Z. Esat Ankarali
Office: ENB-369
E-mail: zekeriyya[AT]mail.usf.edu
Education:
- PhD. in Electrical Engineering, (Jan. 2014-Dec. 2017),
University of South Florida, College of Engineering, 33620 Tampa, FL, USA.
- M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, (Jan. 2012-Dec. 2013),
University of South Florida, College of Engineering, 33620 Tampa, FL, USA.
- B.Sc. in Control Engineering, (Sep. 2007- Jun. 2011),
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics, Istanbul, Turkey. (Honour Degree)
Research Interests:
- Waveform Design
- Physical Layer Security
- In Vivo Communications
Publications:
Patents:
- Z. E. Ankarali and H. Arslan, "Joint Physical Layer Security and PAPR Reduction with Irrelevant Data for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Systems", US Patent Num. 9,479,375.
- Z. E. Ankarali, A. F. Demir, H. Arslan and R. D. Gitlin, "Physical Layer Security for Wireless Implantable Medical Devices", US Patent Num. 9,749,086.
- Z. E. Ankarali, A. Sahin, H. Arslan, E. Bala, R. Yang, "System And Method For Joint Out-Of-Band Emission And Peak-To-Average Power Ratio Reduction for OFDM-Based Schemes with Static Cyclic-Prefix Alignment", US - 62/316,344.
- Z. E. Ankarali and H. Arslan "Friendly CP Jamming for Physical Layer Security", USF Ref. No. 15A034.
- Z. E. Ankarali, A. Sahin and H. Arslan, "Information Beamforming for Visible Light Communication", USF Ref. No. 14B159.
- Z. E. Ankarali, A. Sahin and H. Arslan, "CP free OFDM with Alignment Signals", USF Ref. No. 16B203.
- Z. E. Ankarali, A. Sahin and H. Arslan, "Fading Alignment for Joint Out-of-Band Emission and PAPR Reduction for OFDM-Based Schemes", USF Ref. No. 16B202.
Journal papers:
- Z. E. Ankarali, A. Sahin and H. Arslan "Joint Time-Frequency Alignment for PAPR and OOBE Suppression of OFDM-Based Waveforms", accepted for publication in IEEE Communications Letters.
- Z. E. Ankarali, B. Pekoz and H. Arslan, "Flexible Radio Access Beyond 5G: A Future Projection", accepted for publication in IEEE Access, 2017.
- Z. E. Ankarali, B. Pekoz and H. Arslan, "Enhanced OFDM for 5G NR", accepted for publication in ZTE Communications, 2017.
- Z. E. Ankarali and H. Arslan, "Cyclic Feature Suppression for Physical Layer Security" accepted for publication in Physical Communication (PHYCOM) by Elsevier.
- Z. E. Ankarali, A. Sahin and H. Arslan, "Intentional-Overlapping for Multicarrier Schemes Based on User-Specific Filters", Journal of Analog Circuits and Signal Processing, Springer, vol. 78, Issue 3, pp 683-690, March 2014.
- A. F. Demir, Z. E. Ankarali, Q. H. Abbasi, Y. Liu, K. Qaraqe, E. Serpedin, H. Arslan, and R. D. Gitlin, "In Vivo Communications: Steps Toward the Next Generation of Implantable Devices," in IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 32-42, Jun. 2016.
- A. F. Demir, Q. H. Abbasi, Z. E. Ankarali, A. Alomainy, K. Qaraqe, E. Serpedin, and H. Arslan, "Anatomical Region-Specific In Vivo Wireless Communication Channel Characterization", accepted for publication in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics.
Conference papers:
- Z. E. Ankarali, A. Sahin and H. Arslan "Static Cyclic Prefix Alignment for OFDM-Based Waveforms", accepted to IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) Workshops, Washington, DC, USA, 4-8 December 2016.
- Z. E. Ankarali, M. H. Yilmaz, M. Hafez and H. Arslan, "Channel Independent Physical Layer Security (invited paper)" IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), Clearwater Beach, FL, USA, 11-13 April 2016.
- Z. E. Ankarali, A. F. Demir, Q. H. Abbasi, M. Qaraqe, E. Serpedin, H. Arslan and R. D. Gitlin, "Physical Layer Security for Wireless Implantable Medical Devices", IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), Guildford, UK, 7-9 Sept. 2015.
- Z. E. Ankarali, Q. H. Abbasi, A. F. Demir, E. Serpedin, K. A. Qaraqe and H. Arslan, "A Comparative Review on the Wireless Implantable Medical Devices Privacy and Security", 4th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare (MobiHealth), Athens, Greece, Nov. 3-5, 2014.
- Z. E. Ankarali, S.I. Hussain, M. M. Abdallah, K. A. Qaraqe, H. Arslan and H. Haas, "Clipping Noise Mitigation using Partial Transmit Sequence for Optical OFDM Systems", International Workshop on Optical Wireless (IWOW), Madeira Island, Portugal, 17-19 September, 2014.
- Z. E. Ankarali, M. Karabacak, H. Arslan, "Cyclic Feature Concealing CP Selection for Physical Layer Security", IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Baltimore, Maryland, Oct. 6-8, 2014.
- Z. E. Ankarali, A. Sahin, H. Arslan, "Adaptive Roll Off Utilization for FMT-Based FBMC Burst Structures", in Proc. Wireless Innovation Forum Conference on Communications Technologies and Software Defined Radio (SDR - WInnComm), Washington, DC, USA, January 8-10, 2013. (Selected as "Best of R&D Track")
- M. Helmy, Z. E. Ankarali, M. Siala, T. Baykas and H. Arslan, "Dynamic Utilization of Low-Altitude Platforms in Aerial Heterogeneous Cellular Networks", accepted in Wireless and Microwave Conference (WAMICON), Cocoa Beach, FL, 2017.
- A. F. Demir, Q. H. Abbasi, Z. E. Ankarali, M. Qaraqe, E. Serpedin and H. Arslan, "Experimental Characterization of In Vivo Wireless Communication Channels", Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), pp. 1-2, Boston, MA, Sept. 6-9, 2015.
- A. F. Demir, Q. H. Abbasi, Z. E. Ankarali, E. Serpedin and H. Arslan, "Numerical characterization of in vivo wireless communication channels," IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on RF and Wireless Technologies for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications (IMWS-Bio), pp. 1-3, London, 2014.
Book Chapters:
- A. F. Demir, Z. E. Ankarali, Y. Liu, Q. H. Abbasi, K. Qaraqe, E. Serpedin, H. Arslan, and R. D. Gitlin, "In Vivo Wireless Channel Modeling", Book Chapter, Advances in Body-Centric Wireless Communication: Applications and state-of-the-art, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2016, pp. 187-211, ISBN: 978-1-84919-989-6.