Chiara Buratti

        PhD Student

        WiLAB: DEIS, Università di Bologna & IEIIT-BO, CNR & CNIT
        V.le Risorgimento, 2
        I-40136 Bologna, Italy

        Phone: +39-051-2093549
        Fax: +39-051-2093540
        E-mail: c.buratti[at]unibo.it

     

Who I Am

I am PhD student at the University of Bologna, working in the area of Wireless Networks. Wireless Sensor Networks is my main research interest.


My research activity is performed within WiLAB, the Wireless Communication Laboratory in Bologna. WiLAB includes researchers and resources from DEIS (the Department of Electronics, Computer Sciences and Systems of Alma Mater Studiorum Universitą di Bologna), IEIIT-BO (the Bologna section of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Telecommunication Engineering of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), and CNIT (the Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni).

My biography, my research interests, the projects I am/was involved in, the list of people I work with, and the list of publications, follow.
My Biography

I was born in Ravenna, Italy, on October 30, 1976. I received the Laurea degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 2003. Since 2004 I collaborated within CNIT to the Network of Excellence in Wireless COMmunications, NEWCOM, funded by the EC within the FP6. Since 2006 I have been enrolled in a Ph.D program in Electronics, Computer Science and Systems at the University of Bologna. My supervisor is Prof. Roberto Verdone.

Research Interests

My research activity is mainly related to Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Main topics investigated are Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols, topology design and connectivity issues. Particular attention was devoted to the study of the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol, through simulation and analytically. A mathematical model was developed for the evaluation of the traffic generated by an IEEE 802.15.4 WSN, and different type of performance. Moreover, I worked on wireless hybrid networks, with particular attention to the Hybrid Hierarchical Architecture (HHA), where the paradigm of the infrastructure-based networks is jointed with the paradigm of the infrastructure-based networks. In this framework, the traffic generated by a WSN toward a mobile sink connected to the infrastructure-based network was studied. Finally, in the last months I have started working of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) and Virtual MIMO.

Projects

Research has been carried out in the framework of some European Projects.

NEWCOM (Network of Excellence in Wireless Communications), the Network of Excellence funded by EC within FP6. In particular I have worked to Work Package A, related to “Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks”. In this framework I have edited and collaborated to the editing of the following Deliverables: DRA.1, DRA.2, DRA.3, DRA.5, DRA.6 and DRA.8.

CRUISE (CReating Ubiquitous Intelligent Sensing Environments), the Network of Excellence funded by EC within FP6. In particular, I have worked to Work Package 210 (Cluster A), related to “Architectures and Topologies”. In this framework I have studied the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol through simulations, and the connectivity of a tree-based topology, through mathematical models. I have contributed or edited the following Deliverables: D210.1, and D210.2. In the framework of Work Package 220 (Cluster B), related to “Protocols and Data Fusion” I have contributed to the editing of Deliverable D220.1 e D220.2. Finally, I have worked to Work Package 112 (related to “WSN applications: scenarios and requirements”), where I have contributed/ edited D112.1 and D112.2; and Work Package 113 (related to “WSN future needs, strategy and visionary scenarios”), editing a Chapter of D113.3.

NEWCOM ++ (Network of Excellence in Wireless COMmunications), the Network of Excellence funded by EC within FP7. In this framework I will take active part in Work Package 6, related to Relaying and cooperation in networks.

Finally, I have collaborated with an Italian SME, Sadel, working in the framework of experimental measurements using Zigbee sensor devices, developed by Freescale.

 

People I work with

Roberto Verdone, Full Professor, DEIS, UniBO, Italy.

Alberto Zanella, Senior Researcher, IEIIT-CNR, Italy.

Virginia Corvino, PhD student, DEIS, UniBO, Italy.

Eugenio Giordano, PhD student, DEIS, UniBO, Italy / UCLA, Los Angeles, USA.

Flavio Fabbri, PhD student, DEIS, UniBO, Italy.


Publications

2004

·        C. Buratti, A. Giorgetti e R. Verdone, ``Simulation of Energy Efficient Carrier Sensing Multiple Access Protocol for Clustered Wireless Sensor Network'', IEEE IWWAN 2004, Oulu, May 31-June 2, 2004.

2005

·        A. Conti, D. Dardari, C. Buratti, D. Sangiorgi and R. Verdone, ``Impact of Contention Based MAC on the Performance of a Wireless Sensor Network for Environmental Monitoring’’, EWSN 2005, Instanbul, January 31-February 2, 2005.

·        R. Verdone, C. Buratti, ``Modelling for Wireless Sensor Network Protocol Design’’, IEEE IWWAN 2005, London, May 23-26, 2006.

·        C. Buratti, A. Giorgetti e R. Verdone, ``Cross Layer Design of an Energy Efficient Cluster Formation Algorithm with Carrier Sensing Multiple Access Protocol for Wireless Sensor Network'', EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (JWCN), Vol. 2005, no. 5, pp. 672-685, 15 December 2005.

2006

·        J. Orriss, C. Buratti, R. Verdone, “On the Design of Tree-Based Topologies for Wireless Sensor Networks”, Proceedings of MedHocNet2006, Lipari, June 14-17, 2006.

·        C. Buratti, R. Verdone, “On the of Cluster Heads minimising the Error Rate for a Wireless Sensor Network using a Hierarchical Topology over IEEE802.15.4”, Proceedings of IEEE PIMRC06, Helsinky, Sept. 11-14, 2006.

·        C. Buratti, J. Orriss, R. Verdone, “On the design of tree-based topologies for multi-sink wireless sensor networks”, Proceedings of NEWCOM/ACORN Workshop, Vienna, Sept 20-22, 2006.

2007

·        Chiara Buratti, Francesca Cuomo, Sara Della Luna, Ugo Monaco, John Orriss, Roberto Verdone, “Optimum Tree-Based Topologies for Multi-Sink Wireless Sensor Networks Using IEEE 802.15.4”, Proceedings of IEEE VTC spring 07, Dublin, April 23-25, 2007.

·        D. Dardari, A.Conti, C. Buratti and R. Verdone, ``Mathematical evaluation of environmental monitoring estimation error through energy-efficient Wireless Sensor Networks'', IEEE Transaction on Mobile Computing, vol. 6, n. 7, July 2007, pag. 790-803.

·        C. Buratti, R. Verdone, ``Tree-Based Topology Design for Multi-Sink Wireless Sensor Networks”, Proceedings of IEEE PIMRC 2007, Atene, September 3, 2007.

·        C. Buratti, R. Verdone, ``A Hybrid Hierarchical Multi-Hop Wireless Network: From Wireless Sensors to the Fixed Infrastructure”, Proceedings of LOCAN 2007, Pisa, October 8, 2007.

2008

·        C. Buratti, I. Korpeoglu, E. Karasan, R. Verdone, ``Bluetooth or 802.15.4 Technologies to Optimise Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks: Numerical Comparison Under a Common Framework’’, WNC^3, Wireless Networks: Communication, Cooperation and Competition Workshop, WiOpt 2008, Berlin, March 31-April 4, 2008.

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