When social networks meet D2D communications: A survey

M Nitti, GA Stelea, V Popescu, M Fadda - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
In the last few years, one of the main characteristics of the current technological
development is the constantly increasing need for data exchange among various types of …

Towards the implementation of the Social Internet of Vehicles

L Atzori, A Floris, R Girau, M Nitti, G Pau - Computer Networks, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Internet of Vehicles (IoV) represents the emerging paradigm where vehicles
are (almost) always connected to the Internet to deliver and receive information to/from other …

An adaptive social-aware device-to-device communication mechanism for wireless networks

FZ Alden, S Hassan, A Habbal, X Wei - Ad Hoc Networks, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Device-to-Device (D2D) communication is an essential element in 5G networks and
beyond. It enables users to communicate either directly without network assistance or with …

Using an IoT platform for trustworthy D2D communications in a real indoor environment

M Nitti, V Popescu, M Fadda - IEEE Transactions on Network …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The constantly increasing need for data exchange among various types of devices, mobile
and fixed, is one of the main characteristics of technological developments in the last few …

Navigability in social networks of objects: The importance of friendship type and nodes' distance

C Marche, L Atzori, A Iera, L Militano… - 2017 IEEE Globecom …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Social Internet of Things (SIoT) is a novel communication paradigm according to which
objects connected to the Internet create a dynamic social network that is mostly used to …

Consensus-based resource allocation among objects in the internet of things

V Pilloni, L Atzori - Annals of Telecommunications, 2017 - Springer
The pervasive use of smart objects is encouraging the development of the Internet of Things
(IoT) vision, where even the most common and simple object is expected to acquire …

A new task allocation protocol for extending stability and operational periods in internet of things

EA Khalil, S Ozdemir, AA Bara'a - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Internet of Things (IoT) is a groundbreaking technology which recently enjoyed a large
increase in interest as it connects both digital and physical worlds together and allowing …

Dynamic involvement of real world objects in the IoT: A consensus-based cooperation approach

V Pilloni, L Atzori, M Mallus - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
A significant role in the Internet of Things (IoT) will be taken by mobile and low-cost unstable
devices, which autonomously self-organize and introduce highly dynamic and …

IoT_ProSe: Exploiting 3GPP services for task allocation in the Internet of Things

V Pilloni, E Abd-Elrahman, M Hadji, L Atzori, H Afifi - Ad Hoc Networks, 2017 - Elsevier
This work focuses on the problem of task allocation among mobile objects that aim to
collaborate in the execution of IoT (Internet of Things) applications. We consider 3GPP …

Integral sliding modes for the robustification of consensus-based multi-agent based systems

A Pilloni, A Pisano, M Franceschelli… - 2016 14th International …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The problem of enforcing the state variables of a network of heterogenous dynamical
systems to agree on a predefined function of the corresponding initial conditions (eg, the …