Dr Antonino Masaracchia
Lecturer
IEEE Senior, FHEA
Communications Lead for The Centre for Networks, Communications and Systems
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
6G, Digital Twins, AI/ML for Network Optimization, O-RAN, Optimization Techniques, Wireless Networks
Interests
My research interests/expertise include 6G networks, digital twin, generative AI and applied machine learning techniques to wireless communications, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), UAV-enabled networks, and ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC). Please have a look at my webpage for more details.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Networks, Communications and Systems2025
Security and Deployment Challenges in Software-Defined Vehicular Networks: A Systematic ReviewAslam S Esfahani A Goudarzi S Masaracchia A Mumtaz S
Computer Networks, Elsevier Bv, 111865-111865.
01-11-2025
UAV-Aided Optimal Physical Layer Security in Integrated Satellite and Terrestrial NetworksBui TT Sharma V Masaracchia A Duong TQ
2025 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP). vol. 00, 210-212.
19-06-2025
Toward 6G-Enabled URLLCs: Digital Twin, Open Ran, and Semantic CommunicationsMasaracchia A Nguyen V-L da Costa DB Ak E Canberk B
IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 9 (1), 13-20.
01-03-2025
Anomaly Detection for Unmanned Surface Vehicles Based on a Multi-Modal Bayesian Generative ModelTekulu MH Krayani A Zontone P Marcenaro L Caprile F Masaracchia A Regazzoni C
Proceedings of the 20th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems (FedCSIS). vol. 00, 399-404.
17-01-2025
Reinforcement Learning With Selective Exploration for Interference Management in mmWave NetworksDinh-van S Nguyen V-L Cebecioglu BB
IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 3, 280-295.
01-01-2025
The Role of Digital Twin in 6G-Based URLLCs: Current Contributions, Research Challenges, and Next DirectionsMasaracchia A van Huynh D Duong TQ Canberk B
IEEE Open Journal of The Communications Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 6, 1202-1215.
01-01-2025
2024
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces and UAV Empowered Smart 6G CommunicationsMasaracchia A Nguyen KK Duong TQ
12-12-2024
Digital twin empowered Open RAN of 6G networksMasaracchia A Sharma V Fahim M Dobre OA
In Digital Twins For 6G: Fundamental Theory, Technology and Applications, Institution of Engineering and Technology (Iet) 133-154.
10-06-2024
Toward the Metaverse Realization in 6G: Orchestration of RIS-Enabled Smart Wireless Environments via Digital TwinsMasaracchia A Van Huynh D Alexandropoulos GC Dobre OA
IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 7 (2), 22-28.
01-03-2024
Computation Offloading and Resource Allocation Optimization for Mobile Edge Computing-Aided UAV-RIS CommunicationsTruong PQ do-Duy T Masaracchia A Vo N-S Phan V-C
IEEE Access, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 12, 107971-107983.
01-01-2024
Understanding the Security Implications in O-RAN with Abusive AdversariesMegarry M Masaracchia A Sharma V
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. vol. 595, 215-235.
01-01-2024
Throughput Maximization in RIS-Assisted NOMA-THz Communication NetworkDo-Duy T Masaracchia A Canberk B Duong TQ
IEEE Open Journal of The Communications Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 5, 5706-5717.
01-01-2024
Optimization for UAV-assisted simultaneous transmission and reception communications in the existence of malicious jammersHuang Z Liu S Yu H
Security and Safety, Edp Sciences vol. 3
01-01-2024
2023
Jointly power allocation and phase shift optimization for RIS empowered downlink cellular networksTruong PQ Do-Duy T
Eai Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, European Alliance For Innovation N.O. vol. 10 (4)
11-12-2023
Editorial: Towards 6G Technologies, Networks, Hardware, and ArchitecturesVo N-S Masaracchia A Sheng Z
Mobile Networks and Applications, Springer Nature vol. 28 (6), 2224-2226.
01-12-2023
Digital Twin for Open RAN: Toward Intelligent and Resilient 6G Radio Access NetworksMasaracchia A Sharma V Fahim M Duong TQ
IEEE Communications Magazine, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 61 (11), 112-118.
01-11-2023
Optimal Resource Allocation for 6G UAV-enabled Mobile Edge Computing with Mission-Critical ApplicationsVan Huynh D Li Y Masaracchia A Hoang T
2023 IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking and Applications (MetaCom). vol. 00, 720-723.
28-06-2023
Quantum Deep Reinforcement Learning for 6G Mobile Edge Computing-based IoT SystemsAnsere JA Khosravirad SR Sharma V Masaracchia A Dobre OA
2023 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC). vol. 00, 406-411.
23-06-2023
Editorial: Towards 6G Networks: Technologies, Services and ApplicationsVo N-S Masaracchia A Sheng Z
Mobile Networks and Applications, Springer Nature vol. 28 (3), 1142-1144.
01-06-2023
UAV-Assisted Downlink-and-Uplink Communication in the Presence of Multiple Malicious JammersHuang Z Sheng Z Nasir AA
2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC). vol. 00, 1-6.
29-03-2023
Relay Robot‐Aided URLLC in 5G Factory Automation with Industrial IoTsVan Huynh D Khosravirad SR Masaracchia A
In Ultra‐Reliable and Low‐Latency Communications (Urllc) Theory and Practice, Wiley 321-342.
17-03-2023
Multi-Rate Probabilistic Caching Optimized Video Offloading in Dense D2D NetworksTran Q-N Vo N-S Phan T-M Lam TC
IEEE Communications Letters, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 27 (4), 1240-1244.
22-02-2023
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Reflecting Surface-assisted D2D CommunicationsNguyen KK Masaracchia A
Eai Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, European Alliance For Innovation N.O. vol. 10 (1)
03-01-2023
Joint Design of Reflection Coefficients and Beamforming in Double RIS-Assisted SystemYang Q Chen Y Yu H Tan G Fang Y
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. vol. 531, 89-103.
01-01-2023
2022
Edge Intelligence-Based Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications for Digital Twin-Enabled MetaverseVan Huynh D Khosravirad SR Masaracchia A
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 11 (8), 1733-1737.
02-06-2022
RIS-Assisted UAV Communications for IoT With Wireless Power Transfer Using Deep Reinforcement LearningNguyen KK Masaracchia A Sharma V Poor HV
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 16 (5), 1086-1096.
05-05-2022
Digital Twin for 6G: Taxonomy, Research Challenges, and the Road AheadMasaracchia A Sharma V Canberk B Dobre OA
IEEE Open Journal of The Communications Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 3, 2137-2150.
01-01-2022
2021
Hybrid 6-DoF Magnetic Localization for Robotic Capsule Endoscopes Compatible With High-Grade Magnetic Field NavigationBianchi F Masaracchia A Damone A Barjuei ES Oddo CM
IEEE Access, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 10, 4414-4430.
20-12-2021
D2D Multi-hop Multi-path Communications in B5G Networks: A Survey on Models, Techniques, and ApplicationsTran Q-N Vo N-S Nguyen Q-A Bui M-P Masaracchia A
Eai Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, European Alliance For Innovation N.O. vol. 7 (25)
07-01-2021
User mobility into NOMA assisted communication: Analysis and a Reinforcement Learning with Neural Network based approachMasaracchia A Kortun A
Eai Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, European Alliance For Innovation N.O. vol. 7 (25)
07-01-2021
Aerial Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Enabled URLLC UAV SystemsLi Y Yin C Do-Duy T Masaracchia A
IEEE Access, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 9, 140248-140257.
01-01-2021
UAV-Enabled Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications for 6G: A Comprehensive SurveyMasaracchia A Li Y Nguyen KK Yin C Khosravirad SR
IEEE Access, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 9, 137338-137352.
01-01-2021
2020
The impact of user mobility into non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) transmission systemsMasaracchia A Nguyen V-L
Eai Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, European Alliance For Innovation N.O. vol. 7 (24)
21-10-2020
The Concept of Time Sharing NOMA into UAV-Enabled Communications: An Energy-Efficient ApproachMasaracchia A Nguyen LD Yin C
2020 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Signal Processing, Telecommunications & Computing (SigTelCom). vol. 00, 61-65.
29-08-2020
Energy-Efficient and Throughput Fair Resource Allocation for TS-NOMA UAV-Assisted CommunicationsMasaracchia A Nguyen LD Duong TQ Yin C Garcia-Palacios E
IEEE Transactions on Communications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 68 (11), 7156-7169.
07-08-2020
Hybrid Solar-RF Energy Harvesting Systems for Electric Operated WheelchairsNguyen CV Nguyen MT Quyen TV Le AM Masaracchia A Nguyen HT
Electronics, Mdpi vol. 9 (5)
02-05-2020
Multi-Tier Caching and Resource Sharing for Video Streaming in 5G Ultra-Dense NetworksVo N-S Bui M-P Truong PQ
IEEE Communications Letters, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 24 (7), 1500-1504.
26-03-2020
Electromagnetic Field Based WPT Technologies for UAVs: A Comprehensive SurveyNguyen MT Nguyen CV Truong LH Le AM Quyen TV
Electronics, Mdpi vol. 9 (3)
09-03-2020
Editorial: Reliable Communication for Emerging Wireless NetworksDuong TQ Kundu C Masaracchia A
Mobile Networks and Applications, Springer Nature vol. 25 (1), 271-273.
09-01-2020
Downlink Resource Sharing and Multi-tier Caching Selection Maximized Multicast Video Delivery Capacity in 5G Ultra-Dense NetworksPhan T-M Vo N-S Bui M-P Tran Q-N Nguyen HM
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. vol. 334, 19-31.
01-01-2020
2019
On the optimal user grouping in NOMA system technologyMasaracchia A Ha D-B
Eai Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, European Alliance For Innovation N.O. vol. 6 (20)
07-08-2019
Stochastic-Based Power Consumption Analysis for Data Transmission in Wireless Sensor NetworksNguyen M M. Nguyen H Nguyen C
Eai Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, European Alliance For Innovation N.O. vol. 6 (19)
13-06-2019
Localization strategies for robotic endoscopic capsules: a reviewBianchi F Masaracchia A Barjuei ES Menciassi A Arezzo A Koulaouzidis A Stoyanov D
Expert Review of Medical Devices, Taylor & Francis vol. 16 (5), 381-403.
04-05-2019
User-Pairing Scheme in NOMA Systems: A PSO-Based ApproachMasaracchia A Nguyen LD Duong TQ
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. vol. 293, 18-25.
01-01-2019
A PSO-Based Approach for User-Pairing Schemes in NOMA Systems: Theory and ApplicationsMasaracchia A Da Costa DB Duong TQ
IEEE Access, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 7, 90550-90564.
01-01-2019
An Energy-Efficient Clustering and Routing Framework for Disaster Relief NetworkMasaracchia A Nguyen LD Duong TQ
IEEE Access, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 7, 56520-56532.
01-01-2019
2018
Natural Disaster and Environmental Monitoring System for Smart Cities: Design and Installation InsightsVo N-S Masaracchia A D. Nguyen L
Eai Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, European Alliance For Innovation N.O. vol. 5 (16)
29-11-2018
2015
Analysis of MAC-Level Throughput in LTE Systems with Link Rate Adaptation and HARQ ProtocolsMasaracchia A Bruno R
2015 IEEE 16th International Symposium on A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM)., 1-9.
01-06-2015
Opportunistic traffic Offloading Mechanisms for Mobile/4G NetworksMasaracchia A
Proceedings of the 2015 on MobiSys PhD Forum., 15-16.
18-05-2015
2014
Offloading Through Opportunistic Networks with Dynamic Content RequestsBruno R Masaracchia A
2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems., 586-593.
01-10-2014
Robust Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC) Selection in LTE Systems using Reinforcement LearningBruno R Masaracchia A
2014 IEEE 80th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2014-Fall)., 1-6.
01-01-2014
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Networks, Communications and SystemsRapidRANDefender: AI security for Open networksAntonino Masaracchia
£18,985 Innovate UK
01-09-2024 - 28-02-2025
Research Group
PhD Students
- Zhansaya Amangeldiyeva
CSR - Madiha Fatima
CSR - Herman Tam
Network - Micheale Hadera Tekulu
CSR - Kaiwei Wang
A Gan-Based Framework For Robust Traffic Data Imputation in Sparse Traffic Environments
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