Pasquale Pace received the Laurea degree (MS) in Computer Engineering in 2000, from the University of Calabria, Italy, with a thesis titled “Performance analysis of Connection Admission Control algorithms for GEO ATM-Satellite Systems with on-board processing ”.

From January 2001 he has been working at the same university in the Telecommunication Research Group as a participant to:

• the partnership of an European Project funded by ESA (European Space Agency) titled “Ka-Band GEO System Technology and Demonstrator (Phase II)"

• the partnership of a Research Programme of National Relevant Interest  PRIN titled CABIS “Code Division Multiple Access for Broadband Mobile Terrestrial-Satellite Integrated Systems”

• the partnership of a Research Programme of National Relevant Interest  PRIN titled SHINES “Integration of Satellite Systems and High Altitude Platforms in Heterogeneous Communications Networks”

Since November 2002 he has been a Telecommunication Ph.D. candidate at the University of Calabria, Italy.

In 2005 he has been visiting researcher at CCSR (Centre for Communication Systems Research) University of Surrey – Guildford – UK, working on Cost and Demand Sensitive models for evaluation of SDMB (Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcast) service over integrated satellite-terrestrial UMTS networks.

He is currently a visiting researcher at Broadband and Wireless Networking Laboratory - Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta- GA, working on Wireless Mesh Network

His main research interests are in Multimedia Satellite Systems, DVB-RCS-Satellite architectures, Mobility Management, Traffic & Resource Management, Integration of Satellite Systems and High Altitude Platforms in heterogeneous communications networks, Call Admission Control and Wireless Mesh Networks.

International Conferences

C1.    A. Iera, A. Molinaro, G. Aloi, P. Pace, S. Marano, “Differentiated Traffic Management Over Geo-Satellite Networks With On-Board Processing Capability”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), Bucharest, Romania, June 2001. 

C2.    A. Iera, A. Molinaro, G. Aloi, P. Pace,  S. Marano, “On the Performance of CAC Algorithms in Multimedia Geostationary Satellite Networks”, Proceedings of the Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Orlando, USA, March 2002. 

C3.    A. Iera, A. Molinaro, P. Pace, S. Marano, "Dynamic access control for multimedia satellites in personal Communications Systems", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT ’02, Beijing, China, June 2002. 

C4.    A. Iera, A. Molinaro, P. Pace, S. Marano, “Multimedia Traffic in Broadband Satellite Networks”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Anchorage, Alaska, May 2003 

C5.    P. Pace, A. Molinaro, A. Iera, S. Marano, “On the Performance of Connection Admission Control and traffic management schemes in a “DVB-RCS Suited” Satellite System”, Proceedings of the Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems (ASMS), Frascati, Italy, July 2003.

C6.   P. Pace, A. Molinaro, A. Iera, S. Marano, “Random access techniques for GEO satellite personal communication networks”,  Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), September 2003.

C7.  P. Pace, A. Molinaro, A. Iera, S. Marano, “Dedicated Signalling Channel vs Random Access Signalling Channel in Satellite Communications Systems”, Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), October 2003.

C8.   P. Pace, A. Molinaro, S. Marano, “Guaranteed Vs Dynamic connections resources assignment and management in a DVB-RCS  Satellite System”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, October 2003.

C9.   P. Pace, G. Aloi, S. Marano, “Performance analysis of Connection Admission Control cheme in a DVB-RCS satellite system”. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Barcelona-Spain, October, 2004.

C10.  P. Pace, G. Aloi, S. Marano, “Multimedia Traffic Admission Schemes Comparison for Satellite Systems". Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), Los Angeles - USA, September, 2004.

C11.  P. Pace, G. Aloi, S. Marano, “Connection Admission Control for Multimedia Traffic over DVB-RCS Satellite System”. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Abano Terme - Italy, September, 2004.

C12.  P. Pace, G. Aloi, S. Marano, “Efficient Real-Time Multimedia Connections Handling over DVB-RCS Satellite System”. Proceedings of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dallas Texas – USA, November, 2004.

C13.  P. Pace, G. Aloi, F. De Rango, E. Natalizio, A. Molinaro, S. Marano, “An integrated Satellite-HAP-Terrestrial system architecture: resources allocation and traffic management issues”. Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), Milano - Italy, May, 2004.

C14.  V. Tomaino, P. Pace, S. Marano, “Traffic Management in an integrated Satellite-HAP-Terrestrial system architecture”, Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Vancouver – Canada, October, 2004.

C15.  A. Longo, P. Pace, S. Marano, “A system for monitoring volcanoes activities using High Altitude Platform stations”, Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Vancouver – Canada, October, 2004.

C16.  P. Pace, G. Aloi, S. Marano, “A multilayered architecture supporting QoS for multimedia traffic connections”,  Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), Stockholm – Sweden, May, 2005.

C17. P. Pace, S. Marano, Z. Sun, B. Evans, “Cost Model for Evaluation of SDMB Service over Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial UMTS Networks”,  Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Satellite and Space Communications 2005 (IWSSC 2005), Siena, Italy, September 8-9, 2005.

C18.  P. Pace. D. Pace, S. Marano, “An HAP-UMTS integrated system supporting efficient admission control scheme for mixed traffic sources”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Berlin, Germany, September 11-14, 2005.

International Journals

J1.  A. Iera, A. Molinaro, P. Pace, S. Marano, “Dimensioning and effective handling of signalling channels in a multimedia GEO Satellite platform”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume 54,  Issue 2,  March 2005 Page(s):550 - 567.

J2. P. Pace, G. Aloi, S. Marano, “Iterative vs Gaussian Admission Scheme for Satellite DVB-RCS Systems” ASSI Satellite Communications Letter, April 2005.

J3.  P. Pace, G. Aloi, S. Marano, “Multimedia GEO Satellite architecture based on DVB-RCS: admission control issue for high interactivity traffic sources”, to appear in IETE Journal of Research, Special Issue on Protocols for Resource, Link and Mobility Management for Wireless and Satellite Communication Networks.

Advisor: Prof. Ian F. Akyildiz
Lab: Broadband and Wireless Networking Lab