Northeastern University Wireless Networks and Embedded Systems Lab
Salvatore D'Oro

Salvatore D'Oro, Ph. D.

Research Assistant Professor

Wireless Networks and Embedded Systems Laboratory
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Northeastern University

Office: 799 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02120.

Email:s.doro@northeastern.edu


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Biography

Salvatore D'Oro joined Northeastern University (Boston, MA) in 2017 where now he is a research assistant professor with the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (W-IoT). He received the B.S. degree in Computer Engineering and the M.S. degree in Telecommunications Engineering degree both from the University of Catania (Catania, Italy) in 2011 and 2012, respectively. He received the PhD degree from the University of Catania in 2015, where, in 2016 worked as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Sergio Palazzo. In 2013 and 2015, he was a Visiting Researcher at Université Paris-Sud 11 (Paris, France) and at Ohio State University (Ohio, USA). He serves in the Technical Program Committee (TPC) of several international journals and conferences such as Elsevier Computer Communications and IEEE INFOCOM. His research interests focus on network slicing and virtualization techniques for 5G systems and beyond, physical layer security, artificial intelligence and machine learining for networking applications.

Research

  • 5G systems

  • Network Slicing

  • Wireless networks

  • Software Defined Networks (SDN)

  • Network Function Virtualization (NFV)

  • Game theory and Resource allocation

  • Secure communications

Publications

Articles in Journals

  • J. Groen, S. D'Oro, U. Demir, L. Bonati, M. Polese, T. Melodia, K. Chowdhury, "Implementing and Evaluating Security in O-RAN: Interfaces, Intelligence, and Platforms," arXiv:2304.11125 [cs.CR], pp. 1-7, April 2023. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Bonati, M. Polese, S. D'Oro, S. Basagni, T. Melodia, "NeutRAN: An Open RAN Neutral Host Architecture for Zero-Touch RAN and Spectrum Sharing," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, August 2023. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Bonati, M. Polese, S. D'Oro, S. Basagni, T. Melodia, "OpenRAN Gym: AI/ML Development, Data Collection, and Testing for O-RAN on PAWR Platforms," Computer Networks, vol. 220, pp. 1-11, January 2023. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Ferranti, S. D’Oro, L. Bonati, F. Cuomo, and T. Melodia "HIRO-NET: Heterogeneous Intelligent RObotic Network for Internet Sharing in Disaster Scenarios," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 21, no. 12, Dec. 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • S. D'Oro, M. Polese, L. Bonati, H. Cheng, and T. Melodia, "dApps: Distributed Applications for Real-time Inference and Control in O-RAN," IEEE Communications Magazine, vo. 60, no. 11, Nov. 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • B. Azari, H. Cheng, N. Soltani, H. Li, Y. Li, M. Belgiovine, T. Imbiriba, S. D’Oro, T. Melodia, Y. Wang, P. Closas, K. Chowdhury, D. Erdogmuz "Automated Deep Learning-based Wide-band Receiver," Computer Networks, 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • N. Soltani, H. Cheng, M. Belgiovine, Y. Li, H. Li, B. Azari, S. D'Oro, T. Imbiriba, T. Melodia, P. Closas, Y. Wang, D. Erdogmus, K. Chowdhury "Neural Network-based OFDM Receiver for Resource Constrained IoT Devices," IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • M. Polese, L. Bonati, S. D'Oro, S. Basagni, T. Melodia, "Understanding O-RAN: Architecture, Interfaces, Algorithms, Security, and Research Challenges", IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, January 2023. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • M. Polese, L. Bonati, S. D'Oro, S. Basagni, T. Melodia, "ColO-RAN: Developing Machine Learning-based xApps for Open RAN Closed-loop Control on Programmable Experimental Platforms", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, pp. 1-14, July 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • S. D'Oro, L. Bonati, F. Restuccia and T. Melodia, "Coordinated 5G Network Slicing: How Constructive Interference Can Boost Network Throughput," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 29, no.4, pp 1881-1894, Aug. 2021. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Bonati, S. D'Oro, M. Polese, S. Basagni, and T. Melodia, "Intelligence and Learning in O-RAN for Data-driven NextG Cellular Networks", IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 59, no. 10, pp. 21–27, October 2021. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • A. Al-shawabka, F. Restuccia, S. D’Oro, T.Melodia, "Massive-Scale I/Q Datasets for WiFi Radio Fingerprinting," Computer Networks, Vol. 182, December 2020. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Bonati, M. Polese, S. D'Oro, S. Basagni, and T. Melodia, "Open, Programmable, and Virtualized 5G Networks: State-of-the-Art and the Road Ahead," Computer Networks (COMNET), vol. 182, August 2020. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Bertizzolo, L. Bonati, E. Demirors, A. Al-Shawabka, S. D'Oro, F. Restuccia, and T. Melodia, "Arena: A 64-antenna SDR-based Ceiling Grid Testing Platform for Sub-6 GHz 5G-and-Beyond Radio Spectrum Research," submitted for publication, Elsevier Computer Networks (COMNET), 2020. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Bonati, S. D'Oro, L. Bertizzolo, E. Demirors, Z. Guan, S. Basagni, and T. Melodia, "CellOS: Zero-touch Softwarized Open Cellular Networks," Computer Networks (COMNET), vol. 180, October 2020. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • S. D'Oro, L. Bonati, F. Restuccia and T. Melodia, "Coordinated 5G Network Slicing: How Constructive Interference Can Boost Network Throughput," submitted for publication, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2020. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • K. Sankhe, M. Belgiovine, F. Zhou, L. Angioloni, F. Restuccia, S. D'Oro, T. Melodia, S. Ioannidis, and K. Chowdhury. No Radio Left Behind: Radio Fingerprinting Through Deep Learning of Physical-Layer Hardware Impairments. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, Special Issue on Evolution of Cognitive Radio to AI-enabled Radio and Networks , to appear. [pdf] [bibtex]

    • S. D'Oro, F. Restuccia, and T. Melodia. Toward Operator-to-Waveform 5G Radio Access Network Slicing. IEEE Communications Magazine , under review. [pdf]

    • S. D'Oro, M. A. Marotta, C. B. Both, L. DaSilva and S. Palazzo. Power-Efficient Resource Allocation in C-RANs withSINR Constraints and Deadlines. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology , to appear. [pdf]

    • S. D'Oro, F. Restuccia, T. Melodia, and S. Palazzo. Low-Complexity Distributed 5G Network Slicing: Analysis, Algorithms, and Experimental Results. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 2815-2828, Dec. 2018. [pdf] [bibtex]

    • F. Restuccia, S. D'Oro, and T. Melodia. Securing the Internet of Things in the Age of Machine Learning and Software-defined Networking. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2018. [pdf] [bibtex]

    • S. D'Oro, A. Zappone, S. Palazzo, M. Lops. A Learning Approach for Low-Complexity Optimization of Energy Efficiency in Multi-Carrier Wireless Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, to appear, 2018. [pdf] [bibtex]
    • S. D'Oro, E. Ekici, S. Palazzo. Optimal Power Allocation and Scheduling under Jamming Attacks. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol.25, no.3, pp. 1310-1323, June 2017. doi: 10.1109/TNET.2016.2622002. [pdf] [bibtex]
    • S. D'Oro, L. Galluccio, S. Palazzo, G. Schembra. A Game Theoretic Approach for Distributed Resource Allocation and Orchestration of Softwarized Networks, IEEE JSAC Special Issue on Game Theory for Networks, vol.35, no.3, pp. 721-735, March 2017. doi:10.1109/JSAC.2017.2672278. [pdf] [bibtex]
    • S. D'Oro, L. Galluccio, P. Mertikopoulos, G. Morabito, S. Palazzo. Auction-based Resource Allocation in OpenFlow Multi-tenant Networks, Elsevier Computer Networks (ComNet), vol.115, pp. 29-41, March 2017. doi:10.1016/j.comnet.2017.01.010. [pdf] [bibtex]
    • S. D'Oro, L. Galluccio, S. Palazzo, G. Schembra. Exploiting Congestion Games to Achieve Distributed Service Chaining in NFV Networks, IEEE JSAC Special Issue on Game Theory for Networks, vol.35, no.2, pp. 407-420, February 2017. doi: 10.1109/JSAC.2017.2659298. [pdf] [bibtex]
    • S. D'Oro, P. Mertikopoulos, A. Moustakas, S. Palazzo. Interference-Based Pricing for Opportunistic Multi-Carrier Cognitive Radio Systems . IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication, vol.14, no.12,pp. 6536-6549, December 2015. doi: 10.1109/TWC.2015.2456063. [pdf] [bibtex]
    • S. D'Oro, L. Galluccio, G. Morabito, S. Palazzo. A Timing Channel-based MAC protocol for energy-efficient Nanonetworks. Nano Communication Networks, vol.6, no.2,pp. 39-50, June 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.nancom.2015.01.005. [pdf] [bibtex]
    • S. D'Oro, L. Galluccio, G. Morabito, S. Palazzo, L. Chen, F. Martignon. Defeating jamming with the power of silence: a game-theoretic analysis. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication, vol.14, no.5, pp.2337-2352, May 2015. doi: 10.1109/TWC.2014.2385709. [pdf] [bibtex]
    • S. D'Oro, L. Galluccio, G. Morabito, S. Palazzo. Exploiting Object Group Localization in the Internet of Things: a Performance Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 64, n.8, August 2015. doi: 10.1109/TVT.2014.2356231. [pdf] [bibtex]
    • S. D'Oro, L. Galluccio, G. Morabito, S. Palazzo. SatCache: a profile-aware caching strategy for information-centric satellite networks. Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, vol. 25, no.4, pp.436-444, April 2014. doi: 10.1002/ett.2723. [pdf] [bibtex]

Articles in Conference Proceedings

  • M. Tsampazi, S. D'Oro, M. Polese, L. Bonati, G. Poitau, M. Healy, and T. Melodia, "A Comparative Analysis of Deep Reinforcement Learning-based xApps in O-RAN," Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 2023. [bibtex]

  • M. Elkael, A. Araldo, S. D'Oro, H. Castel-Taleb, M. Ait Aba, B. Jouaber, "Joint placement, routing and dimensioning at the network edge for energy minimization," Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 2023. [bibtex]

  • A. Pinto, A. Ashdown, T. Hassan, H. Cheng, F. Esposito, L. Bonati, S. D'Oro, T. Melodia, and F. Restuccia, "An Emulation-Based Framework for Transport Layer Measurements over 5G Wireless Networks," Proc. of the 17th ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation & CHaracterization (WiNTECH 2023), Madrid, Spain, October 2023. [bibtex]

  • L. Bonati, M. Polese, S. D'Oro, S. Basagni, T. Melodia, "Intelligent Closed-loop RAN Control with xApps in OpenRAN Gym," Proc. of European Wireless 2022, Dresden, Germany, September 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Bonati, M. Polese, S. D'Oro, S. Basagni, T. Melodia, "OpenRAN Gym: An Open Toolbox for Data Collection and Experimentation with AI in O-RAN," Proc. of IEEE WCNC Workshop on Open RAN Architecture for 5G Evolution and 6G, Austin, TX, USA, April 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • S. D'Oro, L. Bonati, M. Polese, T. Melodia, "OrchestRAN: Network Automation through Orchestrated Intelligence in the Open RAN," Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May 2022. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Bonati, P. Johari, M. Polese, S. D'Oro, S. Mohanti, M. Tehrani-Moayyed, D. Villa, S. Shrivastava, C. Tassie, K. Yoder, A. Bagga, P. Patel, V. Petkov, M. Seltser, F. Restuccia, A. Gosain, K.R. Chowdhury, S. Basagni, T. Melodia, "Colosseum: Large-Scale Wireless Experimentation Through Hardware-in-the-Loop Network Emulation," Proc. of IEEE Intl. Symp. on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), Virtual Conference, December 2021. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • B. Casasole, L. Bonati, S. D'Oro, S. Basagni, A. Capone, and T. Melodia, "QCell: Self-optimization of Softwarized 5G Networks through Deep Q-learning," in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Madrid, Spain, December 2021. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Bonati, S. D'Oro, S. Basagni, and T. Melodia, "SCOPE: An Open and Softwarized Prototyping Platform for NextG Systems," in Proc. of ACM Intl. Conf. on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), Virtual Conference, June 2021. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Bonati, S. D'Oro, F. Restuccia, S. Basagni, and T. Melodia, "SteaLTE: Private 5G Cellular Connectivity as a Service with Full-stack Wireless Steganography," in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 2021. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • S. D'Oro, F. Restuccia, and T. Melodia, "Can You Fix My Neural Network? Real-Time Adaptive Waveform Synthesis for Resilient Wireless Signal Classification," in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 2021. [bibtex]

  • D. Uvaydov, S. D'Oro, F. Restuccia, and T. Melodia, "DeepSense: Fast Wideband Spectrum Sensing Through Real-Time In-the-Loop Deep Learning," in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 2021. [bibtex]

  • L. Ferranti, L. Bonati, S. D’Oro, and T. Melodia, "SkyCell: A Prototyping Platform for 5G AerialBase Stations," in Proc. of IEEE Workshop on Wireless Networking, Planning, and Computing for UAV Swarms, August 2020. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • S. D'Oro, L. Bonati, F. Restuccia, M. Polese, M. Zorzi and T. Melodia, "Sl-EDGE: Network Slicing at the Edge", in Proc. of ACM Intl. Symp. on Theory, Algorithmic Foundations, and Protocol Design for Mobile Networks and Mobile Computing (ACM MobiHoc), October 2020. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Bertizzolo, S. D'Oro, L. Ferranti, L. Bonati, E. Demirors, Z. Guan, T. Melodia and S. Pudlewski "SwarmControl: An Automated Distributed Control Framework for Self-Optimizing Drone Networks," in Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Beijing, China, Apr. 2020 (AR: 20%). [pdf] [video]

  • A. Al-Shawabka, F. Restuccia, S. D'Oro, T. Jian, B. Costa Rendon, N. Soltani, J. Dy, K. Chowdhury, S. Ioannidis and T. Melodia, "Exposing the Fingerprint: Dissecting the Impact of the Wireless Channel on Radio Fingerprinting," to appear in Proceedings of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Computer Communications (IEEE INFOCOM), Beijing, China, April 2020.

  • K. Sankhe, F. Restuccia, S. D'Oro, T. Jian, Z. Wang, A. Al-Shawabka, J. Dy, T. Melodia, S. Ioannidis, and K. Chowdhury, Impairment Shift Keying: Covert Signaling by Deep Learning of Controlled Radio Imperfections in Proc. of the IEEE/AFCEA Military Communications Conf., IEEE MILCOM, Norfolk, VA, November 12-14, 2019. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • L. Ferranti, S. D'Oro, L. Bonati, E. Demirors, F. Cuomo, T. Melodia, "HIRO-NET: Self-Organized Robotic Mesh Networking for Internet Sharing in Disaster Scenarios," in Proc. of 2019 IEEE 20th Intl. Symposium on World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, IEEE WoWMoM 2019, Washington DC, USA, June 2019. Best Paper Award [pdf] [bibtex]

  • F. Restuccia, S. D'Oro, A. Al-Shawabka, M. Belgiovine, L. Angioloni, S. Ioannidis, K. Chowdhury and T. Melodia, "DeepRadioID: Real-Time Channel-Resistent Optimization of Deep Learning-based Radio Fingerprinting Algorithms," Proc. of ACM Intl. Symp. on Theory, Algorithmic Foundations, and Protocol Design for Mobile Networks and Mobile Computing (ACM MobiHoc), October 2020. [pdf] [bibtex]

  • S. D'Oro, F. Restuccia and T. Melodia. The Slice Is Served: Enforcing Radio Access Network Slicing in Virtualized 5G Systems. Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Computer Communications, IEEE INFOCOM 2019, Paris, France, 29 April - 2 May, 2019. [pdf] [bibtex]
  • S. D'Oro, F. Restuccia and T. Melodia. Hiding Data in Plain Sight: Undetectable Wireless Communications Through Pseudo-Noise Asymmetric Shift Keying. Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Computer Communications, IEEE INFOCOM 2019, Paris, France, 29 April - 2 May, 2019. [pdf] [bibtex]
  • S. D'Oro, A. Zappone, S. Palazzo, M. Lops. A Learning-Based Approach to Energy Efficiency Maximization in Wireless Networks. Proc. of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conf., IEEE WCNC 2018, Barcelona, Spain, April 15-18, 2018. [pdf] [bibtex]
  • S. D'Oro, S. Palazzo, G. Schembra. Orchestrating Softwarized Networks with a Marketplace Approach. Proc. of the 12th Intl. Conf. on Future Networks and Communications, FNC 2017, Leuven, Belgium, July 24-26, 2017. [pdf] [bibtex]
  • S. D'Oro, L. Galluccio, S. Palazzo, G. Schembra. A Marketplace as a Scalable Solution to the Orchestration Problem in SDN/NFV Networks. Proc. of the 3rd IEEE Conf. on Network Softwarization, IEEE NetSoft 2017, Bologna, Italy, July 3-7, 2017. [pdf] [bibtex]
  • S. D'Oro, E. Ekici, S. Palazzo. Rate Maximization under Reactive Jamming Attacks. Proc. of the 17th ACM Intl. Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing, ACM Mobihoc 2016, Paderborn, Germany, July 5-8, 2016. doi: 10.1145/2942358.2942401. [pdf] [bibtex]
  • S. D'Oro, P. Mertikopoulos, A. Moustakas, S. Palazzo. Cost-Efficient Power Allocation in OFDMA Cognitive Radio Networks. Proc. of the 2015 European Conf. on Networks and Communications, EUCNC 2015, Paris, France, June 29 - July 2, 2015. [pdf] [bibtex]
  • S. D'Oro, P Mertikopoulos, AL Moustakas, S. Palazzo. Adaptive Transmit Policies for Cost-Efficient Power Allocation in Multi-Carrier Systems. Proc. of The 10th Intl. Workshop on Resource Allocation, Cooperation and Competition in Wireless Networks, RAWNET 2014, Hammamet, Tunisia, May 12-16, 2014. doi: 10.1109/WIOPT.2014.6850271. [pdf] [bibtex]
  • S. D'Oro, L. Galluccio, G. Morabito, S. Palazzo. On the trade-off between delivery delay and power consumption in opportunistic scenarios. Proc. of IEEE BlackSeaCom 2013, Batumi, Georgia, July 3-5, 2013. doi: 10.1109/BlackSeaCom.2013.6623377. [pdf] [bibtex]
  • S. D'Oro, S. Grancagnolo, E. Marano, C. Rametta. Enhancing TETRA with capabilities exploiting MIPv6 and IEEE 802.21 MIH services. Proc. of IEEE IWCMC 2013, Sardinia, Italy, July 1-5, 2013. doi: 10.1109/IWCMC.2013.6583689. [pdf] [bibtex]
  • S. D'Oro, L. Galluccio, G. Morabito, S. Palazzo. Efficiency Analysis of Jamming-based Countermeasures Against Malicious Timing Channel in Tactical Communications. Proc. of IEEE ICC 2013, Budapest, Hungary, June 9-13, 2013. doi: 10.1109/ICC.2013.6655188. [pdf] [bibtex]

Service

  • Conf. Organization

    • Demo/Poster Chair at the 21st ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (ACM MobiHoc 2020)

    • Workshop Organizer of the 3rd Workshop on COmpetitive and COoperative Approaches for 5G networks (COCOA3) at European Wireless 2018 (EW2018)

    • Workshop Organizer of the 2nd Workshop on COmpetitive and COoperative Approaches for 5G networks (COCOA2) at European Wireless 2017 (EW2017)

    • Workshop Organizer of the 1st Workshop on COmpetitive and COoperative Approaches for 5G networks (COCOA) at European Wireless 2016 (EW2016)

  • TPC Member

    • Elsevier Computer Communications Journal

    • IEEE IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) [2021]

    • IEEE Conf. on Communications (IEEE ICC) [2016, 2021]

    • IEEE Conf. on Standards for Communications & Networking (IEEE CSCN) [2017-2019]

    • IEEE Conf. on Computer Communications and Networks (IEEE ICCCN 2019) [2019-2021]

    • TPC member of the European Wireless Conf. (EW) [2014, 2016-2018]

    • TPC member of the 17th Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (IEEE Med-Hoc-Net 2018)

  • Technical Reviews

    • IEEE Journals: Transactions on Networking, Transactions on Wireless Communications, Transactions on Communications, Transactions on Wireless Communications, Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, Communication Letters , Wireless Communication Letters, Systems Journal

    • Elsevier Journals: Computer Networks, Ad Hoc Networks, Physical Communication, Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA)

    • Wiley Journals: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (WCM)

    • Intl. Conf.s: IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE ICC, IEEE Globecom, IEEE CSCN, IEEE European Wireless, IEEE LCN, IEEE WoWMoM, Network of the Future (NoF)