Latest Updates
Conference
Nov 2025
We presented our recent work at the srsRAN Workshop 2025!
My colleague Aoyu and I have attended the srsRAN Workshop 2025 and presented our recent work on understanding and reducing the 5G latency with srsRAN.
Conference
Jun 2025
Our Paper Has Been Accepted!
Our paper "Towards URLLC with Open-Source 5G Software" has been accepted to appear in the OpenRIT6G Workshop at ACM SIGCOMM 2025.
Academic Milestone
Jun 2025
PhD Candidacy Exam Passed!
Successfully passed my PhD candidacy exam at EPFL! Excited to continue my research journey in 5G and beyond.
Publications
Aoyu Gong, Arman Maghsoudnia, Raphael Cannatà, Eduard Vlad, Néstor Lomba Lomba, Dan Mihai Dumitriu, Haitham Hassanieh
Raphael Cannatà, Aoyu Gong, Arman Maghsoudnia, Dan Mihai Dumitriu, Haitham Hassanieh
Raphael Cannatà, Haoxin Sun, Dan Mihai Dumitriu, Haitham Hassanieh
Experience
PhD Student École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne (EPFL)
Sept 2024 -
present
NextG Cellular Networks at the SENS Lab EPFL
Summer Research Assistant École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne (EPFL)
Jul 2023 - Sept 2023
Automation of a previously developed private 5G testbed by means of Docker images, Helm charts
and Kubernetes.
Education
M.Sc. in Communication Systems from École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
B.Sc. in Electronic and Communications Engineering from
Politecnico di Torino
Scientific High School from Liceo Scientifico Regina
Maria Adelaide - Aosta
Sept 2014 -
Jul 2019
2017/2018 AFS Exchange Student in Thailand
Projects
May 2025 -
present
Limitations and bottlenecks of delay and latency in the MAC layer of direct-to-cell NTN 5G base stations.
May 2025 -
Oct 2025
Integration of a private 5G network with ESP32 based smart furniture.
Sept 2023 -
Feb 2025
Integration of a near-RT RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) to
the previously developed 5g testbed to allow for dynamic resource allocation, mobility, and spectrum
sharing.
Jul 2023 -
Sept 2023
Continuation of the previous project, aimed at packaging the
testbed in an easy-to-deploy framework by means of Helm charts and Docker images on a Kubernetes
cluster.
Feb 2023 -
Jul 2023
Project conducted in collaboration with Pavonis Sàrl and
EPFL SENS lab with the aim of exploring open source projects in the private 5G network area, to create a
framework which will serve as testbed for future research.
Mar 2022 -
Jun 2022
Challenge-based project aimed at proposing innovative
solutions to Roma servizi per
la mobilità, an institutional agency controlling Roma’s transports related issues. The project
mainly focused on building a working Vensim model able to predict consequences to specific actions that
can be taken by "Roma servizi per la mobilità" to reduce the environmental impact of last-mile delivery.
Apr 2022 -
Jun 2022
Group-based workshop aimed at developing a working real time
autotune in C++ using JUCE framework.
Mar 2021 -
Jun 2021
Project based on the use of Edilclima to assess Politecnico
di Torino’s rooms’ energy consumption and suggest ways to improve their energy performance with the main
focus being the comfort of the users and the environmental impact