Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione Politecnico di Milano

Scientific Publications
of

Stefano Bregni


Books

"Sistemi di trasmissione PDH e SDH - Multiplazione"
Available as Print on Demand.
Stefano Bregni, McGraw-Hill, Milano, Italy, March 2004. 320 pages.
ISBN: 88-386-3434-3. (in Italian language)

"Synchronization of Digital Telecommunications Networks"
Stefano Bregni, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Chichester, UK, March 2002, 430 pages.
ISBN: 0-471-61550-1.
Available also translated to Russian:
MIR Publishers, Moscow, Russia, 2003.
ISBN: 5-03-003588-5.


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Papers on Journals and Magazines
( feature paper, super-feature paper)

Khaled B. Letaief, Stefano Bregni, "Conference Rejuvenation: The Way Forward", IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 57, No. 2, Feb. 2019, pp. 4-7. Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Khaled B. Letaief, Stefano Bregni, "The President’s Page – ComSoc's Conferences", IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 56, No. 2, Feb. 2018, pp. 4-7. Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Atul Kumar, Maurizio Magarini, Stefano Bregni, "Improving GFDM Symbol Error Rate Performance using “Better than Nyquist” Pulse Shaping Filters", IEEE Latin America Transactions, Vol. 15, No. 7, July 2017, pp. 1244-1249. Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Stefano Bregni, "Twenty-Five Years of Applications of the Modified Allan Variance in Telecommunications", IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 63, No. 4, Apr. 2016, pp. 520-530. Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Sergio Benedetto, Stefano Bregni, Katie Wilson, "The President’s Page – A review of activities in member relations and publications", IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 10, Oct. 2015, pp. 6-9. Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, "Compared Accuracy Evaluation of Estimators of Traffic Long-Range Dependence", IEEE Latin America Transactions, Vol. 13, No. 11, Nov. 2015, pp. 3649-3654. Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Stefano Bregni, Michael Recalcati, Francesco Musumeci, Massimo Tornatore, Achille Pattavina, "Benefits of Elastic Spectrum Allocation in Optical Networks with Dynamic Traffic", IEEE Latin America Transactions, Vol. 13, No. 11, Nov. 2015, pp. 3642 - 3648. Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Sergio Benedetto, Stefano Bregni, "The President’s Page – IEEE ComSoc Member Relations", IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 52, No. 4, Apr. 2014, pp. 6-8. Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Massimo Tornatore, Giorgio Fontana, Massimiliano Riunno, Stefano Bregni, Achille Pattavina, "Energy-Efficiency of All-Optical Transport through Time-Driven Switching", IET Optoelectronics, Vol. 6, No. 4, Aug. 2012, pp. 173-182. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Paolo Giacomazzi, Gabriella Saddemi, “Long-Range Dependence of Traffic across Schedulers with Multiple Service Classes", Elsevier Computer Communications, Vol. 35, No. 7, Apr. 2012, pp. 842-848. Elsevier B.V. Netherlands.

Stefano Bregni, Paolo Giacomazzi, Alessandro Poli, "Cost-Performance Optimization of SSL-Based Secure Distributed Infrastructures", IEEE Latin America Transactions, Vol. 9, No. 4, July 2011, pp. 550-556. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Vida Grković, Francesco Musumeci, Massimo Tornatore, Francesca Vismara, "On the Energy Efficiency of IP-over-WDM Networks", IEEE Latin America Transactions, Vol. 9, No. 4, July 2011, pp. 477-483. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Byeong Gi Lee, Stefano Bregni, Celia Desmond, John Pape, “The President’s Page - Education, Training and Certification: Disseminating ComSoc's Technological Assets”, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 49, No. 8, Aug. 2011, pp. 6-9. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Ravi Subrahmanyan, "Synchronization over Ethernet and IP in next-generation networks", Guest Editorial, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 49, No. 2, Feb. 2011. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Achille Pattavina, Marica Rebughini, Antonio Sipone, "Design of IP Optical Nodes Based on AWG with Shared Tunable Wavelength Converters", Optical Switching and Networking, Vol. 8, No. 1, January 2011, pp. 23-31. Elsevier B.V. Netherlands.

Stefano Bregni, Maurizio Décina, Paolo Giacomazzi, Alessandro Poli, "Milano Digital City: Planning the Municipal Wireless Network of Milano", IEEE Latin America Transactions, Vol. 8, No. 4, Aug. 2010, pp. 425-431. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Angelo Caruso, Achille Pattavina, “Buffering-Deflection Tradeoffs in Optical Burst Switching", Photonic Network Communications, Vol. 20, No. 2, Oct. 2010, pp. 193-200. Springer, USA.

Stefano Bregni, Paolo Giacomazzi, Gabriella Saddemi, “Characterization of Long-Range Dependent Traffic Regulated by Leaky-Bucket Policers and Shapers", Elsevier Computer Communications, Vol. 33, No. 6, April 2010, pp. 714-720. Elsevier B.V. Netherlands.

Stefano Bregni, Doug Zuckerman, “The President’s Page - Educational Activities: Helping Careers Flourish”, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 47, No. 11, Nov. 2009. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Giacomo Bruzzi, Maurizio Decina, "Traffic Trading in the Competitive International Voice Market",
IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 47, No. 8, August 2009.  Click here to download the paper (PDF). 

Stefano Bregni, Luca Jmoda, "Accurate Estimation of the Hurst Parameter of Long-Range Dependent Traffic Using Modified Allan and Hadamard Variances",
IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 56, No. 11, Nov. 2008, pp. 1900-1906.
Click here to download the paper (PDF). Click here to download the extended version of this paper (TCOM original submission, Revision R1).

Stefano Bregni, Roberto Cioffi, Maurizio Decina, "An Empirical Study on Time-Correlation of GSM Telephone Traffic",
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 7, No. 9, Sept. 2008, pp. 3428-3435. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Roberto Gaudino, Achille Pattavina, Diego Carzaniga, Alessandro Antonino, "Slot Synchronization of a WDM Packet-Switched Slotted Ring",
IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology
, Vol. 25, No. 10, Oct. 2007, pp. 2922-2930. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, "Timing Rearrangements of SEC and SASE Slave Clock Chains Due to Non-Small Input Phase and Frequency Hits in Synchronisation Networks",
European Transactions on Telecommunications, Vol. 17, No. 4, July-August 2006. John Wiley & Sons. Chichester, UK.

George Rouskas, Fabio Neri, Achille Pattavina, Stefano Bregni, Guido Maier, "Selected Papers from Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM) 2005 Conference",
guest editorial, Optical Switching and Networking, Vol. 2, No. 4, Dec. 2005. Elsevier B.V.

Stefano Bregni, Achille Pattavina, "Performance Evaluation of Deflection Routing in Optical IP Packet-Switched Networks"
Cluster Computing , Vol. 7, No. 3, July 2004. Kluwer Academic Publishers .

Stefano Bregni, Achille Pattavina, Gianluca Vegetti, "Architectures and Performance of AWG-Based Optical Switching Nodes for IP Networks"
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications , Vol. 21, No. 7, Sept. 2003.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Ugo Janigro, Achille Pattavina, "Optimal Allocation of Limited Optical-Layer Resources in WDM Networks under Static Traffic Demand"
Photonic Network Communications , Vol. 5, No. 1, Jan. 2003. Kluwer Academic Publishers .

Stefano Bregni, Giacomo Guerra, Achille Pattavina, "Optical Switching of IP Traffic Using Input Buffered Architectures"
Optical Networks Magazine , Vol. 3, No. 6, Nov./Dec. 2002. Kluwer Academic Publishers .

Stefano Bregni, Riccardo Melen, "Local Loop Unbundling in the Italian Network"
IEEE Communications Magazine , Vol. 40, No. 10, October 2002.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Stefano Maccabruni, "Fast Computation of Maximum Time Interval Error by Binary Decomposition"
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement , Vol. 49, No. 6, Dec. 2000.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, "A Historical Perspective on Network Synchronization"
IEEE Communications Magazine , Vol. 36, No. 6, June 1998.  Click here to download the paper (PDF). 

Stefano Bregni, "Clock Stability Characterization and Measurement in Telecommunications"
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement , Vol. 46, No. 6, Dec. 1997. Click here to download the paper (PDF). 

Stefano Bregni, Marco Carbonelli, Domenico De Seta, Daniele Perucchini, "Impact of the Time Error Sampling Period on Telecommunications Clock Stability Measures"
European Transactions on Telecommunications, Vol. 8, No. 6, November-December 1997. Click here to download the paper (TIF).

Stefano Bregni, "Measurement of Maximum Time Interval Error for Telecommunications Clock Stability Characterization"
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement , Vol. 45, No. 5, Oct. 1996.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Erhard P. Graf, "Synchronization of Digital Networks" (guest editorial of the Focus on Synchronization of Digital Networks)
European Transactions on Telecommunications, Vol. 7, No. 1, January-February 1996.  Click here to download the paper "Characterization of Timing Signals and Clocks" , by M. Carbonelli, D. De Seta, D. Perucchini (TIF).

Stefano Bregni, Maria D'Agrosa, Luca Valtriani, "Jitter Testing Technique and Results at the Desynchronizer Output of SDH Equipment"
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement , Vol. 44, No. 3, June 1995.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).


Major Articles and Chapters in Books

Stefano Bregni ,"Clocks in Telecommunications"
in Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering . Editor: John G. Webster. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999.
Also included in Survey of Instrumentation & Measurement . Editor: S.Dyer. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001. pages 743-757. ISBN # 0-471-39484X .

Stefano Bregni , "Chapter 5. Metodi di misura di tempo e frequenza"
in La sincronizzazione nelle reti numeriche di telecomunicazioni, co-authored by the Italian National Study Group on Network Synchronization, edited by CSELT , Torino, Italy, 1996. (Italian)


Papers in Proceedings of Major Conferences

Navuday Sharma, Atul Kumar, Maurizio Magarini, Stefano Bregni, "Impact of CFO on Low Latency-Enabled UAV Using "Better Than Nyquist" Pulse Shaping in GFDM", Proc. of 2019 IEEE 89th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2019-Spring), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 28 April – 1 May 2019.

Sadaf Moaveninejad, Atul Kumar, Davide Scazzoli, Alessandro Piti, Maurizio Magarini, Stefano Bregni, Giacomo Verticale, "BER evaluation of post-meter PLC services in CENELEC-C band", Proc. of  IEEE LATINCOM 2017, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 8-10 November 2017.

Atul Kumar, Maurizio Magarini, Stefano Bregni, "Impact of “Better than Nyquist” pulse shaping in GFDM PHY with LTE-compatible frame structure", Proc. of  IEEE LATINCOM 2017, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 8-10 November 2017.

Omran Ayoub, Stefano Bregni, Najme Monajemi, Francesco Musumeci, Massimo Tornatore, "Strategies for Effective Converged Control of LTE and Wi-Fi Networks", Proc. of IEEE LATINCOM 2016, Medellin, Colombia, 15-17 November 2016.

Atul Kumar, Stefano Bregni, Maurizio Magarini, "An Exact SER Expression for QPSK OFDM System in Presence of Residual CFO and STO", Proc. of IEEE LATINCOM 2016, Medellin, Colombia, 15-17 November 2016.

Mattia Speziali, Stefano Bregni, Maurizio Magarini, Arnaldo Spalvieri, "A New Approach to Post-FFT Synchronization for DVB-T Receivers", Proc. of IEEE LATINCOM 2016, Medellin, Colombia, 15-17 November 2016.

Stefano Bregni, "Compared Accuracy Evaluation of Estimators of Traffic Long-Range Dependence", Proc. of IEEE LATINCOM 2014, Cartagena, Colombia, 5-7 November 2014. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Michael Recalcati, Francesco Musumeci, Massimo Tornatore, Stefano Bregni, Achille Pattavina, "Benefits of Elastic Spectrum Allocation in Optical Networks with Dynamic Traffic", Proc. of IEEE LATINCOM 2014, Cartagena, Colombia, 5-7 November 2014. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Alessandra Bianchi, Stefano Bregni, Irene Crimaldi, Marco Ferrari, "Analysis of a Hurst Parameter Estimator Based on the Modified Allan Variance", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2012, Anaheim, CA, USA, 3-7 December, 2012. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Diego Lucerna, Cristina Rottondi, Giacomo Verticale, "Using per-Source Measurements to Improve Performance of Internet Traffic Classification", Proc. of IEEE LATINCOM 2010, Bogota, Colombia, 14-17 September 2010. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Paolo Giacomazzi, Alessandro Poli, "Cost-Performance Optimization of SSL-Based Secure Distributed Infrastructures", Proc. of IEEE LATINCOM 2010, Bogota, Colombia, 14-17 September 2010. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Giacomo Bruzzi, Maurizio Decina, "The Network Operator's Perspective on Peer-to-Peer: Business Threats or Opportunities?", Proc. of IEEE LATINCOM 2010, Bogota, Colombia, 14-17 September 2010. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Vida Grkovic, Francesco Musumeci, Massimo Tornatore, Francesca Vismara, "On the Energy Efficiency of IP-over-WDM Networks", Proc. of IEEE LATINCOM 2010, Bogota, Colombia, 14-17 September 2010. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Andrea Baruffaldi, Achille Pattavina, "Active Measurement and Time-Domain Characterization of IP Packet Jitter", Proc. of IEEE LATINCOM 2009, Medellin, Colombia, Sept.. 8-11, 2009. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Maurizio Décina, Paolo Giacomazzi, Alessandro Poli, "Milano Digital City: Planning the Municipal Wireless Network of Milano", Proc. of IEEE LATINCOM 2009, Medellin, Colombia, Sept.. 8-11, 2009. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Paolo Giacomazzi, Gabriella Saddemi, "On Traffic Long-Range Dependence at the Output of Schedulers with Multiple Service Classes", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2008, New Orleans, LA, USA, Nov. 30 - Dec. 4, 2008. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Roberto Cioffi, Paolo Giacomazzi, "Queuing Performance of Long-Range Dependent Traffic Regulated by Token-Bucket Policers", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2008, New Orleans, LA, USA, Nov. 30 - Dec. 4, 2008. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Paolo Giacomazzi, Gabriella Saddemi, "Transport of Long-Range Dependent Traffic in Single-Hop and Multi-Hop IEEE 802.11e Networks", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2008, New Orleans, LA, USA, Nov. 30 - Dec. 4, 2008. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Paolo Giacomazzi, Gabriella Saddemi, "Output Traffic Characterization of Policers and Shapers with Long-Range Dependent Input Traffic", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2007, Washington, DC, USA, Nov. 26-30, 2007. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Paolo Giacomazzi, Gabriella Saddemi, “Properties of the Traffic Output by a Leaky-Bucket Policer with Long-Range Dependent Input Traffic", Proc. of IEEE ICC 2007, Glasgow, UK, June 24-28, 2007. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Luciano Lacavalla, Bruno Propersi, Francesco Residori, “Synchronization of Single-Frequency Simulcast Networks Using Network Time Protocol", Proc. of IEEE ICC 2007, Glasgow, UK, June 24-28, 2007. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Roberto Cioffi, Maurizio Decina, "An Empirical Study on Statistical Properties of GSM Telephone Call Arrivals", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2006, S. Francisco, CA, USA, Nov. 27 - Dec. 1, 2006. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Giacomo Bruzzi, Maurizio Decina, "Minutes Trading in The International Long-Distance Voice Market", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2006, S. Francisco, CA, USA, Nov. 27 - Dec. 1, 2006. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Luca Jmoda, "Improved Estimation of the Hurst Parameter of Long-Range Dependent Traffic Using the Modified Hadamard Variance", Proc. of IEEE ICC 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, June 11-15, 2006. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Diego Carzaniga, Roberto Gaudino, Achille Pattavina, "Slot Synchronization of WDM Packet-Switched Slotted Rings: the WONDER Project", Proc. of IEEE ICC 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, June 11-15, 2006. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Luigi Savastano, Achille Pattavina, Guido Maier, Mario Martinelli, "Optical-Switch Benes Architecture based on 2-D MEMS", Proc. of IEEE 2006 Workshop on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR 2006), Poznan, Poland, 7-9 June 2006. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Walter Erangoli, "Fractional Noise in Experimental Measurements of IP Traffic in a Metropolitan Area Network",Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2005, St. Louis, MO, USA, Nov. 28 - Dec. 2, 2005. Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Eugenio Costamagna, Walter Erangoli, Lorenzo Favalli, Achille Pattavina, Francesco Tarantola, "Synthesis and MAVAR Characterization of Self-Similar Traffic Traces from Chaotic Generators", Proc. of IEEE 3rd International Workshop on QoS in Multiservice IP Networks, Catania, Italy, Feb. 2-4, 2005.

Stefano Bregni, Luca Primerano,  "The Modified Allan Variance as Time-Domain Analysis Tool for Estimating the Hurst Parameter of Long-Range Dependent Traffic", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2004, Dallas, TX, USA, Nov. 29 - 3 Dec. 2004.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Domenico Biffi, "Timing Rearrangements of SEC and SASE Slave Clock Chains Due to Non-Small Input Phase and Frequency Hits in Synchronization Networks", Proc. of IEEE ICC 2004, Paris, France, 20-24 June 2004.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Lucia Barbieri, "Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of Network Frequency Synchronization on GSM Quality of Service During Handover", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2003, S. Francisco, CA, USA 1-5 December 2003.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Davide Caratti, Fabio Martignon, "Enhanced Loss Differentiation Algorithms for Use in TCP Sources over Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2003, S. Francisco, CA, USA 1-5 December 2003.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Achille Pattavina, Stefano Bregni, Laura Galimberti, "On the Analysis Tools of Traffic Fractality", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2003, S. Francisco, CA, USA 1-5 December 2003. 

Stefano Bregni, Achille Pattavina, Gianluca Vegetti , "Traffic Performance of Buffering Strategies in All-Optical Nodes for IP Networks", Proc. of 2003 Workshop on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR 2003), Torino, Italy, 24-27 June 2003.  Click here to download the paper (PDF). 

Michele Baresi, Stefano Bregni, Achille Pattavina, Gianluca Vegetti , "Deflection Routing Effectiveness in Full-Optical IP Packet Switching Networks", Proc. of IEEE ICC 2003, Anchorage, AK, USA 11-15 May 2003.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Achille Pattavina, Gianluca Vegetti , "AWG-Based WDM Switching Architectures for All-Optical IP Networks", Proc. of IFIP Optical Networks Design and Modelling Conference (ONDM 2003), Budapest, Hungary, February 2003.

Stefano Bregni, Giacomo Guerra, Achille Pattavina ,"Node Architecture Design for All-Optical IP Packet Switching", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2002, Taipei, Taiwan, 17-21 November 2002.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Giacomo Guerra, Achille Pattavina , "Optical Packet Switching of IP Traffic", Proc. of IFIP Optical Networks Design and Modelling Conference (ONDM 2002), Torino, Italy, 4-6 February 2002.  Click here to download the paper (PS).

Stefano Bregni, Ugo Janigro, Achille Pattavina ,"Optimal Allocation of Limited Optical-Layer Resources in WDM Networks under Static Traffic Demand", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2001, San Antonio, TX, USA, 25-29 November 2001.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Giacomo Guerra, Achille Pattavina ,"Optical Packet Switching for IP-over-WDM Transport Networks", Proc. of 2001 Tyrrhennian International Workshop on Optical Communications, Taormina, Italy, 17-20 September 2001.  Click here to download the paper (PDF). 

Stefano Bregni, Stefano Maccabruni , "Fast Computation of Maximum Time Interval Error by Binary Decomposition", Proc. of IEEE ICC '99, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 6-10 June 1999.  Click here to download the paper (PDF). 

Stefano Bregni, Franco Setti , "Impact of the Anti-Aliasing Prefiltering on the Measurement of MTIE", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM '97, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 3-8 November 1997.  Click here to download the paper (PDF). 

Stefano Bregni, Patrizia Tavella , "Estimation of the Percentile Maximum Time Interval Error of Gaussian White Phase Noise", Proc. of IEEE ICC '97, Montreal, Canada, 8-12 June 1997.  Click here to download the paper (PDF). 

Stefano Bregni, Luca Valtriani, Fabrizio Veghini , "Simulation of Clock Noise and AU-4 Pointer Action in SDH Equipment", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM '95, Singapore, 13-17 November 1995.  Click here to download the paper (PDF). 

Stefano Bregni , "Facing up to Practical Measurement of MRTIE: a New Effective Methodology", Proc. of IEEE ICC '95, Seattle, USA, 18-22 June 1995.  Click here to download the paper (PDF). 

Roberto Bonello, Stefano Bregni, Marco Carbonelli, Antonio Manzalini, Alfonso Mariconda, Domenico De Seta, Daniele Perucchini, Luca Valtriani , "Preliminary Experimental Results for the Development of the New Italian Synchronization Network", Proc. of IEEE ICC '95, Seattle, USA, 18-22 June 1995.  Click here to download the paper (PDF). 

Stefano Bregni, Marco Carbonelli, Domenico De Seta, Daniele Perucchini, Guido Zampilloni , "Clock Stability Measure Dependence on Time Error Sampling Period", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM '94, S. Francisco, USA, 27 November - 1 December 1994.  Click here to download the paper (PDF). 

Stefano Bregni, Maria D'Agrosa, Luca Valtriani , "Jitter Testing Technique and Results at the Desynchronizer Output of SDH Equipment", Proc. of IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Hamamatsu, Japan, 10-12 May 1994.

Stefano Bregni, Maria D'Agrosa, Luca Valtriani ,"SDH Equipment Testing: an Italian Experience towards Standard Test Specifications", Proc. of IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Hamamatsu, Japan, 10-12 May 1994.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Marco Carbonelli, Domenico De Seta, Daniele Perucchini , "Impact of Slave Clock Internal Noise on Allan Variance and Root Mean Square Time Interval Error Measurement", Proc. of IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Hamamatsu, Japan, 10-12 May 1994.   Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Luca Valtriani , "Synchronization for the Global Telecommunication Network: a Fundamental Requirement" (invited paper), Proc. of 8th European Frequency and Time Forum, Munich, Germany, 8-11 March 1994.

Stefano Bregni, Marco Carbonelli, Maria D'Agrosa, Domenico De Seta, Daniele Perucchini ,"Different Behaviour of Frequency Stability Measures in Independent and Synchronized Clocks: Theoretical Analysis and Measurement Results", Proc. of IEEE SUPERCOMM/ICC '94, New Orleans, USA, 1-5 May 1994.  Click here to download the paper (PDF). 

Stefano Bregni, Luca Valtriani, Antonio Manzalini , "A Practical Estimate Methodology for MRTIE and Related Issues", Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM '93, Houston, USA, 29 November - 2 December 1993.   Click here to download the paper (PDF). 

Stefano Bregni, Pietro Zolzettich , "An Algorithm for a Policing Device in ATM Networks", Proc. of 1990 International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications (ISITA '90), Waikiki, Hawaii, 27-30 November 1990.


Online Tutorial

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Stefano Bregni, "Synchronization of Digital Telecommunications Networks"


Contributions to Standard Bodies

Stefano Bregni ,"Considerations on Definition and Specification of Frequency Accuracy and Frequency Drift", ETSI TM3 WG6, Oslo, October 1993

Stefano Bregni ."Definitions of Frequency Accuracy and Frequency Drift to Be Included in G.810", ITU-T Q21/13 Expert Meeting, Rome, December 1993.

Stefano Bregni ,"AVAR, MAVAR, TVAR, TIErms Measurement Results on SDH Equipment", ETSI TM3 WG6, Montpellier, February 1994.  Click here to download the paper (PS).

"Considerations on the Short Term Stability Measurements"
ETSI TM3 WG6, Montpellier, February 1994.  Click here to download the paper (PS).

Stefano Bregni ,"Some Considerations on Practical Measurement of Maximum Relative Time Interval Error (MRTIE)", ETSI TM3 WG6, Montpellier, February 1994.

Stefano Bregni, "Proposed Changes to DE/TM-3017", ETSI TM3 WG6, Ipswich, June 1994.


IEEE Global Communications Newsletter

Stefano Bregni, Nury Ramirez, "YP Committee: Encouraging Young Professionals to Become Members and to Participate in Activities of the IEEE Communications Society", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 57, No. 10, October 2019, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Stefano Bregni, Ana García Armada, "WICE: Promoting the Role of Women in Communications Engineering",  in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 57, No. 4, April 2019, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Stefano Bregni, Wahab Almuhtadi, "North America Region", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 57, No. 1, January 2019, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Stefano Bregni, Saewoong Bahk, "Asia Pacific Region", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 56, No. 11, November 2018, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Stefano Bregni, Adlen Ksentini, "Europe, Middle East and Africa Region", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 56, No. 9, September 2018, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Stefano Bregni, Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, "Latin America Region", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 56, No. 8, August 2018, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Stefano Bregni, Song Guo, "ComSoc Membership Services", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 56, No. 7, July 2018, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Stefano Bregni, Octavia A. Dobre, "Sister and Related Societies: Reaching Out to a Global Community of Communications Professionals", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 56, No. 6, June 2018, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Stefano Bregni, Nei Kato, "Member and Global Activities: Promoting ComSoc Membership Locally and Globally", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 56, No. 5, May 2018, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Stefano Bregni, Carlos Lozano, "Latin America Region", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 55, No. 7, July 2017, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Stefano Bregni, Lola Awoniyi-Oteri, "Young Professionals Find Their Technical Haven within ComSoc", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 55, No. 6, June 2017, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Stefano Bregni, Octavia Dobre, "WICE: Promoting the Role of Women in Communications Engineering", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 55, No. 5, May 2017, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Stefano Bregni, T. Scott Atkinson, "North America Region", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 55, No. 4, April 2017, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Stefano Bregni, "100 Issues of the New Global Communications Newsletter!", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 55, No. 3, March 2017, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Takaya Yamazato, "Asia/Pacific Region", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 55, No. 2, February 2017, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Andrzej Jajszczyk, "Europe, Middle East and Africa Region", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 55, No. 1, January 2017, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Zhensheng Zhang, "ComSoc Membership Services", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 54, No. 12, December 2016, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Curtis Siller, "Sister and Related Societies: Reaching Out to ComSoc’s Global Community", in IEEE Global Communications Newsletter, in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 54, No. 11, November 2016, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Octavia Dobre, "WICE: Promoting the Role of Women in Communications Engineering", in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 4, April 2015, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Ashutosh Dutta, "Strengthening the Bridge of ComSoc with Industry", in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2015, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Hanna Bogucka, "Europe, Africa and Middle East Region Region", in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2015, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Pedro Aguilera, "Latin America Region", in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2015, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Merrily Hartmann, "North America Region", in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2014, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Wanjiun Liao, "Asia/Pacific Region", in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 52, No. 11, November 2014, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Koichi Asatani, "Membership Programs Development: Toward Better Services for Members and Future Members Worldwide", in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 52, No. 10, October 2014, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Curtis Siller, "Sister and Related Societies - Reaching Out to ComSoc’s Global Community", in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2014, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Marko Delimar, Arturo Losi, Alfredo Testa, "Highlights from the IEEE 2nd International Energy Conference & Exhibition 2012", Florence, Italy (ENERGYCON 2012)", in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 51, No. 5, May 2013, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Eduardo Cerqueira, "Highlights from the IEEE 3rd Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM 2011)", in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 50, No. 3, March 2012. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, " IEEE Milestones Dedicated to Guglielmo Marconi’s First Experiments of Wireless Telegraphy", in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 49, No. 6, August 2011. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni et al., "The Ultra-Broadband Infrastructures and Services Research Program of the Italian Authority for Guarantees in Communications", in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 11, November 2010. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, "Distinguished Lecturer Tour in Latin America - October 2008", in IEEE Communications Magazine,Vol. 47, No. 5, May 2009. Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, "Distinguished Lecturer Tour in Latin America", in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 46, No. 5, May 2008.  Click here to download the full issue (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, "The Global Communications Newsletter Is Back!", in IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 46, No. 2, Feb 2008.  Click here to download the full issue (PDF).


Other Contributions to Books and Paper Collections

Stefano Bregni, "Measurement of Time and Frequency Stability in SDH Equipment Clocks: Methodology and Experimental Results"
WSEAS Transactions on Communications, Issue 1, Vol. 1, 2002. ISSN 1109-2742.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, "Advanced Algorithms for Performance Monitoring in Synchronization Networks"
in Recent Advances in Computers, Computing and Communications . Editors: N. Mastorakis, V. Mladenov. WSEAS Press, 2002.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni ,"System Architectures for Timing Transfer over PDH and SDH Transmission Networks"
in Recent Advances in Computers, Computing and Communications . Editors: N. Mastorakis, V. Mladenov. WSEAS Press, 2002.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Riccardo Melen, "Unbundling the Access Network: Technical Issues and Architectures to Boost Open Competition for Telecommunications Services"
in Recent Advances in Computers, Computing and Communications . Editors: N. Mastorakis, V. Mladenov. WSEAS Press, 2002.   Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni ,"Fast Algorithms for TVAR and MTIE Computation in Characterization of Network Synchronization Performance"
in Advances in Signal Processing and Computer Technologies . Editors: G. Antoniou, N. Mastorakis, O. Panfilov. WSES Press, 2001.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, "Synchronization Processes and Jitter Generation along a SDH Transmission Chain: a Review and Measurement Results"
in Advances in Systems Science: Measurement, Circuits and Control . Editors: N. Mastorakis, L.A. Pecorelli-Peres. WSES Press, 2001.  Click here to download the paper (PDF format).

Stefano Bregni , "Generation of Pseudo-Random Power-Law Noise Sequences by Spectral Shaping"
in Communications World. Editor: N. Mastorakis. WSES Press, 2001.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).

Stefano Bregni, Giacomo Guerra, Achille Pattavina, "State of the Art of Optical Switching Technology for All-Optical Networks"
in Communications World. Editor: N. Mastorakis. WSES Press, 2001.  Click here to download the paper (PDF).



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