Antonella Molinaro

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Antonella Molinaro is a leading researcher in wireless and mobile networking, with a focus on the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G and beyond, and network sustainability. Her work addresses critical challenges in energy-efficient network maintenance and scalable group-oriented communications. In her highly cited 2016 paper, “Recharging versus replacing sensor nodes using mobile robots for network maintenance,” she introduced a novel framework for optimizing the trade-offs between robotic recharging and manual replacement of sensor nodes—a foundational contribution to autonomous network management that has garnered 27 citations. More recently, she has advanced the design of multicast services in 5G networks, as demonstrated in her 2020 study on “Paging Group Size Distribution for Multicast Services in 5G Networks,” which tackles the scalability of group-oriented IoT communications. Her research has direct implications for smart cities, industrial automation, and massive IoT deployments. With a career spanning over two decades, Molinaro has published extensively in top venues and is recognized for bridging theoretical models with practical system design, making her a key figure in the evolution of next-generation wireless networks.