Tommaso Foggi

Biography

Tommaso Foggi was born in Parma, Italy, in 1978. He received the master's degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Parma in 2003 and the Ph.D. degree in Information Technology from the same University in 2008.
From 2009 to 2018 he was a researcher of National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT) in the University of Parma research unit.
Since 2021 he is Associate Professor at University of Parma, Department of Engineering and Architecture.
In 2003 he was granted a CNIT scholarship at the Photonic Networks and Technology National Laboratory in Pisa, Italy, for a project on maximum likelihood sequence detection in IM/DD optical communication systems, coordinated by Professor Enrico Forestieri. In 2004 he was granted a CNIT scholarship at the Department of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Parma for a project related to satellite navigation and positioning coordinated by Professor Giulio Colavolpe.

His main research interests include electronic signal processing for digital communication systems, in particular adaptive equalization, coding and iterative decoding techniques, channel impairment compensation, channel estimation, simulative software implementation.

He is author of several internation journal and conference papers and patents, and he is recipient of the the best paper award for the Optical Networks and Systems symposium at the IEEE International Conference on Communcations (ICC 2008), Beijing, China, May 2008. He has been involved in research projects funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR), by the European Space Agency (ESA), and by private companies (Ericsson, Inmarsat, Huawei, etc.).

Research group

SPADiC Lab

Publications

Journals:

P. -D. Arapoglou, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, N. Mazzali and A. Vannucci
"Variable Data Rate Architectures in Optical LEO Direct-to-Earth Links: Design Aspects and System Analysis",
in IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, May 2022.
A. D’Amico, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, M. Morelli
"Timing Synchronization and Channel Estimation in Free-Space Optical OOK Communication Systems",
in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 1901-1912, March 2022.
A Guidotti, S. Cioni, G. Colavolpe, M. Conti, T. Foggi, A. Mengali, G. Montorsi, A. Piemontese, A. Vanelli-Coralli
"Architectures, standardisation, and procedures for 5G Satellite Communications: A survey",
in Computer Networks, vol. 183, December 2020.
P. Banelli, G. Baruffa, S. Buzzi, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, L. Rugini, A. Ugolini
"Modulations with Low Peak‐to‐Average Power Ratio",
in Wiley 5G Ref: The Essential 5G Reference Online, October 2019.
T. Foggi
"On Performance Limits for Spectrally-Efficient Optical Transmission Techniques in Short-Haul Metro/Access Links",
in IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 661-667, February 2020.
A. Guidotti, A. Vanelli-Coralli, T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, M. Caus, J. Bas, S. Cioni, A. Modenini
"LTE-based Satellite Communications in LEO Mega-Constellations",
in International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 316-330, July/August 2019.
G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, M. Ricciulli, Y. Zanettini, J.-P. Mediano-Alameda
"Reception of LoRa signals from LEO satellites",
in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 3587-3602, April 2019.
A. Guidotti, A. Vanelli-Coralli, M. Conti, S. Andreanacci, S. Chatzinotas, N. Maturo, B. Evans, A. Awoseyila, A. Ugolini, T. Foggi, L. Gaudio, N. Alagha, S. Cioni
"Architectures and Key Technical Challenges for 5G Systems Incorporating Satellites",
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, no. 3, pp. 2624-2639, Januaty 2019.
F. Cugini, M. Ruiz, T. Foggi, L. Velasco, N. Sambo, P. Castoldi
"Dedicated Protection With Signal Overlap in Elastic Optical Networks",
in Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 1074-1084, OSA, 2017.
S. Buzzi, C. D’Andrea, T. Foggi, A. Ugolini, G. Colavolpe
"Single-Carrier Modulation versus OFDM for Millimeter-Wave Wireless MIMO",
in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 1335-1348, March 2018.
A. Malacarne, F. Fresi, G. Meloni, T. Foggi, L. Potì
"Time-Frequency Packing applied to Cost-Effective IM/DD Transmission based on Directly-Modulated VCSEL",
in IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 35, no. 20, pp. 4384-4391, October 2017.
T. Foggi, F. Cugini
"Signal Overlap for Elastic Optical Networks",
in IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 34, no. 14, pp. 3400-3510, July 2016.
M. Secondini, T. Foggi, F. Fresi, G. Meloni, F. Cavaliere, G. Colavolpe, E. Forestieri, L. Potì, R. Sabella, G. Prati
"Optical Time-Frequency Packing: Principles, Design, Implementation, and Experimental Demonstration",
in IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 33, no. 17, pp. 3558-3570, September 2015.
L. Potì, G. Meloni, G. Berrettini, F. Fresi, T. Foggi, M. Secondini, L. Giorgi, F. Cavaliere, S. Hackett, A. Petronio, P. Nibbs, R. Forgan, A .Leong, R. Masciulli, C. Pfander
"Sub-Nyquist Field Trial Using Time Frequency Packed DP-QPSK Super-Channel Within Fixed ITU-T Grid",
in Optics Express, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 16196-16208, june 2015.
T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, A. Bononi, P. Serena
"Spectral Efficiency Optimization in Flexi-Grid Long-Haul Optical Systems",
in IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 33, no. 13, pp.2735-2742, March 2015.
F. Cugini, F. Fresi, F. Paolucci, G. Meloni, N. Sambo, A. Giorgetti, T. Foggi, L. Potí, P.Castoldi
"Active stateful PCE with hitless LDPC code adaptation",
in IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 7, no. 22, pp. A268—A276, Feb. 2015.
G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, A. Ugolini, J. Lizarraga, S. Cioni, A. Ginesi
"A Highly Efficient Receiver for Satellite-Based Automatic Identification System Signal Detection",
in Int. J. Satell. Commun. Network. 2014, Int. J. Satell. Commun. Network, Oct. 2014.
G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi
"Time-Frequency Packing for High-Capacity Coherent Optical Links",
in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 62, no. 8, pp.2986-2995, August 2014.
R. Corsini, E. Matarazzo, A. Peracchi, T. Foggi, G. Meloni, L. Potì, R. Magri, E. Ciaramella
"Blind Adaptive Chromatic Dispersion Compensation and Estimation for DSP-based Coherent Optical Optical Systems",
in IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 31, no. 13, pp.2131-2139, 2013.
G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, A. Modenini, A. Piemontese
"Faster-than-Nyquist and beyond: how to improve spectral efficiency by accepting interference",
in Optics Express, vol. 19, issue 27, pp. 26600-26609, December 2011.
G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, G. Prati
"Impact of Phase Noise and Compensation Techniques in Coherent Optical Systems",
in IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 29, no. 18, pp. 2790-2800, September 2011.
G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, G. Prati
"Stop-and-Go Algorithm for Blind Equalization in QAM Single-Carrier Coherent Optical Systems",
in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol.22, no. 24, pp. 1838-1840, December 2010.
A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, G. Prati
"OFDM vs. Single-Carrier Transmission for 100 Gbps Optical Communication",
in IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 28, no. 17, pp. 2537-2551, September 2010.
G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, G. Prati
"Robust Multilevel Coherent Optical Systems with Linear Processing at the Receiver",
in IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 27, no. 13, pp. 2357-2369, August 2009.
G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, G. Prati
"Multilevel Optical Systems with MLSD Receivers Insensitive to GVD and PMD",
in IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 26, pp. 1263-1273, May 2008.
T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, E. Forestieri, G. Prati
"Channel Estimation Algorithms for MLSD in Optical Communication Systems",
in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 18, pp. 1984-1986, October 2006.
T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, G. Colavolpe, G. Prati
"Maximum Likelihood Sequence Detection with Closed-Form Metrics in OOK Optical Systems Impaired by GVD and PMD",
in IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology vol. 24, pp. 3073-3087, August 2006.

Conferences:

G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, A. Vannucci
"Synchronization for Variable Data Rate LEO Direct-to-Earth Optical Links",
2022 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 16-20 May 2022, Seoul, South Korea.
A. Vanelli Coralli, A. Guidotti, T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, G. Montorsi
"5G and Beyond 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks: trends and research challenges",
2020 IEEE 3rd 5G World Forum (5GWF), September 10 - October 10 2019.
A. Di Mezza, A. Vanelli Coralli, A. Guidotti, T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, G. Montorsi
"5G4SPACE: Adaptation of 5G radio access technology for Satcom",
<019 International Symposium on Advanced Electrical and Communication Technologies (ISAECT), November 2019.
A. Guidotti, A. Vanelli-Coralli, M. Caus, J. Bas, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, S. Cioni, A. Modenini, D. Tarchi
"Satellite-enabled LTE systems in LEO constellations",
IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC Workshops 2017, pp. 876-881.
F. Fresi, G. Meloni, T. Foggi, F. Cugini, L. Potì
"First Field Trial Demonstration of Hitless Defragmentation with Signals Overlap in Elastic Optical Networks",
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2017, 19-23 March 2017, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
F. Cugini, N. Sambo, T. Foggi, M. Ruiz, L. Velasco, P. Castoldi
"Signal Overlap for Efficient 1+1 Protection in Elastic Optical Networks (EONs)",
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2017, 19-23 March 2017, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
P. Castoldi, T. Foggi, F. Paolucci, F. Cugini
"Next steps in elasticity: Enabling signal overlap in optical networks",
International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Invited, 10-14 July, Trento, Italy.
A. Malacarne, F. Fresi, G. Meloni, T. Foggi, L. Potì
"Time-frequency packed VCSEL-based IM/DD transmission for WDM access networks",
21st Optoelectronics and Communications Conference / International Conference on Photonics in Switching (OECC/PS) 2016, 3-7 July 2016, TOKI MESSE, Japan.
S. Buzzi, C. D'andrea, T. Foggi, A. Ugolini, G. Colavolpe
"Spectral efficiency of MIMO millimeter-wave links with single-carrier modulation for 5G networks",
Proc. 20th International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA2016), March 2016, Munich, Germany.
T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, A. Bononi, P. Serena
"Overcoming Filtering Penalties in Flexi-Grid Long-Haul Optical Systems",
ICC 2015, June 8-12 2015, ICC London ExCel, London, UK.
G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, A. Ugolini, J. Lizarraga, Stefano Cioni, Alberto Ginesi
"A Highly Efficient Receiver for Satellite-Based Automatic Identification System Signal Detection",
7th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference (ASMS) and 13th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop (SPSC), September 8-10 2014, Livorno, Italy.
G. Meloni, T. Foggi, F. Paolucci, F. Fresi, F. Cugini, P. Castoldi, G. Colavolpe, L. Potì
"First Demonstration of Optical Signal Overlap",
Advanced Photonics for Communications 2014, 13-17 Luglio 2014, San Diego, California, USA.
F. Cugini, F. Paolucci, F. Fresi, G. Meloni, G. Berrettini, N. Sambo, A. Giorgetti, T. Foggi, L. Poti, and P. Castoldi
"Benefits of active stateful PCE for flexgrid networks",
OFC/NFOEC 2014, 23-26 March 2014, San Francisco, CA, USA.
G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi
"Next-Generation Long-Haul Optical Links: Higher Spectral Efficiency through Time-Frequency Packing",
GLOBECOM 2013, 9-13 December 2013, Hilton Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA.
G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi
"High Spectral Efficiency for Long-haul Optical Links: Time-Frequency Packing vs High-order Constellations",
ECOC 2013, 22-26 September 2013, ICC London ExCeL, London, UK.
L.Potì, G. Meloni, G. Berrettini, F. Fresi, M. Secondini, T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, E. Forestieri, A. D’Errico, F. Cavaliere, R. Sabella, G. Prati
"High Spectral Efficiency (4.3 to 5.1 bit/s/Hz) Ultra-Long Haul (5200-3000 km) Transmission by Adaptive-Rate Time Frequency-Packed DP-QPSK Signaling"
ECOC 2012, 16-20 September 2012, Amsterdam, Nederland.
T. Foggi, R. Magri
"BICM and TCM Comparison in 100 Gbps Optical Coherent Links in Nonlinear Regime",
SPPCOM 2011, 12-15 June 2011, Toronto, Canada.
G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, M. Secondini
"Phase Noise Sensitivity and Compensation Techniques in Long-Haul Coherent Optical Links ",
GLOBECOM 2010, 6-10 December 2010, Miami, Florida, USA.
M. Secondini, G. Meloni, T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, L. Poti, E. Forestieri
"Phase Noise Cancellation in Coherent Optical Receivers by Digital Coherence Enhancement ",
ECOC 2010, 19-23 September 2010, Torino, Italy.
E. Forestieri, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, G. Bruno
"Signal Processing for 100Gb/s: OFDM vs Single Carrier",
SPPCOM 2010, 21-24 June 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany.
A. Barbieri, G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, G. Prati
"Is Optical OFDM a Viable Alternative to Single-Carrier Transmission for Future Long-Haul Optical Systems?",
ICC 2010, 23-28 May 2010, Cape Town, South Africa.
G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, G. Prati
"Optimal Electrical Processing in Multilevel Optical Systems Insensitive to GVD and PMD",
ICC 2008, 19-23 May 2008, Beijing, China.
G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi, E. Forestieri, G. Prati
"Multilevel Optical Modulations with Closed-Form Optimal Metrics for MLSE Receiver Insensitive to GVD and PMD",
OFC/NFOEC, 24-28 February 2008, San Diego, California, USA.
G. Prati, E. Forestieri, T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe
"Maximum Likelihood Sequence Detection Against GVD and PMD in Optical Communications",
Bilateral workshop China-Italy on Photonics for Communication and Sensing, 23-24 October 2006, Xi'an, China.
T. Foggi, G. Colavolpe, E. Forestieri, G. Prati
"Adaptive Electronic Processing in Optical PMD-impaired Systems",
Optical Networks & Technologies Conference (OpNeTec), 18-20 October 2004, Pisa, Italy.

Ph.D. Degree Thesis

T. Foggi, "Electronic processing for optical communication systems", March 2008.

Master's Degree Thesis

T. Foggi, "Una nuova architettura per matrici di sensori di radiazione a pixel attivi in tecnologia CMOS", April 2003.

Affiliations

CNIT Member