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ET 401 Wireless and Mobile Communication                         4 0 4

Introduction to mobile communication, Cellular mobile telephone, architecture overview.

Cellular radio system design, frequency assignments, reuse channels, concept of cell

splitting, hand-over in cellular systems, Handoff algorithms.

Multiple access schemes in mobile communications.  TDMA, FDMA, CDMA, Random multiple, Access Schemes, Performance analysis admission in mobile communication. Interference suppression and power control.

Teletraffic modeling and queuing theoretic analysis of cellular mobile networks, Resource allocations & mobility management's.

Practical Cellular mobile systems - AMPS & GSM system architecture overview call management's & system operations.  CPMN based cellular system wireless in local loop DECT & CDMAWLL. 

 

Text  Book

W. Lee, “Mobile Cellular Telecommuniation systems”, Mc Graw Hill  1990

 

Reference

W. Lee , “Mobile Communication  Design  Fundamentals” PHI 1993.

VK Garg and JE Wilkes, “ Wireless and personel Communication Systems, “PHI 1996.

 

ET401 VLSI Design                       4 0 4

Revive of MOS transistors models, CMOS logic’s families including static , dynamics and dual rail logic ,Integrated circuit layouts : Design rules . Parasitic. Building blocks :ALU, FIFO’s, counters. VLSI system design: data and control path design , floor planning, design methodology : Introduction to hardware description languages(VHDL), logic, circuit and layout verification, Design Examples.

 

 

 

Text Book

N.Weste and K. Eshranghain, “Principles of CMOS VLSI Design” Addision Wesley 1985

 

References

L. Glaser and D. Dobberpuhl, “ Design and Analysis of VLSI circuits” Addition Wesley 1985

D.     Perry, “VHDL, Mc Graw Hill  1995

 

ET 401 Speech Processing            4 0 4

Review of signals & systems : -Continuous time signals & systems: filtering & convolution, frequency analysis, Fourier transform; Discrete time signals & systems: sampling & quantization, difference equation, Z-transform, IIR & FIR Filters, frequency response, DFT & FFT; Decimation & interpolation for sampling rate conversion.

Acoustic phonetics : -Physiology of speech organs; Articulatory phonetics: Classification of phonemes by manner, voicing, and place; Spectrograms, Vowels, diphthongs, semivowels, nasals, fricatives, & stops prosody: stress, duration, pitch; Speech production model.

Short time analysis techniques : -Time domain analysis: average energy & magnitude, Zero-crossing rate, auto-correlation; Frequency domain techniques: filter bank analysis, short time Fourier analysis, Cepstral analysis, Applications in pitch and formant estimation.

Speech coding :-Waveform coders: delta modulation, adaptive delta modulation, ADPCM; channel, phase, and cepstral vocoders.

Linear Predictive Coding :-LPC model, LPC techniques using auto-correlation and covariance methods applications to pitch & formant estimation

Speech Synthesis :-Articulatory, formant, and LPC synthesis voice response and text to speech systems.

 

Text  Book

LR Rabiner & RW Schafer, “Digital Processing of Speech Signals”, prentice Hall, 1978.

References

D. O’Shaughnessy, “Speech Communication: Human and Machine”, Addison Wesley,1987.

Kilsner / Frey, "Fundamentals of Acoustics"

 

ET 402  Image Processing             4 0 4

Digital Image processing systems: image acquisition storage, processing, and communication, display.

Visual Perception: Structure of human eye, Image formation in the human eye, brightness, adaptation and discrimination.

Image Model : Uniform and non-uniform sampling, Quantisation.

Image transform: using DFT/FFT,

Other transforms : Other separable image transforms and their algorithms, Walsh Hadamard transforms, Discrete Cosine and sine transforms, Harr transforms, Slant Transforms, Optimum transform – Karhunen – loeve ( Hotelling ) transform.

Image enhancement : Contrast manipulation, Histogram equilisation, noise cleaning, edge sharpening, Frequency domain methods, low-pass and high pass filtering, homomorphic filtering.

Image Data compression : Coding redundancy, psycho-visual redundancy, fidelity criteria, MSE, elements of information theory, Fundamental coding theorem, Error free compression variable length coding, Bit plane coding, Lossless Predictive coding, Lossy Predictive coding, DPCM, DM, ADM, etc. Transform coding.

Image Segmentation : Detection of discontinuity, Point line and Edge detection, Edge linking and boundary detection, thresholding, optional selection, region oriented segmentation, region growing and merging, texture analysis, using texture for Image segmentation.

Image representation and Description : Chain codes polygonal approximation, signature, Boundary segments, Boundary descriptors, shape numbers, Fourrier descriptors, topological descriptors, textures, morphology, dilation, erosion, opening and closing, hit or miss transforms.

 

Text  Book

A.K. Jain “Fundamental of image processing” Addison Wiley

 

References

R.C. Gonsales, R. E. Woods “Digital Image Processing”  Addison Wiley .

William Pratt “Digital image processing”   John Wiley 

N. Ahmed & K.R. Rao “Orthogonal transforms for digital signal processing”,                                                                                                        Springer .

 

IT403 Computer Networks         4 0 4

Network architecture, applications, OSI model.

Physical Layer :                        Review of Data Communication – transmission  and multiplexing, transmission media, error detection, recovery –interfacing , ISDN

Local Area Networks Topology, medium access control protocols, performance.

Topology: Topological Problem, graph theory, network flow, Traffic analysis, queuing theory and analysis of M/M/1,2…n systems

Design issues of different layers of OSI model. Protocol study of different layers.Intra-Networking devices such as Bridge, router, gateway, connection oriented and wireless inter-networking.

Radio and Satellite Networks-Architecture and access Protocols.

 

Text Book 

Tannanbam, “Computer Networks”, PHI 3rd Ed 1999

Stallings, “ Data and Computer Communication”, PHI,

 

References

Bertseakas and Galleger, “Data Networks”   PHI

Scwartz, “Telecommunication Networks” Addison

Saatawi, “Fundamental Telecommunication Network”  John Wiley

 

ET403 Information Theory and Coding                                             4 0 4

Mutual information, entropy for discrete ensembles, shanons noiseless  coding theorem ; encoding of discrete sources.

Markov sources ; shanon’s noisy coding theorem and converse for discrete channels; calculation of channel capacity  and bounds for discrete channels; application to continous channels.

Techniques of coding and decoding ; hufman code and uniquely detectable codes; cyclic codes , convolutional arithmatic codes.

 

Text Book

N.Abramson, “Inforamtion and Coding “ Mcgraw Hill 1963.

 

References

M.Mansurpur, “Introduction to Information theory” Mc Graw Hill 1987.

R.B. Ash, “Information theory “ PHI 1970.

Shu Lin and D.J. Costello J. “Error control coding “ PHI 1983

 

ET 404 Fibre Optics Communication

         4 0 4

Introduction to fibre optics system,Propagation of light in  optical fibre; ray model and wave model ; modal propagation in a fibre. Types of fibre : Single mode, steps index . graded index. Signal distortion: attenuation, dispersion. Optical sources: LED, LASERS. Optical Detectors and optics links. Fibre optics Link design, power and rise time budget, SNR and BER calculations. Introduction to coherent communiation WDM system. Optical Networks.

 

Text Book

G Keiser, “Optical  Fibre Communication” Mc Graw Hill 1991.

 

References

Senior, “ Optical Communication”

 

ET 402 Satellite communication   4 0 4

 Microwave bands for satellite communication, satellite microwave link calculation ;Earth station components, parabolic dish antennas, G/T ratio.

Modullation in satellite links, FDMA,TDMA, and Packet switched systems; spread spectrum techniques and CDMA systems.

Satellite systems: Statistical classes; satellite orbits; launching of a satellite and monitoring.

 

Text Book

Pratt   and Bostian, “ Satellite Communication” John Willey.

 

References

Roddey, “Satellite Comminication”  PHI

Tri . T. Ha, “ Digital Satellite Communication”, McGraw Hill.

 

 

 

ET 405 Elective Lab                       4 0 4

 Practicals to suppliment the course ET403 and ET 404

 

 

 

IT407 Computer Networks Lab   2 0 2

Practicals to supplement IT401 course Practicals to support sub IT 403

Data Communication between different computers, Implementation of different algorithms, study of different networking devices.

 

IT408 Web  and Internet Prog.     2 0 2

Web servers, IP addressing, Domains sub net, Hosting web site,Web site administration, Web site security, Developing Web application using PERL and CGI script, XML

 

HR401  Management                     4 0 4

 

 

IT409   Elective III                        4 0 4

Success factor  of Network Management, Networking trends, generic architecture of a network management product, information extraction and collecting  instruments. Systems for information compression, system for performance prediction. Configuration Management, Fault management, performance management, Security management. Accounting Management. Network capacity Planning, Network Managements direction s and solutions. Cost Justification for implemeting network management solution.

 

Text Book    

Cornel Terplan, “Communication Network Management”,  Prentice Hall

 

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