OPTICAL FIBRE COMMUNICATION (EC 8118)

Introduction to optical fiber communication principles and systems

Different types of fibers, SMF & MMF, Ray Theory analysis for step index fiber
only.
2L
Fiber optic transmitters using LEDs and Laser diodes, Bias stabilization of LEDs and
Lasers, Driver circuits for analog and digital modulation, Temperature stabilization
of laser diodes, Modulation bandwidths of lasers and LEDs
5L
Fiber optic receivers using PIN and APD photodiodes, photo-diode amplifiers, SNR
in PID and APD receivers, Receiver sensitivity, Eye diagram
5L
Coupling mechanisms of optical power from source to fiber and fiber to
photodetector, Transmission characteristics of fibers and their effects on system
performance, Selection of optical fiber types for short-haul, long-haul and high speed
data links, optical power budget calculations of a fiber optic communication link
6L
Fiber optic interconnectivity devices for fiber optic communication links and
networks :
Optical isolators, polarizers, circulators, attenuators, Bragg grating filters, add/drop
multiplexers, WDM MUX / DEMUX, fiber amplifiers, guided wave devices as
external optical modulators
8L
Fiber optic analog modulation methods, Sub-carrier multiplexed analog
communication principles, IM-DD systems, Fundamentals of optical coherent
detection, Optical pulse format for digital communication systems, Performance of a
10 Mb/s digital fiber optic link and a 10 Gb/s data link, Effects of charp and
linewidths of lasers on system performance
10L
Fiber optic networks for LAN, MAN and WAN a brief study

BIOMEDICAL ELECTRONICS (EC 8121)

Credit: 4
Origin of bio-potential:
Electric activity of excitable cells, resting potential, action potential, Nerst equation,
propagation of action potential.
Surface map of bio-potential- concept.
3L
Biomedical electrodes:
Electrode theory.
Working principle & application of different bio-potential electrodes & biochemical
transducerso

Microelectrodes, surface electrodes, needle electrodes

o Reference electrode, pH electrode, blood gas electrode
o Ion electrode.
4L
Cardiovascular measurements:
Brief description of cardiovascular system.
Electrocardiographyo
Sources of cardiac bio-potentials,
o Methodology & principle of measurement
o Electrocardiograms & their inferences
Vector cardiography- concept
Principles of direct & indirect measurement of blood pressure
Principles of measurement of blood flow/cardiac rate
PH & blood gas analyzer
8L
Electroencephalography (EEG):
Sources of action potentials
Methodology & principle of measurement
Electroencephalograms & their inferences
4L
Electromyography:
Sources of action potentials
Methodology & principle of measurement
Electromyograms & their inferences
4L
Respiratory system measurement:
Respiratory mechanism, parameters of respiratory system
Principle of measurement of various parameters, impedance pneumograph, Spiro
meter.
4L
Medical imaging systems:
Working principles of medical X-ray, CT scan, CAT scan, Ultrasound scanning, MRI
4L
Therapeutic & prosthetic devices:
Pacemakers, Defibrillators, ventilators, respirators, heamodialysis machine
4L
Medical application of LASER including safety aspects 2L
Fiber optic application in imaging internal organs 1L
Effect of mm wave and microwave on human body 1L
Electrical safety:

Physiological effect of electricity, micro shock & macro shock hazards, electrical safety
standards for human body, basic approaches to shock protection.

MOBILE COMMUNICATION (EC 8119)

Introduction to Personal Communications Services (PCS): PCS Architecture, Mobility
management, Networks signalling. Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)
system overview: GSM Architecture, Mobility management, Network signalling. [ 5L
]
General Packet Radio Services (GPRS): GPRS Architecture, GPRS Network Nodes.
Mobile Data Communication: WLANs (Wireless LANs) IEEE 802.11 standard, Mobile
IP. [ 5L
]
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP): The Mobile Internet standard, WAP Gateway and
Protocols, wireless mark up Languages (WML). Wireless Local Loop(WLL):
Introduction to WLL Architecture, wireless Local Loop Technologies.
[ 7L ]
Third Generation (3G) Mobile Services: Introduction to International Mobile
Telecommunications 2000 (IMT 2000) vision, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
(W-CDMA), and CDMA 2000, Quality of services in 3G. [ 7L ]
Global Mobile Satellite Systems; case studies of the IRIDIUM and GLOBALSTAR
systems. Wireless Enterprise Networks: Introduction to Virtual Networks, Blue tooth
technology, Blue tooth Protocols.
[ 7L ]
Server-side programming in Java, Pervasive web application architecture, Device
independent example application

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS(EC 8122)

Introduction to satellite communication brief history and overview of satellite
communication
3L
Orbital mechanics and launchers equations of the orbit, orbital elements, look angles,
sub-satellite points, satellite launching and launch vehicles
6L
Satellite description communication subsystem, telemetry, command and ranging
subsystem, attitude control subsystem, electrical power subsystem
6L
Satellite transponder Transponder model, channelisation, frequency plan, processing 5L
Satellite link design basic transmission theory, system noise temperature and G/T
ration for earth stations, design of uplink and downlink, atmospheric and ionospheric
effects on satellite link
12L
Earth station description, earth station antenna, low noise amplifier, up converter,
down converter, monitoring and control, VSAT

INTERNET TECHNOLOGY (IT 7108)

An Overview on Internet [4L]
The need for an Internet, The TCP/IP Internet, Internet services, Internet protocols and
standardization, Review of Network technologies.
Internetworking Concepts [6L]
Architectural model introduction, Application level interconnection, Network level
interconnection, Properties of the Internet, Internet Architecture, Interconnection through
IP Gateways or routers, Internet and Intranet.
Internet Address [5L]
Introduction, Universal identifiers, Three primary classes of IP addresses, Classless IP
address, Network and Broadcast addresses, Mapping internet addresses to physical
addresses (ARP), ARP protocol format, Transport Gateways and subnet addressing,
Multicast addressing.
Internet Protocol [6L]
Internet Architecture and Philosophy, The concept of unreliable delivery, Connectionless
delivery system, The Internet Datagram, Routing direct and indirect delivery, Table
driven IP routing, Protocol layering, Reliable stream transport, TCP performance,
Bootstrap protocol (BOOTP).
Routing [7L]
The origin of Gateway routing tables, Original Internet Architecture and Cores, Core
Gateways, Automatic route propagation, Vector distance (Bellman-Ford), routing,
Gateway to Gateway Protocol (GGP), Autonomous system concept, Exterior Gateway
Protocol (EGP), Interior Gateway Protocol (RIP, OSPF, HELLO), Routing Information
Protocol (RIP), Combining RIP, HELLO, and EGP, Routing with partial information.
Enterprise Networking [7L]
Corporate networking, Broadband at the Metropolitan area level, High speed dedicated
WAN services and switched WAN services, ISDN, BISDN and ATM services, Frame
relay technology and services, Virtual private network concepts PPTP protocol.
Internet Servers [4L]
DNS, DHCP Servers, FTP, TELNET, E-Mail
Firewall & Networking [6L]
Introduction, Implementation of Firewall, Activities of Firewall, Configuration of
firewall, Firewalls & SSL, SSL implementation, Bit implementation of SSL, Use of SSL.