CHRIST (Deemed to University), Bangalore

DEPARTMENT OF electronics-and-communication-engineering

faculty-of-engineering

Syllabus for
Master of Technology (Communication Systems)
Academic Year  (2020)

 
1 Semester - 2020 - Batch
Course Code
Course
Type
Hours Per
Week
Credits
Marks
MLC131 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND IPR - 2 2 100
MTEC111 ENGLISH FOR RESEARCH PAPER WRITING - 2 0 0
MTEC131 ADVANCED RADIATION SYSTEM - 3 3 100
MTEC132 ADVANCED COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - 3 3 100
MTEC134E2 EMBEDDED SYSTEM AND SoC DESIGN - 3 3 100
MTEC134E3 DIGITAL SYSTEM DESIGN USING VERILOG - 3 3 100
MTEC151 ADVANCED RADIATION SYSTEM LAB - 2 2 100
MTEC152 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LAB - 2 2 100

MLC131 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND IPR (2020 Batch)

Total Teaching Hours for Semester:30
No of Lecture Hours/Week:2
Max Marks:100
Credits:2

Course Objectives/Course Description

 

The objective of this course is to make the students understand the meaning of research and how to formulate the problem statement by undergoing different methodologies used I research. This course also gives an insight about the intellectual property rights which is very essential to any research engineer.  

Course Outcome

At the end of this course, students will be able to

·       Understand research problem formulation.

·       Analyze research related information

·       Follow research ethics

·       Understand the importance of ideas, concept and creativity

·       Explain the concepts of IPR in general and IPR in engineering in particular

Unit-1
Teaching Hours:6
unit 1
 

Meaning of research problem, Sources of research problem, Criteria Characteristics of a good research problem, Errors in selecting a research problem, Scope and objectives of research problem. Approaches of investigation of solutions for research problem, data collection, analysis, interpretation, Necessary instrumentations, Effective literature studies approaches, analysis Plagiarism , Research ethics

Unit-2
Teaching Hours:6
unit 2
 

Effective technical writing, how to write report, Paper Developing a Research Proposal, Format of research proposal, a presentation and assessment by a review committee

Unit-3
Teaching Hours:6
unit 3
 

Nature of Intellectual Property: Patents, Designs, Trade and Copyright. Process of Patenting and Development: technological research, innovation, patenting, development. International Scenario: International cooperation on Intellectual Property. Procedure for grants of patents, Patenting under PCT .

Unit-4
Teaching Hours:6
unit 4
 

Patent Rights: Scope of Patent Rights. Licensing and transfer of technology. Patent information and databases. Geographical Indications.

Unit-5
Teaching Hours:6
unit 5
 

New Developments in IPR: Administration of Patent System. New developments in IPR; IPR of Biological Systems, Computer Software etc. Traditional knowledge Case Studies, IPR and IITs..

Text Books And Reference Books:

·       Stuart Melville and Wayne Goddard, “Research methodology: an introduction for science & engineering students’”

·       Wayne Goddard and Stuart Melville, “Research Methodology: An Introduction”

·       Ranjit Kumar, 2 nd Edition , “Research Methodology: A Step by Step Guide for beginners”

·       Halbert, “Resisting Intellectual Property”, Taylor & Francis Ltd ,2007.

·       Mayall , “Industrial Design”, McGraw Hill, 1992.

·       Niebel , “Product Design”, McGraw Hill, 1974.

·       Asimov , “Introduction to Design”, Prentice Hall, 1962.

·       Robert P. Merges, Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley, “ Intellectual Property in New Technological Age”, 2016.

·       T. Ramappa, “Intellectual Property Rights Under WTO”, S. Chand, 2008

Essential Reading / Recommended Reading

 

 

 

 

Evaluation Pattern

as per university norms

MTEC111 - ENGLISH FOR RESEARCH PAPER WRITING (2020 Batch)

Total Teaching Hours for Semester:30
No of Lecture Hours/Week:2
Max Marks:0
Credits:0

Course Objectives/Course Description

 

Students will be able to:

1. Understand that how to improve your writing skills and level of readability

2. Learn about what to write in each section

3. Understand the skills needed when writing a Title 

Course Outcome

Planning and Preparation, Word Order, Breaking up long sentences, Structuring Paragraphs and Sentences, Being Concise and Removing Redundancy, Avoiding Ambiguity and Vagueness

Unit-1
Teaching Hours:4
Planning and Preparation
 

Planning and Preparation, Word Order, Breaking up long sentences, Structuring Paragraphs and Sentences, Being Concise and Removing Redundancy, Avoiding Ambiguity and Vagueness

Unit-2
Teaching Hours:4
Clarifying Who Did What
 

Clarifying Who Did What, Highlighting Your Findings, Hedging and Criticising, Paraphrasing and Plagiarism, Sections of a Paper, Abstracts. Introduction 

Unit-3
Teaching Hours:4
Review of the Literature
 

Review of the Literature, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, The Final Check. 

Unit-4
Teaching Hours:4
key skills are needed when writing a Title
 

key skills are needed when writing a Title, key skills are needed when writing an Abstract, key skills are needed when writing an Introduction, skills needed when writing a Review of the Literature

Unit-5
Teaching Hours:4
Skills are needed when writing the Methods,
 

skills are needed when writing the Methods, skills needed when writing the Results, skills are needed when writing the Discussion, skills are needed when writing the Conclusions 

Unit-6
Teaching Hours:4
Useful phrases
 

useful phrases, how to ensure paper is as good as it could possibly be the first- time submission

Text Books And Reference Books:

1. Goldbort R (2006) Writing for Science, Yale University Press (available on Google Books) 

 2. Day R (2006) How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, Cambridge University Press 

Essential Reading / Recommended Reading

1. Highman N (1998), Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, SIAM. Highman’sbook. 

2. Adrian Wallwork, English for Writing Research Papers, Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London, 2011 

Evaluation Pattern

AC131

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MTEC131 - ADVANCED RADIATION SYSTEM (2020 Batch)

Total Teaching Hours for Semester:45
No of Lecture Hours/Week:3
Max Marks:100
Credits:3

Course Objectives/Course Description

 

·       To learn the fundamental of antenna radiation, different types of antenna and its design methodology.

·       To impart the basic concepts of radiating structures and antenna parameters

·       To give understanding about analysis of arrays and different types

·       To give idea about different antennas for various applications

·       To give idea about basic propagation mechanisms

·       To give idea about antenna measurements

Course Outcome

      Able to design any type of antenna

      Students will be able to understand basic concepts of antenna radiation and its parameters.

      Students will be able to design and analysis of antenna arrays and its applications.

      Students will be able to develop the idea about the different antenna types and antennas for special applications

      Students will be able to develop concepts in antenna parameter measurements

      Students will be able to understand different propagation mechanisms namely ground, space and sky waves

 

Unit-1
Teaching Hours:9
CONCEPTS OF RADIATION
 

Retarded vector potentials – Heuristic approach and Maxwell’s equation approach. The Lorentz gauge condition. Vector potential in Phasor form. Fields radiated by an alternating current element. Total power radiated and radiation resistance. Radiation from Half wave dipole from assumed current distribution. Power radiated in the farfield. Electric vector potential F for a magnetic current source M. Far zone fields due to magnetic source M.

 

Unit-2
Teaching Hours:9
ANTENNA ARRAYS
 

N element linear arrays – uniform amplitude and spacing. Phasedarrays. Directivity of Broadside and End fire arrays.Three dimensional characteristics.Binomial arrays and Dolph-Tchebycheff arrays.Circulararray.Antenna Synthesis- Line source and discretization of continuous sources. Schelkunoff polynomial method. Fourier transform method.

 

Unit-3
Teaching Hours:9
APERTURE ANTENNAS
 

Magnetic current – Duality. Electric and Magnetic current sheets as sources. Huyghens source. Radiation through an aperture in an absorbing screen. Fraunhoffer and Fresnel diffraction. Cornu Spiral. Complimentary screens and slot antennas. Slot and dipoles as dual antennas. Babinets principle. Fourier transform in aperture antenna theory.

Unit-4
Teaching Hours:9
HORN, MICROSTRIP, REFLECTOR ANTENNAS
 

E and H plane sectoral Horns. Pyramidal horns.Conical and corrugated Horns.Multimode horns. Phase center.

Microstrip antennas – feeding methods.Rectangular patch- Transmission line model.

Parabolic Reflector antennas – Prime focus and cassegrainreflectors.Equivalent focal length of Cassegrainantennas.Spillover and taper efficiencies.Optimum illumination.

Unit-5
Teaching Hours:9
ANTENNA POLARIZATION
 

Simple relationship involving spherical triangles.Linear, Elliptical and circular polarization.Development of the Poincare sphere.Representation of the state of polarization in the Poincare sphere.Random polarization – Stokes parameters.                                                                                                          

 

 

Text Books And Reference Books:

·       Balanis, C.A., “Antenna Theory” Wiley, 2005

Jordan, E.C., “ Electromagnetic waves and Radiating systems”. PHI 2008

Essential Reading / Recommended Reading

·       Krauss, J.D., “Radio Astronomy” McGraw-Hill

·      Krauss, J.D.,,Fleisch,D.A., “Electromagnetics” McGraw-Hill,2001

 

 

Evaluation Pattern

·       Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) for Theory papers: 50% (50 marks out

of 100 marks)

·       End Semester Examination(ESE) : 50% (50 marks out of 100 marks)

Components of the CIA

CIA I   :   Mid Semester Examination (Theory)                      : 25 marks                  

CIA II  :  Assignments                                                            : 10 marks

CIA III : Quizzes/Seminar/Case Studies/Project Work       : 10 marks

Attendance                                                                             : 05 marks

            Total                                                                                       : 50 marks

MTEC132 - ADVANCED COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (2020 Batch)

Total Teaching Hours for Semester:45
No of Lecture Hours/Week:3
Max Marks:100
Credits:3

Course Objectives/Course Description

 

This course aims at making the students understand the different communication protocols, understand advanced concepts in communication networking and also the concept of QoS in communication networks

Course Outcome

Upon Completion of the course, the students will be able to

§  Understand advanced concepts in Communication Networking.

§  Design and develop protocols for Communication Networks.

§  Understand the mechanisms in Quality of Service in networking.

§  Optimize the Network Design.

Unit-1
Teaching Hours:9
Overview of -ATM. TCP/IP Congestion and Flow Control in Internet
 

Overview of -ATM. TCP/IP Congestion and Flow Control in Internet-Throughput analysis of TCP congestion control. TCP for high bandwidth delay networks. Fairness issues in TCP

Unit-2
Teaching Hours:9
Real Time Communications over Internet
 

Real Time Communications over Internet. Adaptive applications. Latency and throughput issues. Integrated Services Model (intServ). Resource reservation in Internet. RSVP, Characterization of Traffic by Linearly Bounded Arrival Processes (LBAP). Leaky bucket algorithm and its properties

Unit-3
Teaching Hours:9
Packet Scheduling Algorithms
 

Packet Scheduling Algorithms-requirements and choices. Scheduling guaranteed service Connections, IP address lookup-challenges. Packet classification algorithms, IPV4 and IPv6 address , .

Unit-4
Teaching Hours:9
Admission control in Internet
 

Admission control in Internet. Concept of Effective bandwidth. Measurement based admission control. Differentiated Services in Internet (DiffServ). DiffServ architecture and framework.

Unit-5
Teaching Hours:9
IPswitching
 

IPswitching and MPLS, Overview of IP over ATM and its evolution to IP switching. MPLS architecture and framework. MPLS Protocols. Traffic engineering issues in MPLS.

 

Text Books And Reference Books:

·       Jean Wairand and PravinVaraiya, “High Performance Communications Networks”, 2nd edition, 2000.

·       Jean Le Boudec and Patrick Thiran, “Network Calculus A Theory of Deterministic Queueing Systems for the Internet”, Springer Veriag, 2001

·       Zhang Wang, “Internet QoS”, Morgan Kaufman, 2000.

Essential Reading / Recommended Reading

·       Anurag Kumar, D. Manjunath and Joy Kuri, “Communication Networking: An Analytical Approach”, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2004.

·       George Kesidis, “ATM Network Performance”, Kluwer Academic, Research Papers, 2005.

Evaluation Pattern

ESE=50

Assessment of each paper

·       Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) for Theory papers: 50% (50 marks out

of 100 marks)

·       End Semester Examination(ESE) : 50% (50 marks out of 100 marks)

Components of the CIA

CIA I   :   Mid Semester Examination (Theory)                      : 25 marks                  

CIA II  :  Assignments                                                            : 10 marks

CIA III : Quizzes/Seminar/Case Studies/Project Work       : 10 marks

Attendance                                                                             : 05 marks

            Total                                                                                       : 50 marks

MTEC134E2 - EMBEDDED SYSTEM AND SoC DESIGN (2020 Batch)

Total Teaching Hours for Semester:45
No of Lecture Hours/Week:3
Max Marks:100
Credits:3

Course Objectives/Course Description

 

To study the hardware and software used in Embedded Systems

Course Outcome

At the end of the course, the student will be able to do:

·      Describe characteristics of embedded systems and its hardware and software.

·      Categorize the devices and buses used for embedded networking.

·      Demonstrate the programming concepts and embedded programming in C and C++.

·      Examine the concepts of real time operating systems, inter-task communication and an exemplary case of MUCOS – IIRTOS.

Unit-1
Teaching Hours:9
INTRODUCTION TO EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
 

Definition and Classification – Overview of Processors and hardware units in an embedded system – Software embedded into the system – Exemplary Embedded Systems – Embedded Systems on a Chip (SoC) and the use of VLSI designed circuits.

Unit-2
Teaching Hours:9
DEVICES AND BUSES FOR DEVICES NETWORK
 

I/O Devices - Device I/O Types and Examples – Synchronous - Iso-synchronous and Asynchronous Communications from Serial Devices - Examples of Internal Serial-Communication Devices - UART and HDLC - Parallel Port Devices - Sophisticated interfacing features in Devices/Ports- Timer and Counting Devices - ‘12C’, ‘USB’, ‘CAN’ and advanced I/O Serial high speed buses- ISA, PCI, PCI-X, cPCI and advanced buses.

Unit-3
Teaching Hours:9
PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS AND EMBEDDED PROGRAMMING IN C, C++
 

Programming in assembly language (ALP) vs. High Level Language - C Program Elements, Macros and functions -Use of Pointers - NULL Pointers - Use of Function Calls – Multiple function calls in a Cyclic Order in the Main Function Pointers – Function Queues and Interrupt Service Routines Queues Pointers – Concepts of EMBEDDED PROGRAMMING in C++ - Objected Oriented Programming – Embedded Programming in C++, ‘C’ Program compilers – Cross compiler – Optimization of memory codes.

Unit-4
Teaching Hours:9
SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
 

Components of the system – Processor architectures – Memory and addressing – system level interconnection – SoC design requirements and specifications – design integration – design complexity – cycle time, die area and cost, ideal and practical scaling, area-time-power tradeoff in processor design, Configurability.

 

Unit-5
Teaching Hours:9
PROCESSOR SELECTION FOR SOC, MEMORY DESIGN AND INTERCONNECT BUS
 

Overview – soft processors, processor core selection. Basic concepts – instruction set, branches, interrupts and exceptions. Basic elements in instruction handling – Minimizing pipeline delays – reducing the cost of branches – Robust processors – Vector processors, VLIW processors, Superscalar processors.

SoC external memory, SoC internal memory, Scratch pads and cache memory – cache organization and write policies – strategies for line replacement at miss time – split I- and D- caches – multilevel caches – SoC memory systems – board based memory systems – simple processor/memory interaction. Bus architectures – SoC standard buses – AMBA, AHB.

 

 

Text Books And Reference Books:

1.     Rajkamal, Embedded Systems Architecture, Programming and Design, TATA McGraw-Hill, Education 2011

Essential Reading / Recommended Reading

1.     Steve Heath, Embedded Systems Design, Second Edition-2003, Newnes,

  1. David E.Simon, An Embedded Software Primer, Pearson Education Asia, Twelfth  Indian Reprint 2005.
  2. Wayne Wolf, Computers as Components; Principles of Embedded Computing System Design – Harcourt India, Morgan Kaufmann; 2 edition (8 July 2008)
  3. Frank Vahid and Tony Givargis, Embedded Systems Design – A unified Hardware /Software Introduction, John Wiley & Sons  2002.
Evaluation Pattern

ESE= 50 MARK

CIA= 50 MARK

MTEC134E3 - DIGITAL SYSTEM DESIGN USING VERILOG (2020 Batch)

Total Teaching Hours for Semester:45
No of Lecture Hours/Week:3
Max Marks:100
Credits:3

Course Objectives/Course Description

 

·      This course is an introduction to the VHDL language. The emphasis is on writing synthesizable code and enough simulation code to write a viable test-bench.

·      The information gained can be applied to any digital design by using a top-down synthesis design approach.

Course Outcome

At the end of the course, the student will be able to do:

·      Implement the VHDL portion of coding for synthesis.

·      Identify the differences between behavioral and structural coding styles.

  • Understand the basic principle of circuit design and analysis.

Unit-1
Teaching Hours:9
INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY
 

Digital Systems and Embedded Systems, Boolean Functions and Boolean algebra, Binary Coding, Combinational Components and Circuits, Verification of Combinational Circuits. Number Basics: Unsigned and Signed Integers, Fixed and Floating-point Numbers, Binary representation and Circuit Elements, Real-World Circuits, Models, Design Methodology.

Unit-2
Teaching Hours:9
SEQUENTIAL BASICS & MEMORIES
 

Storage elements, Counters, Sequential Data paths and Control, Clocked Synchronous Timing Methodology. Memories: Concepts, Memory Types, Error Detection and Correction.

Unit-3
Teaching Hours:9
IMPLEMENTATION FABRICS & PROCESSOR BASICS
 

ICs, PLDs, Packaging and Circuit Boards, Interconnection and Signal Integrity. Processor Basics: Embedded Computer Organization, Instruction and Data, Interfacing with memory.

Unit-4
Teaching Hours:9
I/O INTERFACING, ACCELERATORS & DESIGN METHODOLOGY
 

I/O devices, I/O controllers, Parallel Buses, Serial Transmission, I/O software. Accelerators: Concepts, case study, Verification of accelerators. Design Methodology: Design flow, Design optimization, Design for test.

Unit-5
Teaching Hours:9
SIMPLE SINGLE CYCLE AND MULTI CYCLE PROCESSOR DESIGN
 

Introduction of Simple Single Cycle and Multi Cycle Processor Design.

Text Books And Reference Books:

1. C. H. Roth, Digital Systems Design Using VHDL, Thomson Publications, Fourth Edition, 2002.

2. V. A. Pedroni, Circuit Design with VHDL, MIT Press/PHI, 2004.

Essential Reading / Recommended Reading

1.     Parhami, Behrooz, Computer Arithmetic: Algorithms and Hardware Designs, Oxford University Press, 2009.

2.     Z. Navabi, Verilog Digital System Design, Second Edition, Tata McGrawHill, 2008.

3.     R. C. Cofer and B. F. Harding, Rapid System Prototyping with FPGAs: Accelerating the Design Process, Elsevier/Newnes, 2005.

4. Peter J. Ashenden, “Digital Design: An Embedded Sytems Approach Using VERILOG”, Elesvier, 2010

Evaluation Pattern

ESE= 50 MARK

CIA= 50 MARK

MTEC151 - ADVANCED RADIATION SYSTEM LAB (2020 Batch)

Total Teaching Hours for Semester:30
No of Lecture Hours/Week:2
Max Marks:100
Credits:2

Course Objectives/Course Description

 

This course aims to impart the practical knowledge required in the design of antennas and also make the students understand the tools required to do the same.

 

Course Outcome

At the end of this course, students will be able to

·       Determine specifications, design, construct and test antenna.

·       Explore and use tools for designing, analyzing and testing antennas. These tools include Antenna design and analysis software, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and antenna pattern measurement techniques

 

Unit-1
Teaching Hours:30
Lab experiment title
 

1.     Simulation of half wave dipole antenna.

2.     Simulation of change of the radius and length of dipole wire on frequency of resonance of antenna.

3.     Simulation of quarter wave, full wave antenna and comparison of their parameters.

4.     Simulation of monopole antenna with and without ground plane.

5.     Study the effect of the height of the monopole antenna on the radiation characteristics of the antenna.

6.     Simulation of a half wave dipole antenna array.

7.     Study the effect of change in distance between elements of array on radiation pattern of dipole array.

8.     Study the effect of the variation of phase difference 'beta' between the elements of the array on the radiation pattern of the dipole array.

9.     Case study

Text Books And Reference Books:

·       Balanis, C.A., “Antenna Theory” Wiley, 2005

·       Jordan, E.C., “ Electromagnetic waves and Radiating systems”. PHI 2008

 

Essential Reading / Recommended Reading

Krauss, J.D., “Radio Astronomy” McGraw-Hill

Krauss, J.D.,,Fleisch,D.A., “Electromagnetics” McGraw-Hill,2001

Evaluation Pattern

Assessment of Practical paper

Conduct of experiments                                                         : 25 marks

Observations/Lab Record                                                       : 15 marks

Viva voce                                                                                : 10 marks

Total                                                                                       : 50 marks

(All the above assessments are carried for each experiment during regular lab classes and averaged to max 50 marks at the end of the semester)

MTEC152 - COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LAB (2020 Batch)

Total Teaching Hours for Semester:30
No of Lecture Hours/Week:2
Max Marks:100
Credits:2

Course Objectives/Course Description

 

To produce graduates who understand how to analyze and manipulate antenna and radiation pattern for different distributions

Course Outcome

To produce graduates who understand how to analyze and manipulate antenna and radiation pattern for different distributions

Unit-1
Teaching Hours:30
Lab experiment title
 

1.     Antenna Radiation Pattern measurement.

2.     Performance evaluation of Digital Data Transmission  through Fiber Optic Link.

3.     Implementation of Video Link using Optical Fiber.

4.     Generation of discrete time iid random processes with different distributions (Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric, Poisson, Uniform, Gaussian, Exponential, Laplacian, Rayleigh, Rician)

5.     Communication system Design for Band limited Channels - Signal Design for Zero ISI and Controlled ISI - Partial Response Signaling.

6.     Carrier Phase Modulation and Quadrature Amplitude Modulation - BER Performance in AWGN channel.

7.     Channel Coding: Linear Block code and Convolutional codes -Viterbi Decoding

8.     Digital modulation and detection in SISO, SIMO, MISO and MIMO systems

Text Books And Reference Books:

·       Anurag Kumar, D. Manjunath and Joy Kuri, “Communication Networking: An Analytical Approach”, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2004.

 

Essential Reading / Recommended Reading

George Kesidis, “ATM Network Performance”, Kluwer Academic, Research Papers, 2005.

Evaluation Pattern

Assessment of Practical paper

Conduct of experiments                                                         : 25 marks

Observations/Lab Record                                                       : 15 marks

Viva voce                                                                                : 10 marks

Total                                                                                       : 50 marks

(All the above assessments are carried for each experiment during regular lab classes and averaged to max 50 marks at the end of the semester)