CV Fratu Octavian
CV Fratu Octavian
Curriculum Vitae
Professional experience
related to the topic of this
tender: “Supporting Activities All my academic activity have been developed in the area of Mobile and Wireless Communications,
in Cybersecurity of Electronic including communications networks and the corresponding infrastructure implementation. In the last
Communications, Internet 15 years my research activity has been focused on IoT application development and on security
aspects, focusing on the synergy between these domains and the synergy between them and the
Infrastructure and Services” wireless / mobile communications one. In this respect I participated to different research European
and Romanian funded projects in the area of IoT and its applications (including detectors networks,
eHealth and eCare), communication security and Cybersecurity.
Nationality Romanian
Gender Male
Work experience
Period October 2003 – till present / 2000-2003 / 1995 -2000 / 1991-1995
Occupation or position held Professor / Associated Professor / Lecturer / Assistant professor
Main activities and responsibilities courses, applications and laboratories taught: Mobile Communications; Mobile Terminals Security
(Master Cmob & Master BIOSINF); Mobile Communications Systems (Master CMob); Mobile
Communications & Wireless Sensor Networks (FILS); Advanced Techniquesi in Data Transmissions
(Master CMob); Data Communications; Measurements Electronic Instruments; Measurements in
Electronics and Telecommunications;
Name and address of employer University Politehnica of Bucharest,
Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology Faculty
Telecommunications Department,
Bd. Iuliu Maniu 1-3, Bucharest, 6, 061071
Type of business or sector higher education
Period 1996-1997
Other language(s)
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing
European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English C1 Experienced user C1Experienced user C1 Experienced user C1 Experienced user C1 Experienced user
French B2 Independent user B2 Independent user B2 Independent user B2 Independent user B2 Elementary user
(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Social skills and competences Communication skills, team-work capabilities;
Project management competencies,
Capability to work in a multicultural environment
Scientific activity and skills - Author or co-author of 12 scientific books published by Romanian or International recognized
Publishing Houses
- Author or co-author of 4 printed courses for students
- Author or co-author of more than 90 scientific papers published in scientific journals and
magazines (more than 50 of these papers are published in journals indexed in ISI Web of
Knowledge with Impact Factor)
- Author or co-author of more than 200 scientific papers presented in scientific conferences and
published in the conference proceedings (more than 140 of these papers are included in
International recognized databases like IEEE Xplore, Scopus, SprigerLink or ScienceDirect)
- h-index: 19 (according Scopus), 18 (according ISI Web of Knowledge via Thomson-Reuters), 34
(according Google Scholar)
- i10-index: 28 (according Scopus), 24 (according ISI Web of Knowledge via Thomson-Reuters),
74 (according Google Scholar)
- citations: 738 (according Scopus, 652 without my self-citations and 276 without self-citation of all
authors), 139 (according ISI Web of Knowledge via Thomson-Reuters), 6545 (according Google
Scholar)
Ca1. T. Petrescu, S. Halunga, O. FRATU, I. Marcu, C. Voicu, R. Craciunescu, „Analiza și sinteza circuitelor – teorie și aplicații” –
(Circuit Analysis and Synthesis – Theory and Applications) Politehnica Press, București 2015, 306 pag., ISBN 978-606-515-
641-8.
Ca2. O. FRATU „Securitatea calculatorului personal” (Personal Computer Security), Editura Politehnica Press, Bucureşti, ISBN 978-
606-515-484-1, 114 pag., 2013.
Ca3. S. Halunga, O. FRATU „Data transmissions and multiple access techniques”, Editura Electronica 2000, Bucureşti, ISBN 978-
973-7860-17-0, 290 pag., 2009.
Ris1. F.L. Chiper, Al. Martian, C Vladeanu, I Marghescu, R Craciunescu, O. FRATU, “Drone Detection and Defense Systems: Survey
and a Software-Defined Radio-Based Solution”- Sensors, 2022, 22(4), 1453; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22041453.
Ris2. SA Arghirescu, M Drăgan, O. FRATU, “Footprint Reduction of Sensor Control Modules for Remote Portable Laboratories”
Sensors, 2022, 22(4), 1483; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22041483.
Ris3. RG Bărtuşică, M Mihai, S Halunga, O. FRATU “Radio Frequency over Fibre Optics Repeater for Mission-Critical
Communications: Design, Execution and Test” Sensors, 2022, 22(2), 612; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22020612.
Ris4. A Boitan, S Halunga, V Bîndar, O. FRATU, “Compromising Electromagnetic Emanations of USB Mass Storage Devices”,
Wireless Personal Communications (2020), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-020-07329-8.
Ris5. AR Petre, R Craciunescu, O. FRATU, “Design, Implementation and Simulation of a Fringing Field Capacitive Humidity Sensor”
Sensors, 2020 , 20(19), 5644; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20195644.
Ris6. A.A.A. Alajmi, Al. Vulpe, O. FRATU, “UAVs for Wi-Fi Receiver Mapping and Packet Sniffing with Antenna Radiation Pattern
Diversity,” Wireless Personal Communications, January 2017, Volume 92, Issue 1, pp 297–313, ISSN: 0929-6212, DOI:
10.1007/s11277-016-3851-2 (ISI, Springerlink), IF 2015: 0,701.
Ris7. S. Kyriazakos, M. Mihaylov, B. Anggorojati, A. Mihovska, R. Craciunescu, O. FRATU, R. Prasad, „ eWALL: An Intelligent Caring
Home Environment Offering Personalized Context-Aware Applications Based on Advanced Sensing”, Wireless Personal
Communications, April 2016, Volume 87, Issue 3, pp 1093–1111, ISSN: 0929-6212, doi:10.1007/s11277-015-2779-2, IF2015 -
0.701 (Springerlink, ISI Web of Knowledge).
Ris8. Al. Martian, R. Craciunescu, Al. Vulpe, G. Suciu, O. FRATU, „ Access to RF White Spaces in Romania: Present and Future”,
Wireless Personal Communications, April 2016, Volume 87, Issue 3, pp 693–712, ISSN: 0929-6212, doi:10.1007/s11277-015-
2638-1, IF2015 - 0.701 (Springerlink, ISI Web of Knowledge).
Ris9. O. FRATU, M. Pejanovic-Djurisic, V. Poulkov. L. Gavrilovska, „ Introduction to Special Issue ‘‘Current Trends in Information and
Communications Technology’’”, Wireless Personal Communications, April 2016, Volume 87, Issue 3, pp 615–617, ISSN: 0929-
6212, DOI 10.1007/s11277-016-3228-6, IF2015 - 0.701 (Springerlink, ISI Web of Knowledge).
Ris10. G. Suciu, V. Suciu, Al. Martian, R. Crăciunescu, Al. Vulpe, I. Marcu, S. Halunga, O. FRATU, ”Big Data, Internet of Things and
Cloud Convergence An Architecture for Secure eHealth Applications”, Journal of Medical System, Springer, Vol. 39, Issue 11,
art. Nr. 141, November 2015, DOI 10.1007/s10916-015-0327-y, ISSN 1573-689X, IF2014 – 2,213 (ISI Web of Knowledge).
Ris11. A Aab, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, M. Ahlers, …, O. FRATU ș.a (Pierre Auger Collaboration), “Measurement of the cosmic ray
spectrum above 4 x 10(18) eV using inclined events detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory”, Journal of Cosmology and
Astroparticle Physics, Volume 2015, Issue 8, Aug 2015 Art. Nr. 049, ISSN 1475-7516, doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2015/08/049,
IF2015 - 5,634 (ISI Web of Knowledge)
Ris12. A. Vulpe, A. Mihovska, O. FRATU, Octavian; S. Halunga, R. Prasad, „Admission Control and Scheduling Algorithm for Multi-
carrier Systems” Wireless Personal Communications, p. 1-17,2014, ISSN: 0929-6212, DOI: 10.1007/s11277-014-2218-9 Springer
US, IF2013 - 0.979 (ISI Web of Knowledge).
Ris13. O FRATU, A Vulpe, R Craciunescu, S Halunga, “Small Cells in Cellular Networks: Challenges of Future HetNets”, Wireless
Personal Communications, Volume: 78 Number: 3 (Special Issue: SI), pp. 1613-1627, October 2014, ISSN 0929-6212, DOI:
10.1007/s11277-014-1906-9, IF2014 - 0.653 (ISI Web of Knowledge).
Ris14. E Popovici, O FRATU, A Vulpe, S Halunga, “New Developments in Vertical Handover Based on Media Independent Handover
Standard”, Wireless Personal Communications, Volume: 78 Number: 3 (Special Issue: SI), pp. 1739-1753, October 2014, ISSN
0929-6212, DOI: 10.1007/s11277-014-1912-y, IF2014 - 0.653 (ISI Web of Knowledge).
Vis1. D. Draghicescu; Al. Caranica; Al. Vulpe; O. FRATU, „Crypto-Mining Application Fingerprinting Method”, 2018 International
Conference on Communications (COMM), 14-16 June 2018, Bucharest, Romania, IEEExplore, doi:
10.1109/ICComm.2018.8484745 .
Vis2. George Suciu , Cristiana-Ioana Istrate , Ruxandra Ioana Răducanu , Maria-Cristina Diţu , Octavian Fratu , Alexandru Vulpe,
„Mobile devices forensic platform for malware detection”, 6th International Symposium for ICS & SCADA Cyber Security
Research 2019 (ICS-CSR), 10th-12th September 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.14236/ewic/icscsr19.8
Vis3. Sorin Soviany, Andrei Scheianu, George Suciu, Alexandru Vulpe, Octavian Fratu, Cristiana Istrate „Android Malware Detection
and Crypto-mining Recognition Methodology with Machine Learning, ” 16th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and
Ubiquitous Computing (EUC 2018), Bucharest, Romania, 29-31 Oct 2018 (IEEEXplore)
Vis4. Alexandru Vulpe, Stefan-Ciprian Arseni, Octavian Fratu, Simona Halunga, “Evaluation of a Hybrid Architecture for Security in
Internet-of-Things,” 21st International Conference on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications 2018 (WPMC'18), Chiang
Rai, Thailand, 25-28 nov 2018 (IEEEXplore)
Vis5. Al. Vulpe, S. Arseni, I. Marcu, C. Voicu, O. FRATU, “Building a Unified Middleware Architecture for Security in IoT,” 5th World
Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST) 2017, Porto Santo, Portugal, April 11-13, 2017
(IEEEXplore)
Vis6. Al. Vulpe, S. Arseni, I. Marcu, C. Voicu, O. FRATU, “Building a Unified Middleware Architecture for Security in IoT,” 5th World
Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST) 2017, Porto Santo, Portugal, April 11-13, 2017,
(IEEEXplore)
Vis7. G. Suciu, M. Vochin, Al. Vulpe, O. FRATU, “Vehicular Mobile Data Collection Platform to Support the Development of Intelligent
Transportation Systems,” 24th Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR 2016), Belgrade, Serbia, November 22-23, 2016,
(IEEEXplore)
Vis8. G. Suciu, O. FRATU, L. Necula, L. Ghenciu, V. Suciu, C. Voicu, ”Sustainable Business Models for the Adoption of Energy
Management Cloud Platforms within Enterprises”, in Global Wireless Summit 2016 (GWS’16), Aarhus, Denmark, Nov. 2016.
(IEEEXplore, ISI).
Vis9. St.-C. Arseni, Al. Stancu, Al. Vulpe, M. Oproiu, S. Halunga, and O. FRATU, “Primary evaluation of a software-defined security
architecture for an IoT environment,” in Global Wireless Summit 2016 (GWS’16), (Aarhus, Denmark), Nov. 2016 (IEEEXplore,
ISI).
Vis10. G. Suciu, O. FRATU, L. Necula, A. Pasat, and V. Suciu, ”Machine-to-Machine Communications for Cloud-Based Energy
Management Systems within SMEs”, IEEE 22nd International Symposium for Design and Technology in Electronic Packaging
(SIITME), Oradea, Romania, Oct. 20th–23rd, 2016, 10.1109/SIITME.2016.7777257 (IEEEXplore, ISI).
Vis11. A. V. Nicolae, E. C. Popovici, M. G. Berceanu, O. FRATU, ”Multiplexed Communication for Online Game Plugin Messaging”,
12th IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications (ISETC), 27-28 Oct. 2016, DOI:
10.1109/ISETC.2016.7781068 (IEEEXplore).
Vis12. A.-M. Cl. Drăgulinescu, I. Marcu, S. Halunga, O. FRATU, ”Persons Counting and Monitoring System based on Passive Infrared
Sensors and Ultrasonic Sensors (PIRUS)”, Fabulous 2016 Conference, 24-26 October 2016, Belgrade, Serbja (Springerlink, ISI
Web of Knowledge)
Vis13. Al. Stancu, S.-C. Arseni, Al. Vulpe, O. FRATU, S. Halunga, ”Intrusion Prevention System Evaluation for SDN-enabled IoT
systems”, Fabulous 2016 Conference, 24-26 October 2016, Belgrade, Serbja (Springerlink, ISI Web of Knowledge)
Vis14. G. Suciu, O. FRATU, V. Suciu, I. Grigore, ”Monitoring the Black Sea Region using Satellite Earth Observation and Ground
Telemetry”, Fabulous 2016 Conference, 24-26 October 2016, Belgrade, Serbja (Springerlink, ISI Web of Knowledge)
Vis15. G. Suciu, C. Butca, V. Suciu, Al. Cretu, O. FRATU, „Cyber Physical Systems based on Cloud Computing and Internet of Things
for energy efficiency” , ATOM-N Conference, Constanta, 25-27 Sept. 2016, doi:10.1117/12.2243318. (SPIE, ISI Web of
Knowledge).
Vis16. M. Popescu, V. Bindar, R. Craciunescu, O. FRATU, " Estimate of minimum attenuation level for a TEMPEST shielded
enclosure," 2016 International Conference on Communications (COMM), Bucharest, Romania, June 9-11, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-
4673-8196-3, pp. 277-280. (IEEExplore, ISI Web of Knowledge).
Vis17. C. A. Conţu, E. C. Popovici, O. FRATU and M. G. Berceanu, "Security issues in most popular content management systems,"
2016 International Conference on Communications (COMM), Bucharest, Romania, June 9-11, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-4673-8196-3,
pp. 277-280. (IEEExplore, ISI Web of Knowledge).
Vis18. G. Suciu, O. FRATU, Al. Vulpe, Cr. Butcă, V. Suciu, ”IoT Agro-Meteorology for Viticulture Disease Warning”, BlackSeaCom
2016, 06-09 iunie 2016, Varna, Bulgaria, ISBN 978-1-5090-1924-3 (IEEExplore).
Vis19. St. Arseni, S. Halunga, O. FRATU, Al. Vulpe, G. Suciu, “Analysis of the security solutions implemented in current Internet of
Things Platforms,” Tier 2 Federation Grid, Cloud & High Performance Computing Science (RO-LCG), 2015 8th Romania, Cluj-
Napoca, Romania, October 28-30, 2015 (SCOPUS, IEEEXplore)
Vis20. O. FRATU, C. Pena, R. Craciunescu, S. Halunga, “Fog Computing System for Monitoring Mild Dementia and COPD Patients”,
12th International Conference on Telecommunication in Modern Satellite, Cable and Broadcasting Services (TELSIKS), Nis,
Serbia, 14-17 Oct. 2015, pp. 123-128 doi: 10.1109/TELSKS.2015.7357752, (IEEEXplore)
Vis21. O. FRATU, S. Halunga, R. Craciunescu, Al. Vulpe, „Instrumental IoT - from Environmental Monitoring to Cosmic Ray
Detection”, Proceedings of 22nd Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR), 2014, invited paper, pp. 1-6, Belgrade, Serbia, 25-27
Nov. 2014 (IEEExplore).
Vis22. O. FRATU, Al. Vulpe, S. Halunga, R. Crăciunescu, „Interference Analysis for Inter-Band Carrier Aggregation in LTE-Advanced”,
Invited Paper, Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Telecommunications in Modern Satellite, Cable and
Broadcasting Services (TELSIKS 2013), vol. 1, pag. 199-208, 16-19 Oct.2013, ISBN 978-1-4799-0900-1, DOI:
10.1109/TELSKS.2013.6704919, (IEEEXplore, ISI Web of Knowledge), INSPEC Accession No. 14025048.
Vis23. Al. Vulpe, O. FRATU, A. Mihovska, R. Prasad, “A Multi-Carrier Scheduling Algorithm for LTE-Advanced”, Proceedings of 15th
International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2013, pp. 1-5, 24-28 Jun. 2013, Atlantic
City, NJ, S.U.A., ISBN 978-87-92982-52-0 (IEEEXplore, ISI Web of Knowledge), ISSN: 1347-6890, INSPEC Accession
Number: 13825420 (Best Student Paper Award).