

Esposito, Flavio; Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Hosio, Simo; Sun, Junzhao (2006). Agent based adaptive management of non-homogeneous connectivity resources. In: 2006 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2006, Istanbul, tur, 2006, IEEE, vol. 4, pp. 1754-1759, ISBN:1424403553 DOI

F.Chiti; M. Ciabatti; G. Collodi; D. Di Palma; R. Fantacci; A. Manes (2006). Design and Application of Enhanced Communication Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks operating in Environmental Monitoring. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2006 (ICC'06), Istanbul, June 2006, IEEE, vol. 8, pp. 3390-3395, ISBN:9781424403554 DOI

Barbieri, Andrea; Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano (2006). Proposal of an adaptive MAC protocol for efficient IEEE 802.15.4 low power communications. In: IEEE GLOBECOM 2006 - 2006 Global Telecommunications Conference, San Francisco, CA, usa, 2006, IEEE, pp. 1-5, ISBN:142440357X DOI

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Marabissi, Dania; Innocenti, Luciano (2006). Performance analysis of a novel Punctured Turbo Coding scheme suitable for TH-UWB systems. In: 6th International ITG-Conference on Source and Channel Coding and 2006 4th International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Related Topics, TURBOCODING 2006, deu, 2006, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1-5, ISBN:9783800729470

F. Chiti; M. Ciabatti; G. Collodi; D. Di Palma; A. Manes (2006). An Embedded GPRS Gateway for Environmental Monitoring Wireless Sensor Networks. In: EWSN 2006, Zurigo, 13-15 Feb 2006, Springer nature, pp. 1-2, ISBN:978-3-540-32159-0

Chiti, Francesco; Fantacci, Romano; Marchiani, Riccardo (2006). Performance analysis of a ARQ-SR protocol over a wireless packet network channel. In: 2006 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2006, Istanbul, tur, 2006, IEEE, vol. 11, pp. 5117-5122, ISBN:1424403553 DOI

F. Chiti; R. Fantacci; D. Marabissi; L. Innocenti (2005). Proposal of a new punctured turbo coding scheme for TH-UWB communications. In: IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, 2005 (GLOBECOM '05), St. Louis, MO, December 2005, IEEE, vol. 6, pp. 3861-3865, ISBN:9780780394148 DOI

F. BAFFONI ; F. CHITI ; R. FANTACCI ; V. VESPRI (2005). Admission control algorithms based on self-similar Trafic modeling for IP networks.. In: Mario Primicerio; Renato Spigler; Vanda Valente. Applied and industrial mathematics in Italy, pp. 225-236, New Jersey: World Scientific (Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong), ISBN:9812563687. DOI

F. Chiti; R. Fantacci; F. Versaci (2005). Turbo Soft Combinino Hybrid ARQ Techniques: Theory and Application to 3G Wireless Networks. ANNALES DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS, vol. 60, pp. 169-183, ISSN:0003-4347

F. Chiti; A. De Cristofaro; R. Fantacci; D. Tarchi; G. Collodi; G.Giorgetti; A. Manes (2005). Energy efficient routing algorithms for application to agro-food wireless sensor networks. In: Communications, 2005. ICC 2005. 2005 IEEE International Conference on, Seoul, Korea, 16-20 May 2005, IEEE, vol. Vol. 5, pp. 3063-3067, ISBN:9780780389380 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chiti, F; Fantacci, R.; Menci, S. (2005). Optimized coding schemes for wireless data communications. In: Communications, 2005. ICC 2005. 2005 IEEE International Conference on, IEEE, pp. 1-5.

F.Chiti; R.Fantacci; D.Tarchi; S.Kota; T.Pecorella (2005). QoS provisioning in GEO satellite with onboard processing using predictor algorithms. IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 12, pp. 21-27, ISSN:1536-1284 DOI

F. Chiti; R. Fantacci; F. Marangoni (2005). Advanced dynamic resource allocation schemes for satellite systems. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2005 (ICC 2005), Paris, 16-20 May 2005, IEEE, vol. 3, pp. 1469-1472, ISBN:9780780389380 DOI

R. Fantacci; F. Chiti; D. Marabissi; G. Mennuti; S. Morosi; D. Tarchi (2005). Prospectives for Present and Future CDMA-.Based Communications Systems. IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE, vol. 43, pp. 95-100, ISSN:0163-6804 DOI

Caponi L.; Chiti F.; Fantacci R. (2004). A dynamic rate allocation technique for wireless communication systems. In: Communications, 2004 IEEE International Conference on, IEEE, vol. 7, pp. 4263-4267.

Chiti F.; Fantacci R.; Innocenti I. (2004). Power aware routing protocols for wide area ad hoc networks. In: Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks, 2004 International Workshop on, Oulu (Finland), 31 May - 3 June 2004, IEEE, pp. 53-57, ISBN:0780382757

F. Chiti;R. Fantacci;G. Mennuti;D. Tarchi (2003). An advanced admission control algorithm based on SIR estimation for CDMA wireless systems. In: IEEE WCNC 2003, New Orleans, LA, USA, 2003-March, vol. 3, pp. 1556-1560, ISBN:9780780377004 DOI

F. Chiti;R. Fantacci;G. Mennuti;D. Tarchi (2003). An efficient soft admission control technique for wireless communications. In: IEEE VTC 2003-Fall, vol. 3, pp. 1642-1646, ISBN:9780780379541 DOI

R. Fantacci;F. Chiti;T. Pecorella;G. Giambene (2003). Performance Evaluation of a Virtual Queuing Channel Allocation Scheme for Microcellular Networks. TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, vol. 23, pp. 35-68, ISSN:1018-4864 DOI

F. Chiti;R. Fantacci;G. Mennuti;D. Tarchi (2003). Dynamic SIR based admission control algorithm for 3G wireless networks. In: IEEE ICC '03, IEEE, vol. 3, pp. 1907-1911, ISBN:0-7803-7802-4 DOI

F. Chiti; R. Fantacci; T. Pecorella; F. Versaci (2003). Soft combining hybrid ARQ schemes application to reliable communications within 3G wireless networks. In: Wireless Communications and Networking, 2003. WCNC 2003, New Orleans, LA, USA, 20-20 March 2003, IEEE, 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 US, vol. 3, pp. 1779-1783, ISBN:0780377001 DOI

R. Fantacci;R. Gubellini;D. Tarchi;F. Chiti;T. Pecorella (2003). An efficient diffserv switch for satellite communication systems based on cellular neural networks. In: IEEE VTC 2003-Fall, vol. 4, pp. 2716-2720, ISBN:9780780379541 DOI

F. Chiti;R. Fantacci;T. Pecorella;F. Versaci (2003). Soft Combining Hybrid ARQ Techniques Application to 3G Wireless Packet Networks. In: ICC 2003, 2003, vol. vol.3, pp. 2139-2143. DOI

F. Chiti;R. Fantacci;T. Pecorella;L. Giacomelli;M. Poggesi;F. Poggianti (2003). An Improved Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Scheme Based on Traffic Prediction for DVB-RCS Systems. In: First International Conference on Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems ASMS 2003, Frascati (Italia), 2003-Jul., Conference on Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems - ASMS, pp. 1-10.

Francesco CHITI

Biography

CURRENT POSITIONS

Associate Professor of Telecommunications at the Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence

Holder of the Italian National Scientific Qualification for Full Professor in Telecommunications

Member of the Academic Board of the PhD Programme in Information Engineering at the University of Florence

Delegate for Student Guidance and Orientation for the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Electronic Engineering at the University of Florence

Member of the Communication and Public Engagement Committee of the Department of Information Engineering

Associate Editor of IEEE Communications Magazine, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, Security and Privacy, and the International Journal of Security and Communication Networks

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

2004-2007: Research Fellow at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, University of Florence

2007-2012: Fixed-term Researcher in Telecommunications at the University of Florence

2012-2017: Type A Fixed-term Researcher in Telecommunications at the University of Florence

2017-2020: Type B Fixed-term Researcher in Telecommunications at the University of Florence

2020-2024: Member of the Internationalisation Committee of the Department of Information Engineering

MEMBERSHIPS

Member of the Italian National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT) since 2001

Member of the Italian Society for Applied and Industrial Mathematics (SIMAI) since 2004

IEEE Senior Member since 2013

Member of the IEEE Communications and Information Security Technical Committee, where he has served as Secretary, Vice-Chair and Chair

Editor of the IEEE Communications and Information Security Technical Committee Newsletter

Member of the IEEE Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Technical Committee

Member of the IEEE Satellite and Space Communications Technical Committee

Member of the IEEE Technical Committee on Quantum Communications and Information Technology

Member of the Data Communications Networks and Systems Laboratory at the Department of Information Engineering

Member of the Interdepartmental Research Centre for Technologies and Microsystems for Environmental Quality and Safety at the University of Florence

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Italian National Scientific Qualification for Full Professor in Telecommunications, awarded in 2020

PhD in Computer Engineering and Telecommunications, University of Florence, 2004

Postgraduate Master’s Degree in Web and Wireless Technologies, University of Pisa, 2001

Italian professional qualification to practise as an engineer, 2000

Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering, University of Florence, 2000, awarded with honours

Francesco CHITI

Curriculum

Francesco Chiti - Associate Professor of Telecommunications - Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence

ACADEMIC PROFILE

Francesco Chiti has been an Associate Professor of Telecommunications at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Florence since 2020. He received his Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering with honours from the same university in 2000 and his PhD in Computer Engineering and Telecommunications in 2004. He holds the Italian National Scientific Qualification for Full Professor in Telecommunications, valid until 2032.

RESEARCH

His research focuses on architectures and protocols for advanced telecommunications networks. His current interests include non-terrestrial networks and satellite-terrestrial integration, quantum communications and the Quantum Internet, Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization for 5G and 6G systems, Edge and Fog Computing for the Industrial Internet of Things, vehicular networks, network security, Wireless Sensor Networks, and the Internet of BioNanoThings. He is a member of the Data Communications Networks and Systems Laboratory and of the Interdepartmental Research Centre for Technologies and Microsystems for Environmental Quality and Safety at the University of Florence.

RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

He has participated in numerous European, national and regional research projects, frequently holding scientific coordination roles. Recent initiatives include the 6G-PHYSEC COST Action, the SIPT-VARIS PRIN project and the RESTART partnership funded under Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan. Within these projects, his work addresses the security and resilience of 6G networks, Software Defined Networking architectures for the Industrial Internet of Things, and ultra-reliable industrial networks.

He has served as project leader or research unit coordinator in projects concerning the Internet of Things, blockchain technologies, environmental and hydrogeological risk monitoring, mobility, and Industry 4.0. He has also supervised several research fellowships and research grants.

TEACHING AND SUPERVISION

He teaches in Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes in Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering and Telecommunications Engineering. His current teaching activities cover Internet architectures and applications, Internet of Things architectures and technologies, intelligent systems, and transferable and soft skills.

He is a member of the Academic Board of the PhD Programme in Information Engineering. He has supervised seven doctoral dissertations and more than one hundred Bachelor’s and Master’s theses in advanced networks, the Internet of Things, 5G and 6G systems, satellite and quantum communications, and cybersecurity.

SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT AND INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC SERVICE

As of 5 August 2026, Scopus lists 150 publications, 1,682 citations and an h-index of 23.

An IEEE Senior Member, he has served as Secretary, Vice-Chair and Chair of the IEEE Communications and Information Security Technical Committee and is Editor of its newsletter. Since 2026, he has served as an Associate Editor of IEEE Communications Magazine and holds editorial appointments with other international journals.

He chaired the Communication and Information System Security Symposium at IEEE ICC 2025 and at IEEE GLOBECOM 2016 and 2021. His awards and distinctions include the 2024 CIS-TC Technical Recognition Award, two Best Paper Awards, and the Certificate of Contribution to Standardization for his work on the ETSI TETRA Release 2 specification.

ORCID: 0000-0002-0267-4733

Scopus Author ID: 23059703100

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