Marco Ruffini

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
161 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Marco Ruffini is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Marco Ruffini has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 67 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 11 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Marco Ruffini's work include Advanced Optical Network Technologies (91 papers), Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (87 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (78 papers). Marco Ruffini is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Optical Network Technologies (91 papers), Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (87 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (78 papers). Marco Ruffini collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and Germany. Marco Ruffini's co-authors include David B. Payne, Avishek Nag, Irene Macaluso, Francesco Musumeci, Darko Zibar, Cristina Rottondi, Massimo Tornatore, Frank Slyne, Gabriel‐Miro Muntean and Linda Doyle and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE Access and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

In The Last Decade

Marco Ruffini

147 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

An Overview on Application of Machine Learning Techniques in Optical Networks

2018 420 citations Avishek Nag, Marco Ruffini et al. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marco Ruffini Ireland	22	1.4k	697	173	145	69	161	1.8k
Gangxiang Shen China	28	3.5k 2.5×	1.1k 1.6×	106 0.6×	130 0.9×	118 1.7×	322	3.9k
Luis Velasco Spain	33	2.9k 2.0×	1.2k 1.7×	284 1.6×	133 0.9×	77 1.1×	249	3.4k
Claudio Cicconetti Italy	21	1.0k 0.7×	1.4k 2.0×	111 0.6×	227 1.6×	32 0.5×	89	1.7k
Avishek Nag Ireland	20	1.1k 0.8×	386 0.6×	438 2.5×	154 1.1×	156 2.3×	106	1.8k
Luca Valcarenghi Italy	24	2.1k 1.5×	1.1k 1.5×	130 0.8×	108 0.7×	18 0.3×	265	2.5k
Antonio Manzalini Italy	18	403 0.3×	712 1.0×	148 0.9×	228 1.6×	65 0.9×	86	1.1k
Lars Dittmann Denmark	15	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.6×	68 0.4×	67 0.5×	33 0.5×	144	2.0k
Zuriati Ahmad Zukarnain Malaysia	19	510 0.4×	869 1.2×	208 1.2×	145 1.0×	60 0.9×	135	1.3k
Bo Ji United States	18	611 0.4×	811 1.2×	175 1.0×	160 1.1×	29 0.4×	84	1.2k
Kyle Guan United States	16	875 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	198 1.1×	271 1.9×	36 0.5×	50	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Marco Ruffini

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marco Ruffini

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marco Ruffini

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marco Ruffini. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marco Ruffini based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Marco Ruffini. Marco Ruffini is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ruffini, Marco, et al.. (2025). Routing and Spectrum Allocation in Broadband Quantum Entanglement Distribution. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 43(5). 1856–1870.

Karlsson, Stefan, et al.. (2025). Deep Learning for Detection of Harmful Events in Real-World, Noisy Optical Fiber Deployments. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 43(13). 6092–6101. 4 indexed citations

Martinello, Magnos, et al.. (2024). Performance measurement dataset for open RAN with user mobility and security threats. Computer Networks. 253. 110710–110710. 1 indexed citations

Ruffini, Marco, et al.. (2024). Low-Latency Upstream Scheduling in Multi-Tenant, SLA Compliant TWDM PON. Tu3I.3–Tu3I.3.

Martinello, Magnos, et al.. (2024). PoT-PolKA: Let the Edge Control the Proof-of-Transit in Path-Aware Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. 21(4). 3681–3691. 3 indexed citations

Martinello, Magnos, et al.. (2024). Cross-Domain AI for Early Attack Detection and Defense Against Malicious Flows in O-RAN. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme. 2384–2389. 2 indexed citations

Slyne, Frank, et al.. (2023). Two-tier PON virtualization with scheduler synchronization supporting application-level ultra-low latency in MEC based cloud-RAN, using MESH-PON. Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. 15(7). C100–C100. 2 indexed citations

Wilhelmi, Francesc, et al.. (2023). Blockchain and Smart Contracts for Telecommunications: Requirements vs. Cost Analysis. IEEE Access. 11. 95653–95666. 23 indexed citations

Ruffini, Marco, et al.. (2023). Connected OFCity Challenge: an updated perspective on technology for connected cities. Tu2A.2–Tu2A.2. 1 indexed citations

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Müller, Jens, Frank Slyne, Achim Autenrieth, et al.. (2023). Model-based service provisioning in optical networks. IET conference proceedings.. 2023(34). 1039–1042.

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Slyne, Frank, et al.. (2023). Real-time, low latency virtual DBA hypervisor for SLA-compliant multi-service operations over shared Passive Optical Networks. Tu3F.2–Tu3F.2.

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Slyne, Frank, Sebastian Troìa, Tobias Fehenberger, et al.. (2023). Experimental Demonstration of ML-Based DWDM System Margin Estimation. mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich). 1 indexed citations

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Kaltenberger, Florian, et al.. (2023). Analysis of Real-Time Video Streaming and Throughput Performance Using the Open Air Interface Stack on Multiple UEs. 2 indexed citations

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Togou, Mohammed Amine, et al.. (2022). A Comprehensive Survey on Radio Resource Management in 5G HetNets: Current Solutions, Future Trends and Open Issues. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 24(4). 2495–2534. 57 indexed citations

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Slyne, Frank, et al.. (2020). Virtualized EAST–WEST PON architecture supporting low-latency communication for mobile functional split based on multiaccess edge computing. Journal of Optical Communications and Networking. 12(10). D109–D109. 17 indexed citations

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Slamnik–Kriještorac, Nina, Haris Kremo, Marco Ruffini, & Johann M. Márquez-Barja. (2020). Sharing Distributed and Heterogeneous Resources toward End-to-End 5G Networks: A Comprehensive Survey and a Taxonomy. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 22(3). 1592–1628. 49 indexed citations

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Slyne, Frank, et al.. (2019). Evolution of Access Network Sharing and Its Role in 5G Networks. Applied Sciences. 9(21). 4566–4566. 15 indexed citations

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Yin, Xin, Xing-Zhi Qiu, Guy Torfs, et al.. (2014). Performance evaluation of single carrier 40-Gbit/s downstream for long-reach passive optical networks. 162–167. 9 indexed citations

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Pal, Saptadeep, et al.. (2014). Cable length minimisation in long-reach-PON planning for sparsely populated areas. 234–239. 2 indexed citations

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Roggero, Marco, et al.. (2005). The application-based clustering concept and requirements for intervehicle networks. IEEE Communications Magazine. 43(4). 108–113. 55 indexed citations

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