Publications

2025

1. INFOCOM

   Link Configuration for Fidelity-Constrained Entanglement Routing in Quantum Networks

   Qiaolun Zhang , Nicola Di Cicco, Memedhe Ibrahimi, and 4 more authors

   In IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications, 2025

   Bib

   @inproceedings{zhang2025LinkConfiguration,
     title = {Link Configuration for Fidelity-Constrained Entanglement Routing in Quantum Networks},
     author = {Zhang, Qiaolun and Di Cicco, Nicola and Ibrahimi, Memedhe and Almeida Júnior, Raul and Gatto, Alberto and Boutaba, Raouf and Tornatore, Massimo},
     booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications},
     year = {2025},
     organization = {IEEE},
   }

2. TNSM

   Capacity Sharing for Survivable Virtual Network Mapping against Double-Link Failures (Accepted)

   Qiaolun Zhang , Omran Ayoub, Ruikun Wang, and 3 more authors

   IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2025

   Bib

   @article{qiaolun2025SINC,
     title = {Capacity Sharing for Survivable Virtual Network
     Mapping against Double-Link Failures (Accepted)},
     author = {Zhang, Qiaolun and Ayoub, Omran and Wang, Ruikun and Viadana, Emanuele and Musumeci, Francesco and Tornatore, Massimo},
     journal = {IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management},
     year = {2025},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

3. JSAC

   Multi-Failure Localization in High-Degree ROADM-based Optical Networks using Rules-Informed Neural Networks

   Ruikun Wang,  Qiaolun Zhang^† , Jiawei Zhang, and 6 more authors

   IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2025

   Bib

   @article{ruikun2024FailureLocalization,
     title = {Multi-Failure Localization in High-Degree ROADM-based Optical Networks using Rules-Informed
       Neural Networks},
     author = {Wang, Ruikun and Zhang, Qiaolun and Zhang, Jiawei and Gu, Zhiqun and Ibrahimi, Memedhe and Yu, Hao and Zhang, Bojun and Musumeci, Francesco and Tornatore, Massimo},
     journal = {IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications},
     year = {2025},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

2024

1. JOCN

   Power-consumption analysis for different IPoWDM network architectures with ZR/ZR+ and long-haul muxponders

   Qiaolun Zhang , Annalisa Morea, Patricia Layec, and 3 more authors

   IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2024

   Bib

   @article{zhang2024power,
     title = {Power-consumption analysis for different IPoWDM network architectures with ZR/ZR+ and long-haul muxponders},
     author = {Zhang, Qiaolun and Morea, Annalisa and Layec, Patricia and Ibrahimi, Memedhe and Musumeci, Francesco and Tornatore, Massimo},
     journal = {IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking},
     volume = {16},
     number = {12},
     pages = {1189--1203},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

2. JOCN

   DRL-based progressive recovery for quantum-key-distribution networks

   Mengyao Li,  Qiaolun Zhang^* , Alberto Gatto, and 3 more authors

   IEEE/Optica Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2024

   Bib

   @article{li2024drl,
     title = {DRL-based progressive recovery for quantum-key-distribution networks},
     author = {Li, Mengyao and Zhang, Qiaolun and Gatto, Alberto and Bregni, Stefano and Verticale, Giacomo and Tornatore, Massimo},
     journal = {IEEE/Optica Journal of Optical Communications and Networking},
     volume = {16},
     number = {9},
     pages = {E36--E47},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {Optica Publishing Group},
   }

3. TNSM

   Routing, Channel, Key-Rate, and Time-Slot Assignment for QKD in Optical Networks

   Qiaolun Zhang , Omran Ayoub, Alberto Gatto, and 3 more authors

   IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 2024

   Bib

   @article{zhang2023routing,
     title = {Routing, Channel, Key-Rate, and Time-Slot Assignment for QKD in Optical Networks},
     author = {Zhang, Qiaolun and Ayoub, Omran and Gatto, Alberto and Wu, Jun and Musumeci, Francesco and Tornatore, Massimo},
     journal = {IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management},
     volume = {21},
     number = {1},
     pages = {148--160},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

4. ACP

   Minimizing Power Consumption in IPoWDM Networks with ZR/ZR+ using Network Reconfiguration

   Nisanur Camuzcu,  Qiaolun Zhang^* , Memedhe Ibrahimi, and 3 more authors

   In Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, 2024

   This work won best paper award in ACP

   Bib

   @inproceedings{nisa2024acp,
     title = {Minimizing Power Consumption in IPoWDM Networks with ZR/ZR+ using Network Reconfiguration},
     author = {Camuzcu, Nisanur and Zhang, Qiaolun and Ibrahimi, Memedhe and Wang, Ruikun and Zhang, Lu and Tornatore, Massimo},
     booktitle = {Asia Communications and Photonics Conference},
     note = {<span style="color:blue">This work won best paper award in ACP</span>},
     year = {2024},
   }

5. SIGCOMM Poster

   Poster: Flexible Scheduling of Network and Computing Resources for Distributed AI Tasks

   Ruikun Wang, Jiawei Zhang,  Qiaolun Zhang , and 5 more authors

   In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2024 Conference: Posters and Demos, 2024

   Bib

   @inproceedings{wang2024poster,
     title = {Poster: Flexible Scheduling of Network and Computing Resources for Distributed AI Tasks},
     author = {Wang, Ruikun and Zhang, Jiawei and Zhang, Qiaolun and Zhang, Bojun and Gu, Zhiqun and Attarpour, Aryanaz and Ji, Yuefeng and Tornatore, Massimo},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2024 Conference: Posters and Demos},
     pages = {60--62},
     year = {2024},
   }

6. OFC

   Resource Re-Allocation for Pre-Planned Power Outages in Optical Networks

   Qiaolun Zhang , Patricia Layec, Achille Pattavina, and 1 more author

   In Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), 2024

   Bib

   @inproceedings{zhang2024resource,
     title = {Resource Re-Allocation for Pre-Planned Power Outages in Optical Networks},
     author = {Zhang, Qiaolun and Layec, Patricia and Pattavina, Achille and Tornatore, Massimo},
     booktitle = {Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC)},
     pages = {W4I--7},
     year = {2024},
     organization = {Optica Publishing Group},
   }

7. ECOC

   Shared-Protected Backup Paths Assignment with Mode Group Division Multiplexing in Optical Networks

   Jiaheng Xiong,  Qiaolun Zhang^* , Ruikun Wang, and 3 more authors

   In European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2024

   Bib

   @inproceedings{xiong2024shared,
     title = {Shared-Protected Backup Paths Assignment with Mode Group Division Multiplexing in Optical Networks},
     author = {Xiong, Jiaheng and Zhang, Qiaolun and Wang, Ruikun and Gatto, Alberto and Musumeci, Francesco and Tornatore, Massimo},
     booktitle = {European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC)},
     year = {2024},
   }

2023

1. IEEE Commun. Mag.

   IC-QKD: An Information-Centric Quantum Key Distribution Network

   Qiaolun Zhang , Omran Ayoub, Jun Wu, and 2 more authors

   IEEE Communications Magazine, 2023

   Bib

   @article{zhang2023ic,
     title = {IC-QKD: An Information-Centric Quantum Key Distribution Network},
     author = {Zhang, Qiaolun and Ayoub, Omran and Wu, Jun and Lin, Xi and Tornatore, Massimo},
     journal = {IEEE Communications Magazine},
     volume = {61},
     number = {12},
     pages = {148--154},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

2. ECOC

   Cost and power-consumption analysis for power profile monitoring in optical networks

   Qiaolun Zhang , Patricia Layec, Annalisa Morea, and 1 more author

   In European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 2023

   Bib

   @inproceedings{zhang2023cost,
     title = {Cost and power-consumption analysis for power profile monitoring in optical networks},
     author = {Zhang, Qiaolun and Layec, Patricia and Morea, Annalisa and Tornatore, Massimo},
     booktitle = {European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC)},
     volume = {2023},
     pages = {1115--1118},
     year = {2023},
     organization = {IET},
   }

3. OFC

   Resource Allocation in Optical Networks with Mode Group Division Multiplexing and Light Trail

   Qiaolun Zhang , Yizhou Yang, Alberto Gatto, and 1 more author

   In Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), 2023

   Bib

   @inproceedings{zhang2023resource,
     title = {Resource Allocation in Optical Networks with Mode Group Division Multiplexing and Light Trail},
     author = {Zhang, Qiaolun and Yang, Yizhou and Gatto, Alberto and Tornatore, Massimo},
     booktitle = {Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC)},
     pages = {Tu2D--7},
     year = {2023},
     organization = {Optica Publishing Group},
   }

4. GLOBECOM

   Progressive Quantum Key Distribution Network Recovery after Massive Failures

   Mengyao Li,  Qiaolun Zhang^* , Alberto Gatto, and 3 more authors

   In GLOBECOM 2023-2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2023

   Bib

   @inproceedings{li2023progressive,
     title = {Progressive Quantum Key Distribution Network Recovery after Massive Failures},
     author = {Li, Mengyao and Zhang, Qiaolun and Gatto, Alberto and Bregni, Stefano and Yang, Zongshuai and Tornatore, Massimo},
     booktitle = {GLOBECOM 2023-2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference},
     pages = {2148--2153},
     year = {2023},
     organization = {IEEE},
   }

2022

1. ECOC

   A pragmatic power-consumption analysis for ipowdm networks with zr/zr+ modules

   Qiaolun Zhang , Annalisa Morea, and Massimo Tornatore

   In European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2022

   Bib

   @inproceedings{zhang2022pragmatic,
     title = {A pragmatic power-consumption analysis for ipowdm networks with zr/zr+ modules},
     author = {Zhang, Qiaolun and Morea, Annalisa and Tornatore, Massimo},
     booktitle = {European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC)},
     pages = {1--4},
     year = {2022},
     organization = {IEEE},
   }

2. GLOBECOM

   Joint routing, channel, and key-rate assignment for resource-efficient QKD networking

   Qiaolun Zhang , Omran Ayoub, Alberto Gatto, and 5 more authors

   In IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2022

   Bib

   @inproceedings{zhang2022joint,
     title = {Joint routing, channel, and key-rate assignment for resource-efficient QKD networking},
     author = {Zhang, Qiaolun and Ayoub, Omran and Gatto, Alberto and Wu, Jun and Lin, Xi and Musumeci, Francesco and Verticale, Giacomo and Tornatore, Massimo},
     booktitle = {IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)},
     pages = {3676--3681},
     year = {2022},
     organization = {IEEE},
   }

2021

1. TON

   Progressive slice recovery with guaranteed slice connectivity after massive failures

   Qiaolun Zhang , Omran Ayoub, Jun Wu, and 3 more authors

   IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2021

   Bib

   @article{zhang2021progressive,
     title = {Progressive slice recovery with guaranteed slice connectivity after massive failures},
     author = {Zhang, Qiaolun and Ayoub, Omran and Wu, Jun and Musumeci, Francesco and Li, Gaolei and Tornatore, Massimo},
     journal = {IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking},
     volume = {30},
     number = {2},
     pages = {826--839},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

2. MCE

   Sema-IIoVT: Emergent semantic-based trustworthy information-centric fog system and testbed for intelligent internet of vehicles

   Qiaolun Zhang , Jun Wu, Michele Zanella, and 3 more authors

   IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, 2021

   Bib

   @article{zhang2021sema,
     title = {Sema-IIoVT: Emergent semantic-based trustworthy information-centric fog system and testbed for intelligent internet of vehicles},
     author = {Zhang, Qiaolun and Wu, Jun and Zanella, Michele and Yang, Wu and Bashir, Ali Kashif and Fornaciari, William},
     journal = {IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine},
     volume = {12},
     number = {1},
     pages = {70--79},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {IEEE}
   }