Permanent address: Piossasco, Torino (Italy)

I got my master degree in Communication Engineering in 2011 from Politecnico di Torino.

In the past year, I worked as a research assistant of Telecommunication Networks at the Politecnico di Torino.

My interests focus on wireless ad-hoc mesh and vehicular networks.

Name: Carlo BorgiattinoDate of birth: 15 March 1985

Particulars

Master thesisTitle: Multifrequency Vehicle-Infrastructure

communication

Evaluating the advantages given by the use of non conventional low-frequency bands in vehicular communication

In particular: Implement a new signalling protocol for content dowloading in

VANETs; Test the protocol behaviour and performance; Compare the multifrequency communication to the single

frequency one.

Advisors: Claudio Casetti, Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini

Objective:

WHITE SPACES

Spectrum: UHF, in particular below 1 GHz.

Applications:

Advantages

• Longer transmission range• Additional bandwidth

Disadvantages respect to ISM bands• Spatial variation• Spectrum fragmentation• Temporal variation

• Wide area coverage• Remote monitoring • Vehicular communication

Multifrequency vehicle-infrastructure communication

Use of non conventional low-frequency band

Protocol overwiev

• Scenario: VANETs experimental test

Goal• content downloading service• safety information

Network components: • Central Controller (CC)• Road Side Unit (RSU) • Vehicles

Use specific signalling messages

Multifrequency communication

The Villa Gualino testbed

AP1

CCAP2

Multifrequency communication:

700 MHz channel is emulated by 5 GHz network

APs and vehicle communicate at 2.4 GHz

The equipment

The moving vehicleThe roadside unit

Current & Future Work

• Test with a real 700 MHz channel in Val di Viù (TO) [1];• Creating a RSSI map of the access point coverage in the

database of the CC;• Model vehicular network using queueing theory.

References:[1] C.Borgiattino, C. Casetti, C.-F. Chiasserini, N. Di Maio, A. Ghittino, M. ReineriExperiences with UHF Bands for Content Downloading in Vehicular Networks, Workshop on …., WCNC 2012, Paris, France, April 2012.

Thank you!