1. Microwave & RADAR Communications

• 1.1 Introduction to Microwaves: Microwave frequencies
• 1.2 Scattering matrix formulation
• 1.3 Passive microwave devices
• 1.4 Active Microwave Devices
• 1.5 Study of field pattern of various modes inside a rectangular
• waveguide
• 1.6 Microwave Measurements
• 1.7 Transit time limitations in Microwave Bipolar Transistors
• 1.8 Power frequency limitations Microwave Field Effect Transistors
• 1.9 Gunn Effect
• 1.10 IMPATT diodes
• 1.11 TRAPATT diodes
• 1.12 Microwave vacuum tube based devices
• 1.13 Limitations of conventional tubes at UHF
• 1.14 Microwave Klystron
• 1.15 Reflex klystron,
• 1.16 Traveling wave tube
• 1.17 Magnetron
• 1.18 Introduction to Smith chart and its application for the unknown  impedance measurement
• 1.19 Scattering Matrix Parameters
• 1.20 Introduction to radar and RADAR Parameters
• 1.21 MTI RADAR
• 1.22 FMCW RADAR
• 1.23 Tracking RADAR
• 1.24 Monpulse RADAR
• 1.25 RADAR Receiver
• 1.26 Synthetic Aperture RADAR

Text Books:

• 1. R E Collin, “Foundation for Microwave Engineering”, John Wiley & Sons, 2nd Edition, 2007
• 2. S Y LIAO, “Microwave Devices and Circuits”, PHI, 3rd Edition, 2003.
• 3. Merrill I skolnik, “Introduction to Radar Systems’, McGraw Hill, 2nd Edition,2007.
• 4. G S N Raju, “Radar Engineering and Fundamentals of Navigational Aids”, IK international Publishers, 2008
• 5. G S N Raju, “Microwave Engineering ”, IK international Publishers, 2008.

2. Satellite & TV Communications (32 Hours)

• 2.1 Configuration of a satellite communications system
• 2.2 Types of orbit
• 2.3 Radio regulations
• 2.4 Keplerian orbits
• 2.5 Useful orbits for satellite communication
• 2.6 Perturbations of orbits
• 2.7 Digital video broadcasting via satellite (DVB-S)
• 2.8 Second generation DVB-S
• 2.9 Digital transmission of telephony
• 2.10 Digital broadcasting of television
• 2.11 Configuration of a link
• 2.12 Uplink received power
• 2.13 Downlink received power
• 2.14 Additional losses
• 2.15 Noise power spectral density at the receiver input
• 2.16 Individual link performance
• 2.17 Influence of the atmosphere
• 2.18 Mitigation of atmospheric impairments
• 2.19 Overall link performance with transparent satellite
• 2.20 Overall link performance with regenerative satellite

Case Study: A field report as a part of practice will be submitted by visiting the Nearest center and observing the satellite links and TV transmission techniques.

Text Book

• 1. Satellite communications systems / Gerard Maral, Michel Bousquet. — 5th ed, wiley , 2010.
• 2. Satellite Communications, by Dennis Roddy (Fourth edition), McGraw Hill
• 3. Satellite Communication, by Timothy Pratt, Charles Bostian, Jeremy Allnutt (Second Edition), John Wiley & Sons

3.Cell Site and BTS Installation (36 Hours)

• 3.1 Antennas for mobile Tower
• 3.2 Power supply at BTS
• 3.3 Equipment used in the Shelter
• 3.4 Power Interface Unit (PIU)
• 3.5 Line Conditioning Unit (LCU)
• 3.6 Free Cooling Unit (FCU)
• 3.7 Preventive Maintenance (PM) & site management
• 3.8 Basic functioning of alarm box and the interface
• 3.9 Concept on TRX & Baseband receiver unit.
• 3.10 RF Propagation path loss
• 3.11 Frequency hopping and Planning
• 3.12 RF Optimization
• 3.13 GSM RF Drive Test
• 3.14 3G Optimization
• 3.15 EMF Radiation Calculation and testing
• 3.16 4G Optimization
• 3.17 RF Propagation path loss
• 3.18 Frequency hopping and Planning
• 3.19 RF Optimization
• 3.20 GSM RF Drive Test
• 3.21 3G Optimization
• 3.22 EMF Radiation Calculation and testing
• 3.23 4G Optimization

Text Book:

• 1. Advanced cellular network planning and optimization 2G/2.5G/3G. . .evolution to 4G , Author: Ajay R Mishra, Nokia Networks, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England
• 2. Radio Network Planning and Optimisation for UMTS, Second Edition, JaanaLaiho and AchimWacker, Nokia Group, Finland, Toma´ sˇ Novosad, Nokia Networks, Nokia Group, USA, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England
• 3. Material: E1-E2 Upgradation Course –Consumer Mobility, RF Planning and Drive Test
• 4. Material: GTL, RF Optimisation

4.Optics and Wireless Sensor Networks (36 Hours)

• 4.1 Propagation of signals in optical fiber:
• 4.2. Transmission characteristics of optical fiber
• 4.3 .Optical fiber Transmitters.
• 4.4. Optical Components.
• 4.5 Optical fiber loss measurement using power meter, LASER and OTDR.
• 4.6. Layered Protocol Model in the Transport Network.
• 4.7. SONET and SDH, Architecture of Optical Transport Networks (OTNs)
• 4.8 Implementation and performance analysis of TCP/IP protocols. Tools to be used: NS2 Simulator and Socket Programming
• 4.9. Challenges for Wireless Sensor Networks.
• 4.10. Single-Node Architecture - Hardware Components.
• 4.11. Network Architecture - Sensor Network Scenarios
• 4.12. Physical Layer and Transceiver Design Considerations.
• 4.13. Routing Protocols.
• 4.14. Topology Control, Clustering.
• 4.15 Arduino and Wireless Communications
• 4.16. Sensor Tasking and Control.
• 4.17 WSN using Arduino with Wireless modules
• 4.18 MATLAB Experiments Related to Compressed Sensing for Energy-Efficient WSN
• 4.19. Sensor Node Hardware – Berkeley Motes, Programming Challenges.
• 4.20. Node-level Software platforms, Node-level Simulators.

Text Book:

• 1. John M. Senior, "Optical fibre communication", Pearson edition, 2000
• 2. Uyless Black "Optical Networks ", Pearson Education , 2011.
• 3. Holger Karl and Andreas Willig, “Protocols and Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks", John Wiley, 2005
• 4. KazemSohraby, Daniel Minoli, &TaiebZnati, “Wireless Sensor Networks-Technology, Protocols, and Applications”, John Wiley, 2007. Anna Hac, “Wireless Sensor Network Designs”, John Wiley, 2003

Reference books:

• 1. Rajiv Ramswami and K. N. Sivarajan, "Optical Networks", Morgon Kauffman Publishers, 2008.
• 2. Gerd Kaiser, "Optical fiber Communication Systems", John Wiley, New York, 2009.
• 3. Feng Zhao and Leonidas J. Guibas, “Wireless Sensor Networks- An Information Processing Approach", Elsevier, 2007.