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      Michele Polese

      I am a Research Assistant Professor at the Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems (INSI), Northeastern University, Boston.

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Publications

Visit my profile on Google Scholar for the most updated list: Michele Polese. Citations: 12433, h-index: 46 (12/2025).

55 journals, 5 submitted, 84 conference papers, 4 book chapters since 2016. Three publications have garnered over 1000 citations each, and an additional 18 over 100 citations each.

Journals

  • [J55] M. Polese, N. Mohamadi, S. D’Oro, and T. Melodia, “Beyond Connectivity: An Open Architecture for AI-RAN Convergence in 6G,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.06911, 2025. Available on arXiv.

  • [J54] R. Soundrarajan, C. Fiandrino, M. Polese, S. D’Oro, L. Bonati, and T. Melodia, “On AI Verification in Open RAN,” IEEE Communications Magazine (to appear), arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.18417, 2025.

  • [J53] M. Elkael, S. D’Oro, L. Bonati, M. Polese, Y. Lee, K. Furueda, and T. Melodia, “Agentran: An agentic AI architecture for autonomous control of open 6G networks,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.17778, 2025.

  • [J52] R. Prasad, M. Elkael, G. Gemmi, O. M. Bushnaq, D. Mishra, P. Raut, J. Simonjan, M. Polese, and T. Melodia, “Joint routing, resource allocation, and energy optimization for integrated access and backhaul with open RAN,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.05467, 2025.

  • [J51] D. Villa, I. Khan, F. Kaltenberger, N. Hedberg, R. S. da Silva, S. Maxenti, L. Bonati, A. Kelkar, C. Dick, E. Baena, J. M. Jornet, T. Melodia, M. Polese, and D. Koutsonikolas, “X5G: An Open, Programmable, Multi-vendor, End-to-end, Private 5G O-RAN Testbed with NVIDIA ARC and OpenAirInterface,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, pp. 1-18, in press 2025.

  • [J50] F. Kaltenberger, T. Melodia, I. Ghauri, M. Polese, R. Knopp, T. T. Nguyen, S. Velumani, D. Villa, L. Bonati, R. Schmidt, S. Arora, M. Irazabal, and N. Nikaein, “Driving Innovation in 6G Wireless Technologies: The OpenAirInterface Approach,” Computer Networks, pp. 1-37, in press 2025.

  • [J49] M. Elkael, M. Polese, R. Prasad, S. Maxenti, and T. Melodia, “ALLSTaR: Automated LLM-Driven Scheduler Generation and Testing for Intent-Based RAN,” 2025. Available on arXiv.

  • [J48] S. Maxenti, R. Shirkhani, M. Elkael, L. Bonati, S. D’Oro, T. Melodia, and M. Polese, “AutoRAN: Automated and Zero-Touch Open RAN Systems,” 2025. Available on arXiv.

  • [J47] E. J. Oughton, G. Geraci, M. Polese, M. Ghosh, W. Webb, and D. Bubley, “The future of wireless broadband in the peak smartphone era: 6G, Wi-Fi 7, and Wi-Fi 8,” IEEE Wireless Communications, pp. 1-8, 2025.

  • [J46] E. Baena, P. Testolina, M. Polese, D. Koutsonikolas, J. Jornet, and T. Melodia, “Space-O-RAN: Enabling intelligent, open, and interoperable non terrestrial networks in 6G,” IEEE Communications Magazine (to appear), arXiv CS.NI 2502.15936, 2025. Available on arXiv.

  • [J45] A. Lacava, L. Bonati, N. Mohamadi, R. Gangula, F. Kaltenberger, P. Johari, S. D’Oro, F. Cuomo, M. Polese, and T. Melodia, “dApps: Enabling real-time AI-based Open RAN control,” Computer Networks, p. 111342, 2025.

  • [J44] J. Groen, S. Di Valerio, I. Karim, D. Villa, Y. Zhang, L. Bonati, M. Polese, S. D’Oro, T. Melodia, E. Bertino, F. Cuomo, and K. Chowdhury, “TIMESAFE: Timing Interruption Monitoring and Security Assessment for Fronthaul Environments,” arXiv:2412.13049, pp. 1-13, December 2024.

  • [J43] J. Groen, S. D’Oro, U. Demir, L. Bonati, D. Villa, M. Polese, T. Melodia, and K. Chowdhury, “Securing O-RAN Open Interfaces,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2024.

  • [J42] P. Testolina, M. Polese, and T. Melodia, “Sharing Spectrum and Services in the 7-24 GHz Upper Midband,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 62, no. 8, pp. 170-177, August 2024.

  • [J41] M. Polese, L. Bonati, S. D’Oro, P. Johari, D. Villa, S. Velumani, R. Gangula, M. Tsampazi, C. Paul Robinson, G. Gemmi, A. Lacava, S. Maxenti, H. Cheng, and T. Melodia, “Colosseum: The Open RAN Digital Twin,” IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 5, pp. 5452-5466, 2024.

  • [J40] L. Bonati, M. Polese, S. D’Oro, P. B. d. Prever, and T. Melodia, “5G-CT: Automated Deployment and Over-the-Air Testing of End-to-End Open Radio Access Networks,” IEEE Communications Magazine, pp. 1-6, 2024.

  • [J39] E. Oughton, G. Geraci, M. Polese, V. Shah, D. Bubley, and S. Blue, “Reviewing wireless broadband technologies in the peak smartphone era: 6G versus Wi-Fi 7 and 8,” Telecommunications Policy, vol. 48, no. 6, p. 102766, 2024.

  • [J38] M. Tsampazi, S. D’Oro, M. Polese, L. Bonati, G. Poitau, M. Healy, and T. Melodia, “PandORA: Automated Design and Comprehensive Evaluation of Deep Reinforcement Learning Agents for Open RAN,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, pp. 1-18, in press 2024.

  • [J37] P. Brach del Prever, S. D’Oro, L. Bonati, M. Polese, M. Tsampazi, H. Lehmann, and T. Melodia, “Pacifista: Conflict evaluation and management in open RAN,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2025 (in press).

  • [J36] P. Imputato, T. Henderson, G. Nardini, and M. Polese, “Guest Editorial: Advances in wireless networks simulation,” Computer Networks, p. 110812, 2024.

  • [J35] J. Groen, S. D’Oro, U. Demir, L. Bonati, M. Polese, T. Melodia, and K. Chowdhury, “Implementing and Evaluating Security in O-RAN: Interfaces, Intelligence, and Platforms,” IEEE Network, pp. 1-1, 2024.

  • [J34] S. D’Oro, L. Bonati, M. Polese, and T. Melodia, “OrchestRAN: Orchestrating network intelligence in the open RAN,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2023.

  • [J33] M. Polese, L. Bonati, S. D’Oro, S. Basagni, and T. Melodia, “Understanding O-RAN: Architecture, Interfaces, Algorithms, Security, and Research Challenges,” IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 1376-1411, Second quarter 2023, 1066 citations. Also available on arXiv.

  • [J32] M. Polese, M. Dohler, F. Dressler, M. Erol-Kantarci, R. Jana, R. Knopp, and T. Melodia, “Empowering the 6G Cellular Architecture with Open RAN,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2023.

  • [J31] A. Lacava, M. Polese, R. Sivaraj, R. Soundrarajan, B. Shanker Bhati, T. Singh, T. Zugno, F. Cuomo, T. Melodia, “Programmable and Customized Intelligence for Traffic Steering in 5G Networks Using Open RAN Architectures,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, pp. 1-16, 2023, 147 citations.

  • [J30] D. Villa, M. Tehrani-Moayyed, C. Robinson, L. Bonati, P. Johari, M. Polese, T. Melodia, “Colosseum as a Digital Twin: Bridging Real-World Experimentation and Wireless Network Emulation,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 9150-9166, 2024.

  • [J29] 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, pp. 1-14, 2023.

  • [J28] 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, p. 109502, 2023.

  • [J27] 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, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 5787-5800, Oct 2023, 218 citations.

  • [J26] M. Polese, X. Cantos-Roman, A. Singh, M.J. Marcus, T.J. Maccarone, T. Melodia, J. M. Jornet, “Coexistence and Spectrum Sharing Above 100 GHz”, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 111, no. 8, pp. 928-954, Aug 2023.

  • [J25] P. Testolina, M. Polese, J. M. Jornet, T. Melodia, and M. Zorzi, “Modeling Interference for the Coexistence of 6G Networks and Passive Sensing Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 9220-9234, Aug 2024.

  • [J24] 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, vol. 60, no. 11, pp. 52-58, Nov 2022, 122 citations.

  • [J23] M. Polese, V. Ariyarathna, P. Sen, J. V. Siles, F. Restuccia, T. Melodia, J. M. Jornet, “Dynamic spectrum sharing between active and passive users above 100 GHz”, Communications Engineering, Nature, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-9, May 2022.

  • [J22] M. Pagin, T. Zugno, M. Polese, and M. Zorzi, “Resource Management for 5G NR Integrated Access and Backhaul: a Semi-centralized Approach”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 753-767, Feb 2022.

  • [J21] F. Gomez-Cuba, T. Zugno, J. Kim, M. Polese, S. Bahk, M. Zorzi, “Hybrid Beamforming in 5G mmWave Networks: a Full-stack Perspective”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 1288-1303, Feb 2022.

  • [J20] M. Polese, R. Jana, V. Kounev, K. Zhang, S. Deb, and M. Zorzi, “Machine Learning at the Edge: A Data-Driven Architecture with Applications to 5G Cellular Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 3367-3382, Dec 2021, 141 citations.

  • [J19] M. Lecci, P. Testolina, M. Polese, M. Giordani, and M. Zorzi, “Accuracy vs. Complexity for mmWave Ray-Tracing: A Full Stack Perspective”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 7826-7841, Dec 2021.

  • [J18] 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, Oct 2021, 388 citations.

  • [J17] M. Polese, P. Teymoori, J. Zhu, “Guest Editorial: Transport Layer Innovations for Future Networks”, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 14-15, Apr 2021.

  • [J16] M. Polese, J. Jornet, T. Melodia, M. Zorzi, “Toward End-to-End, Full-Stack 6G Terahertz Networks”, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 48-54, Nov 2020, 231 citations.

  • [J15] T. Zugno, M. Drago, M. Giordani, M. Polese, M. Zorzi, “Towards Standardization of Millimeter Wave Vehicle-to-Vehicle Networks”, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 58, no. 9, pp. 79-85, Sep 2020.

  • [J14] 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, Aug 2020, 332 citations.

  • [J13] M. Polese, M. Giordani, T. Zugno, A. Roy, S. Goyal, D. Castor, and M. Zorzi, “Integrated Access and Backhaul in 5G mmWave Networks: Potentials and Challenges,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 62-68, Mar 2020, 306 citations.

  • [J12] M. Giordani, M. Polese, M. Mezzavilla, S. Rangan, M. Zorzi, “Towards 6G Networks: Use Cases and Technologies”, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 55-61, Mar 2020, 2417 citations.

  • [J11] M. Polese, F. Chiariotti, E. Bonetto, F. Rigotto, A. Zanella, M. Zorzi, “A Survey on Recent Advances in Transport Layer Protocols”, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 3584-3608, Fourth quarter 2019, 203 citations.

  • [J10] F. Meneghello, M. Calore, D. Zucchetto, M. Polese, and A. Zanella, “IoT: Internet of Threats? A survey of practical security vulnerabilities in real IoT devices,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 8182-8201, Oct 2019, 1012 citations.

  • [J9] M. Giordani, M. Polese, A. Roy, D. Castor, and M. Zorzi, “Standalone and Non-Standalone Beam Management for 3GPP NR at mmWaves”, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 123-129, Apr 2019.

  • [J8] M. Giordani, M. Polese, A. Roy, D. Castor, and M. Zorzi, “A Tutorial on Beam Management for 3GPP NR at mmWave Frequencies”, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 173-196, First quarter 2019, 891 citations.

  • [J7] M. Zhang, M. Polese, M. Mezzavilla, J. Zhu, S. Rangan, S. Panwar, M. Zorzi, “Will TCP work in mmWave 5G Cellular Networks?”, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 65-71, Jan 2019.

  • [J6] M. Mezzavilla, M. Zhang, M. Polese, R. Ford, S. Dutta, S. Rangan, and M. Zorzi, “End-to-End Simulation of 5G mmWave Networks”, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 2237-2263, Third quarter 2018, 558 citations. Best Journal Paper Award of the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Communications Systems Integration and Modeling (CSIM) 2019.

  • [J5] M. Dalla Cia, F. Mason, D. Peron, F. Chiariotti, M. Polese, T. Mahmoodi, M. Zorzi, A. Zanella, “Using Smart City Data in 5G Self-Organizing Networks”, IEEE IoT Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 645-654, Apr 2018.

  • [J4] M. Mezzavilla, M. Polese, A. Zanella, A. Dhananjay, S. Rangan, C. Kessler, T. S. Rappaport, and M. Zorzi, “Public Safety Communications above 6 GHz: Challenges and Opportunities”, IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 316-329, 2018.

  • [J3] M. Polese, M. Giordani, M. Mezzavilla, S. Rangan, M. Zorzi, “Improved Handover Through Dual Connectivity in 5G mmWave Mobile Networks”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 2069-2084, Sep 2017, 423 citations.

  • [J2] M. Polese, R. Jana, M. Zorzi, “TCP and MP-TCP in 5G mmWave Networks”, IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 12-19, Sep 2017.

  • [J1] M. Polese, M. Dohler, F. Dressler, M. Erol-Kantarci, R. Jana, R. Knopp, and T. Melodia, “Guest Editorial Open RAN: A New Paradigm for Open, Virtualized, Programmable, and Intelligent Cellular Networks,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 241-244, 2024.

Conferences

  • [C84] N. Neasamoni Santhi, D. Villa, M. Polese, and T. Melodia, “Interfo-RAN: Real-time in-band cellular uplink interference detection with GPU-accelerated dApps,” in Proceedings of ACM MobiHoc ‘25, 2025, p. 71-80.

  • [C83] P. B. del Prever, P. Testolina, A. Masihi, S. Petrushkevich, M. Polese, T. Melodia, and J. M. Jornet, “Pointing-Error-Induced Fading in an Open-Loop THz Uplink with Hardware Impairments,” IEEE MILCOM Workshops (to appear), 2025.

  • [C82] N. Longhi, S. D’Oro, L. Bonati, M. Polese, R. Verdone, and T. Melodia, “TailO-RAN: O-RAN Control on Scheduler Parameters to Tailor RAN Performance,” IEEE GLOBECOM (to appear), 2025.

  • [C81] T. Ropitault, M. Bordin, P. Testolina, M. Polese, P. Johari, N. Golmie, and T. Melodia, “Enabling Site-Specific Cellular Network Simulation Through Ray-Tracing-Driven ns-3,” IEEE CCNC (to appear), 2026.

  • [C80] P. Testolina, E. Beshaj, M. Polese, and T. Melodia, “Spectrum sharing across terrestrial and non-terrestrial services in the FR3 upper midband,” in 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), 2025, pp. 1-9.

  • [C79] O. T. Basaran, D. Villa, P. Johari, M. Polese, C. Fiandrino, F. Dressler, and T. Melodia, “Gen-TWIN: Generative-AI-Enabled Digital Twin for Open Radio Access Networks,” in Proceedings of IEEE DTWin, London, UK, May 2025.

  • [C78] M. Tsampazi, M. Polese, F. Dressler, and T. Melodia, “O-RIS-ing: Evaluating RIS-assisted NextG Open RAN,” in IEEE INFOCOM 2024 Workshops, London, UK, May 2025.

  • [C77] M. Bordin, A. Lacava, M. Polese, F. Cuomo, and T. Melodia, “Demo: Enabling deep reinforcement learning research for energy saving in open RAN,” in 2025 IEEE CCNC, 2025, pp. 1-2.

  • [C76] M. Bordin, A. Lacava, M. Polese, S. Satish, M. A. Nittoor, R. Sivaraj, F. Cuomo, and T. Melodia, “Design and evaluation of deep reinforcement learning for energy saving in open RAN,” in 2025 IEEE CCNC, 2025, pp. 1-6.

  • [C75] G. Gemmi, M. Polese, T. Melodia, and L. Maccari, “Optimizing and Managing Wireless Backhaul for Resilient Next-Generation Cellular Networks,” in 20th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), Prague, Czech Republic, November 2024. Best Paper Award.

  • [C74] H. Cheng, S. D’Oro, R. Gangula, S. Velumani, D. Villa, L. Bonati, M. Polese, T. Melodia, G. Arrobo, and C. Maciocco, “ORANSlice: An Open Source 5G Network Slicing Platform for O-RAN,” in Proceedings of ACM Workshop on Open AI and Open RAN (Open AI RAN), Washington, DC, USA, November 2024.

  • [C73] A. Feraudo, S. Maxenti, A. Lacava, P. Bellavista, M. Polese, and T. Melodia, “xDevSM: Streamlining xApp Development With a Flexible Framework for O-RAN E2 Service Models,” in Proceedings of ACM WiNTECH, Washington, DC, USA, November 2024.

  • [C72] L. Bonati, R. Shirkhani, C. Fiandrino, S. Maxenti, S. D’Oro, M. Polese, and T. Melodia, “Twinning Commercial Network Traces on Experimental Open RAN Platforms,” in Proceedings of ACM WiNTECH, Washington, DC, USA, November 2024.

  • [C71] T. V. Ngo, M. V. Ngo, B. Chen, G. Gemmi, E. Baena, M. Polese, T. Melodia, W. Chien, and T. Quek, “Consistent and Repeatable Testing of O-RAN Distributed Unit (O-DU) across Continents,” in First Workshop on RitiRAN - co-located with IEEE VTC Fall 2024, 2024.

  • [C70] G. Gemmi, M. Polese, P. Johari, S. Maxenti, M. Seltser, and T. Melodia, “Open6G OTIC: A Blueprint for Programmable O-RAN and 3GPP Testing Infrastructure,” in First Workshop on RitiRAN - co-located with IEEE VTC Fall 2024, 2024.

  • [C69] A. Lacava, T. Pietrosanti, M. Polese, F. Cuomo, and T. Melodia, “Enabling online reinforcement learning training for open RAN,” in 2024 IFIP Networking Conference (IFIP Networking). IEEE, 2024, pp. 577-582.

  • [C68] R. Gangula, A. Lacava, M. Polese, S. D’Oro, L. Bonati, F. Kaltenberger, P. Johari, and T. Melodia, “Demo: Listen-while-talking: Toward dApp-based real-time spectrum sharing in O-RAN,” in Proceedings of IEEE MILCOM, 2024.

  • [C67] F. Klement, A. Brighente, M. Polese, M. Conti, and S. Katzenbeisser, “Securing the open RAN infrastructure: Exploring vulnerabilities in Kubernetes deployments,” in 2024 IEEE NetSoft, 2024, pp. 185-189.

  • [C66] G. Gemmi, P. Johari, P. Casari, M. Polese, T. Melodia, and M. Segata, “Colossumo: Evaluating cooperative driving applications with Colosseum,” in 2024 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC), 2024, pp. 97-100. Best Short Paper Award.

  • [C65] P. Testolina, M. Polese, P. Johari, and T. Melodia, “Boston Twin: the Boston Digital Twin for Ray-Tracing in 6G Networks,” in Proceedings of the 15th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference, 2024, pp. 441-447.

  • [C64] D. Villa, I. Khan, F. Kaltenberger, N. Hedberg, R. S. Da Silva, A. Kelkar, C. Dick, S. Basagni, J. M. Jornet, T. Melodia et al., “An Open, Programmable, Multi-vendor 5G O-RAN Testbed with NVIDIA ARC and OpenAirInterface,” in IEEE INFOCOM 2024 Workshops. IEEE, 2024, pp. 1-6. Best Paper Runner-Up.

  • [C63] S. Maxenti, S. D’Oro, L. Bonati, M. Polese, A. Capone, and T. Melodia, “ScalO-RAN: Energy-aware Network Intelligence Scaling in Open RAN,” in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM, 2024.

  • [C62] E. Oughton, G. Geraci, M. Polese, V. Shah, D. Bubley, and S. Blue, “Prospective Evaluation of Wireless Broadband in the Peak Smartphone Era: 6G versus Wi-Fi 7 and 8,” in Available at SSRN 4632857, 2023.

  • [C61] C. Fiandrino, L. Bonati, S. D’Oro, M. Polese, T. Melodia, and J. Widmer, “EXPLORA: AI/ML EXPLainability for the Open RAN,” Proc. ACM Netw., vol. 1, no. CoNEXT3, Nov 2023.

  • [C60] G. Gemmi, M. Elkael, M. Polese, L. Maccari, H. Castel-Taleb, and T. Melodia, “Joint Routing and Energy Optimization for Integrated Access and Backhaul with Open RAN,” in IEEE Globecom, 2023.

  • [C59] 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,” in IEEE Globecom, 2023.

  • [C58] E. Moro, M. Polese, A. Capone, and T. Melodia, “An Open RAN Framework for the Dynamic Control of 5G Service Level Agreements,” in IEEE NFV-SDN, 2023.

  • [C57] A. Lacava, M. Bordin, M. Polese, R. Sivaraj, T. Zugno, F. Cuomo, and T. Melodia, “ns-O-RAN: Simulating O-RAN 5G Systems in ns-3,” in Proceedings of WNS3 ‘23, 2023, pp. 35-44.

  • [C56] M. Pagin, S. Lagen, B. Bojovic, M. Polese, and M. Zorzi, “Improving the Efficiency of MIMO Simulations in ns-3,” in Proceedings of WNS3 ‘23, 2023, pp. 1-9.

  • [C55] A. A. Gargari, M. Pagin, A. Ortiz, N. M. Gholian, M. Polese, and M. Zorzi, “Demo:[SeBaSi] system-level Integrated Access and Backhaul simulator for self-backhauling,” in IEEE WoWMoM, 2023, pp. 355-357.

  • [C54] E. Moro, G. Gemmi, M. Polese, L. Maccari, A. Capone, and T. Melodia, “Toward Open Integrated Access and Backhaul with O-RAN,” in 21st MedComNet, 2023, pp. 61-69.

  • [C53] A. A. Gargari, M. Pagin, M. Polese, and M. Zorzi, “6G Integrated Access and Backhaul Networks with Sub-Terahertz Links,” in 18th WONS, 2023, pp. 13-19.

  • [C52] C. Robinson, L. Bonati, T. van Nieuwstadt, T. Reiss, P. Johari, M. Polese, H. Nguyen, C. Watson, T. Melodia, “eSWORD: Implementation of Wireless Jamming Attacks in a Real-World Emulated Network”, IEEE WCNC, Glasgow, Scotland, March 2023.

  • [C51] M. Bordin, M. Giordani, M. Polese, T. Melodia, and M. Zorzi, “Autonomous Driving From the Sky: Design and End-to-End Performance Evaluation”, Proceedings of the IEEE GLOBECOM Workshop, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 2022.

  • [C50] N. Neasamoni Santhi, M. Polese, T. Melodia “An End-to-End Programmable Testbed for the Experimental Evaluation of Video Streaming at mmWaves”, Proceedings of the IEEE GLOBECOM Workshop, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 2022.

  • [C49] P. Sen, J. Hall, M. Polese, V. Petrov, D. Bodet, F. Restuccia, T. Melodia, J. M. Jornet, “Terahertz Communications Can Work in Rain and Snow: Impact of Adverse Weather Conditions on Channels at 140 GHz,” Proc. of ACM mmNets, Sidney, Australia, Oct 2022.

  • [C48] E. Moro, M. Polese, I. Filippini, S. Basagni, A. Capone, T. Melodia, “IABEST: An Integrated Access and Backhaul 5G Testbed for Large-scale Experimentation,” Proc. of ACM MobiCom Demos, Sidney, Australia, Oct 2022.

  • [C47] 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.

  • [C46] 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.

  • [C45] S. D’Oro, L. Bonati, M. Polese, T. Melodia, “OrchestRAN: Network Automation through Orchestrated Intelligence in the Open RAN,” Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM, May 2022, 129 citations.

  • [C44] 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 DySPAN, December 2021, 164 citations.

  • [C43] T. Melodia, S. Basagni, K.R. Chowdhury, A. Gosain, M. Polese, P. Johari, and L. Bonati, “Tutorial: Colosseum, the World’s Largest Wireless Network Emulator,” Proc. of ACM MobiCom, New Orleans, LA, USA, October 2021.

  • [C42] A. Ashtari Gargari, M. Polese, M. Zorzi, “Full-stack Comparison of Channel Models for Networks Above 100 GHz in an Indoor Scenario” Proc. of ACM mmNets, New Orleans, LA, US, Feb. 2022.

  • [C41] M. Polese, F. Restuccia, and T. Melodia, “DeepBeam: Deep Waveform Learning for Coordination-Free Beam Management in mmWave Networks”, Proc. of ACM MobiHoc, October 2021. Available on arXiv.

  • [C40] F. Gomez-Cuba, T. Zugno, J. Kim, M. Polese, S. Bahk, M. Zorzi, “Full-stack Hybrid Beamforming in mmWave 5G Networks”, Proc. of MedComNet, June 2021.

  • [C39] U. Paro, F. Chiariotti, A. Deshpande, M. Polese, A. Zanella, M. Zorzi, “Extending the ns-3 QUIC Module”, Proc. of ACM MSWIM, Alicante, Spain, 2020.

  • [C38] M. Polese, L. Bertizzolo, L. Bonati, A. Gosain, and T. Melodia, “An Experimental mmWave Channel Model for UAV-to-UAV Communications,” in Proc. of ACM mmNets, London, UK, Sep. 2020.

  • [C37] M. Lecci, M. Polese, C. Lai, J. Wang, C. Gentile, N. Golmie, M. Zorzi, “Quasi-Deterministic Channel Model for mmWaves: Mathematical Formalization and Validation”, IEEE GLOBECOM, 2020.

  • [C36] T. Zugno, M. Drago, M. Polese, M. Giordani, M. Zorzi, “NR V2X Communications at Millimeter Waves: An End-to-End Performance Evaluation”, IEEE GLOBECOM, 2020.

  • [C35] S. D’Oro, L. Bonati, F. Restuccia, M. Polese, M. Zorzi and T. Melodia, “Sl-EDGE: Network Slicing at the Edge”, ACM MobiHoc, October 2020.

  • [C34] M. Pagin, F. Agostini, T. Zugno, M. Polese, M. Zorzi, “Enabling RAN Slicing Through Carrier Aggregation in mmWave Cellular Networks”, MedComNet, June 2020. Mario Gerla Best Paper Award.

  • [C33] M. Boschiero, M. Giordani, M. Polese, M. Zorzi, “Coverage Analysis of UAVs in Millimeter Wave Networks: A Stochastic Geometry Approach”, IWCMC, June 2020.

  • [C32] M. Lecci, P. Testolina, M. Giordani, M. Polese, T. Ropitault, C. Gentile, N. Varshney, A. Bodi, M. Zorzi, “Simplified Ray Tracing for the Millimeter Wave Channel: A Performance Evaluation”, ITA, 2020.

  • [C31] T. Zugno, M. Drago, M. Polese, M. Giordani, M. Zorzi, “MilliCar - An ns-3 Module for mmWave NR V2X Networks”, WNS3, 2020.

  • [C30] T. Zugno, M. Polese, N. Patriciello, B. Bojovic, S. Lagen, M. Zorzi, “Implementation of A Spatial Channel Model for ns-3”, WNS3, 2020. Best Paper Award.

  • [C29] P. Testolina, M. Lecci, M. Polese, M. Giordani, M. Zorzi, “Scalable and Accurate Modeling of the Millimeter Wave Channel”, IEEE ICNC, Big Island, HI, 2020.

  • [C28] K. Zheng et al., “Software-defined Radios to Accelerate mmWave Wireless Innovation,” IEEE DySPAN, Newark, NJ, USA, 2019.

  • [C27] M. Drago, M. Polese, S. Kucera, D. Kozlov, V. Kirillov, and M. Zorzi, “QoS Provisioning in 60 GHz Communications by Physical and Transport Layer Coordination,” IEEE MASS, Nov 2019.

  • [C26] L. Bertizzolo, M. Polese, L. Bonati, A. Gosain, M. Zorzi, and T. Melodia, “mmBAC: Location-aided mmWave Backhaul Management for UAV-based Aerial Cells,” ACM mmNets, Los Cabos, Mexico, 2019.

  • [C25] M. Polese, F. Restuccia, A. Gosain, J. Jornet et al., “MillimeTera: Toward A Large-Scale Open-Source mmWave and Terahertz Experimental Testbed,” ACM mmNets, Los Cabos, Mexico, 2019.

  • [C24] T. Zugno, M. Polese, M. Lecci, and M. Zorzi, “Simulation of Next-generation Cellular Networks with ns-3: Open Challenges and New Directions,” WNGW 2019, Florence, Italy, 2019.

  • [C23] A. De Biasio, F. Chiariotti, M. Polese, A. Zanella, M. Zorzi, “A QUIC Implementation for ns-3”, WNS3 2019, Firenze, Italy. Best Paper Award.

  • [C22] M. Polese, T. Zugno, M. Zorzi, “Implementation of Reference Public Safety Scenarios in ns-3”, WNS3 2019, Firenze, Italy.

  • [C21] W. Xia, M. Polese, M. Mezzavilla, G. Loianno, S. Rangan, and M. Zorzi, “Millimeter Wave Remote UAV Control and Communications for Public Safety Scenarios,” IAUV, Boston, MA, 2019.

  • [C20] M. Polese, R. Jana, V. Kounev, K. Zhang, S. Deb, M. Zorzi, “Exploiting spatial correlation for improved user prediction in 5G cellular networks”, ITA, 2019.

  • [C19] M. Rebato, M. Polese, and M. Zorzi, “Multi-Sector and Multi-Panel Performance in 5G mmWave Cellular Networks”, IEEE GLOBECOM, Dec 2018.

  • [C18] M. Polese, M. Giordani, A. Roy, D. Castor, and M. Zorzi, “Distributed Path Selection Strategies for Integrated Access and Backhaul at mmWaves”, IEEE GLOBECOM, Dec 2018.

  • [C17] M. Polese, M. Giordani, A. Roy, S. Goyal, D. Castor, and M. Zorzi, “End-to-End Simulation of Integrated Access and Backhaul at mmWaves”, IEEE CAMAD, September 2018.

  • [C16] M. Giordani, M. Polese, A. Roy, D. Castor, M. Zorzi, “Initial Access Frameworks for 3GPP NR at mmWave Frequencies”, IEEE MedHocNet, 2018.

  • [C15] M. Polese, M. Zorzi, “Impact of Channel Models on the End-to-End Performance of mmWave Cellular Networks”, IEEE SPAWC, 2018.

  • [C14] T. Zugno, M. Polese, M. Zorzi, “Integration of Carrier Aggregation and Dual Connectivity for the ns-3 mmWave Module”, WNS3 2018.

  • [C13] M. Drago, T. Azzino, M. Polese, C. Stefanovic, M. Zorzi, “Reliable Video Streaming over mmWave with Multi Connectivity and Network Coding”, IEEE ICNC, March 2018.

  • [C12] M. Polese, M. Mezzavilla, S. Rangan, C. Kessler, M. Zorzi, “mmWaves for Future Public Safety Communications”, I-TENDER, co-located with CoNEXT 2017.

  • [C11] M. Polese, M. Mezzavilla, M. Zhang, J. Zhu, S. Rangan, S. Panwar, M. Zorzi, “milliProxy: a TCP Proxy Architecture for 5G mmWave Cellular Systems”, 51st Asilomar Conference, 2017.

  • [C10] M. Gentil, A. Galeazzi, F. Chiariotti, M. Polese, A. Zanella, M. Zorzi, “A Deep Neural Network Approach for Customized Prediction of Mobile Devices Discharging Time”, IEEE GLOBECOM, 2017.

  • [C9] M. Polese, M. Mezzavilla, S. Rangan, M. Zorzi, “Mobility Management for TCP in mmWave Networks”, ACM mmNets, 2017.

  • [C8] M. Dalla Cia, F. Mason, D. Peron, F. Chiariotti, M. Polese, T. Mahmoodi, M. Zorzi, A. Zanella, “Mobility-aware Handover Strategies in Smart Cities”, ISWCS, Bologna, Italy, 2017.

  • [C7] T. Azzino, M. Drago, M. Polese, A. Zanella, M. Zorzi, “X-TCP: A Cross Layer Approach for TCP Uplink Flows in mmWave Networks”, MED-HOC-NET, 2017.

  • [C6] M. Zhang, M. Polese, M. Mezzavilla, S. Rangan, M. Zorzi, “ns-3 Implementation of the 3GPP MIMO Channel Model for Frequency Spectrum above 6 GHz”, Workshop on ns-3, 2017.

  • [C5] E. Lovisotto, E. Vianello, D. Cazzaro, M. Polese, F. Chiariotti, D. Zucchetto, A. Zanella and M. Zorzi, “Cell Traffic Prediction Using Joint Spatio-Temporal Information”, MOCAST, 2017.

  • [C4] M. Polese, R. Jana, M. Zorzi, “TCP in 5G mmWave Networks: Link Level Retransmissions and MP-TCP”, IEEE INFOCOM Workshops, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2017.

  • [C3] F. Chiariotti, D. Del Testa, M. Polese, A. Zanella, G. M. Di Nunzio, and M. Zorzi, “Learning methods for long-term channel gain prediction in wireless networks”, IEEE ICNC, 2017.

  • [C2] M. Polese, M. Mezzavilla and M. Zorzi, “Performance Comparison of Dual Connectivity and Hard Handover for LTE-5G Tight Integration”, EAI SIMUTools, Prague, 2016.

  • [C1] M. Polese, M. Centenaro, A. Zanella and M. Zorzi, “M2M massive access in LTE: RACH performance evaluation in a Smart City scenario,” IEEE ICC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2016.

Book Chapters

  • [B4] A. Shahid, A. Kliks et al., M. Polese et al., “Large-scale AI in telecom: Charting the roadmap for innovation, scalability, and enhanced digital experiences,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.04184, 2025.

  • [B3] M. Giordani, M. Polese, A. Laya, E. Bertin, M. Zorzi, “6G Drivers for B2B Market: E2E Services and Use Cases”, in Shaping Future 6G Networks: Needs, Impacts and Technologies, Wiley, 1st Edition, 2021.

  • [B2] M. Polese, M. Giordani, M. Mezzavilla, S. Rangan, M. Zorzi, “6G Enabling Technologies”, in 6G Mobile Wireless Networks, Springer International Publishing, 2021.

  • [B1] M. Polese, M. Giordani, M. Zorzi, “3GPP NR: the standard for 5G cellular networks”, in 5G Italy White eBook: from Research to Market, 2018.

Ph.D. Thesis

  • Michele Polese, End-to-end Design and Performance Evaluation of mmWave Cellular Networks, Ph.D. thesis, Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, February 2020, available at this link.

Master’s Thesis

  • Michele Polese, Performance Comparison of Dual Connectivity and Hard Handover for LTE-5G Tight Integration in mmWave Cellular Networks, Master’s thesis, Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, July 2016, available on arXiv.