Andrea Francini
Senior Research Engineer, Network Systems and Security Research
Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Biography
With Nokia Bell Labs since 1996, Andrea is a broadly recognized expert in traffic management for packet networks. His research contributions have had primary impact on the commercial success of market-leading networking products, on the fundamental development of the traffic management science, and on its subsequent application to new areas, such as energy efficiency and multimedia delivery.
Education
- Italian Laurea in Electrical Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy (1993)
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Communications from Politecnico di Torino (1998)
Selected Articles and Publications
- Design of an Enhanced Bearer Buffer for Latency Minimization in the Mobile RAN, Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2019, Waikoloa, HI. With R. Kumar, S. Panwar, and S. Sharma.
- Dynamic Control of RLC Buffer Size for Latency Minimization in Mobile RAN, Proceedings of IEEE WCNC 2018, Bercelona, Spain. With R. Kumar, S. Panwar, and S. Sharma.
- A Cloud Native Approach to 5G Network Slicing, IEEE Communications Magazine, August 2017. With S. Sharma and R. Miller.
- Global Synchronization Protection for Bandwidth Sharing TCP Flows in High Speed Links, Proceedings of IEEE HPSR 2015, Budapest, Hungary (Best Paper Award). With W. Lautenschlaeger.
- Link-Coupled TCP for 5G Networks, Proceedings of IEEE/ACM IWQoS 2017, Vilanova i la Geltru', Spain. With J. Beshay, A. Taghavi Nasrabadi, and R. Prakash.
- An Assessment of Power-Load Proportionality in Network Systems, Proceedings of IFIP SustainIT 2013, Palermo, Italy (Best Paper Award). With M. Ricca, S. Fortune, and T. Klein.
- Periodic Early Detection for Improved TCP Performance and Energy Efficiency, Computer Networks 56(13), 2012.
- Selection of a Rate Adaptation Scheme for Network Hardware, Proceedings of IEEE Infocom 2012, Orlando, FL.
- The Swiss Army Smartphone: Cloud-Based Delivery of USB Services, Proceedings of ACM SOSP Mobiheld 2011, Cascais, Portugal. With A. Hari, M. Jaitly, Y.-J. Chang.
- Evros: A Service-Delivery Platform for Extending Security Coverage and IT Reach, Bell Labs Technical Journal, Fall 2007 Issue. With D. Stiliadis et al.
- Scalable Electronic Packet Switches, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 21, Issue 4, pp. 486–500, May 2003. With F.M. Chiussi.
- Providing QoS Guarantees to Unicast and Multicast Flows in Multi-Stage Packet Switches, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 20, Issue 8, pp. 1589–1601, October 2002. With F.M. Chiussi.
- A Novel Highly-Scalable Matching Policy for Input-Queued Switches with Multi-Class Traffic, Proceedings of IEEE Globecom 2002, Taipei, Taiwan (High-Speed Networks Symposium Best Paper Award). With F.M. Chiussi, E. Leonardi, et al.
- Minimum-Latency Dual-Leaky-Bucket Shapers for Packet Multiplexers: Theory and Implementation, Proceedings of IEEE IWQoS 2000, Pittsburgh, PA. With F.M. Chiussi.
Patents
- US-10,038,639: Congestion control based on flow control
- US-9,619,417: Method and apparatus for remote delivery of managed USB services via a mobile computing device
- US-8,842,540: System and method for implementing active queue management enhancements for variable bottleneck rates
- US-8,717,875: Condensed-core energy-efficient architecture for WAN IP backbones
- US-8,493,856: Energy efficiency with rate adaptation
- US-8,441,927: System and method for implementing periodic early discard in on-chip buffer memories of network elements
- US-8,340,105: Coordination independent rate adaptation deployment methods and systems
- US-7,099,330: Method and apparatus for integrating guaranteed-bandwidth and best-effort traffic in a packet network
- US-7,075,934: Method and apparatus for hierarchical bandwidth distribution in a packet network
- US-7,031,255: Method and apparatus for guaranteeing data transfer rates and delays in data packet networks using generalized discrete data transfer rate approach
- US-7,027,457: Method and apparatus for providing differentiated Quality-of-Service guarantees in scalable packet switches
- US-7,023,857: Method and apparatus of feedback control in a multi-stage switching system
- US-6,937,561: Method and apparatus for guaranteeing data transfer rates and enforcing conformance with traffic profiles in a packet network
- US-6,904,045: Method and apparatus for guaranteeing data transfer rates and delays in asynchronous transfer mode networks using pivot sessions
- US-6,693,913: Method and apparatus for guaranteeing data transfer rates and delays in data packet networks using generalized discrete data transfer rate approach
- US-6,654,345: Single-bit timestamps for data transfer rate and delay guarantees in a packet network
- US-6,618,391: Method and apparatus for guaranteeing data transfer rates and delays in data packet networks using discrete data transfer rates
- US-6,396,843: Method and apparatus for guaranteeing data transfer rates and delays in data packet networks using logarithmic calendar queues
- US-6,075,791: System for guaranteeing data transfer rates and delays in packet networks
Memberships
- Frequent reviewer for high-impact international conferences (IEEE Infocom), archive journals (IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Elsevier Computer Networks), and magazines (IEEE Communications, IEEE Networks, IEEE Wireless Communications).
- Served as TPC member for several conferences.
Awards & Recognition
- 2021: Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) Award
- 2015: Best Paper Award, IEEE HPSR
- 2013: Best Paper Award, IFIP SustainIT
- 2008: Alcatel-Lucent Technical Academy induction
- 2002: Best Paper Award, IEEE GLOBECOM
- 1999: Bell Labs President’s Gold Award
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