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Cellular Networks (Syllabus)

304192: Cellular Networks

Unit I Introduction of Wireless Channel (06 Hrs.)
Introduction, Free Space Propagation Model, Ground-Reflection Scenario, Hata Model and Receiver-Noise
Computation. Channel Estimation techniques and Diversity in wireless communications.

Unit II Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (06 Hrs.)
Introduction, Motivation and Multicarrier basics, OFDM example, bit error rate for OFDM.
Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Wireless Communications: Introduction to MIMO Wireless
Communications, MIMO System Model and MIMO-OFDM.

Unit III Introduction to Mobile Communication (08 Hrs.)
Introduction to Cellular Service Progression, Cell Geometry, Overview of Cellular mobile and Network
architecture, Cellular radio system design-- Frequency assignments, frequency reuse channels, Concept of cell
splitting and Cell sectoring. Significance of Handover in cellular systems with Handoff algorithms and roaming.

Unit IV Wireless System Planning (06 Hrs.)
Link-Budget Analysis, Tele-traffic Theory, Tele-traffic System Model and Steady State Analysis.

Unit V Wireless and Mobile Technologies and Protocols and their performance evaluation
Introduction, Wireless and mobile technologies, LTE- advanced, 5G – Architecture, wireless local area network
and Simulations of wireless networks.

Unit VI Performance Analysis Issues (08 Hrs.)
Introduction to Network coding, basic hamming code and significance of Information Theory. Interference
suppression and Power control. MAC layer scheduling and connection admission in mobile communication.

Text Books:
1. Rappaport, T. S., “Wireless Communications--Principles and Practice”, Pearson, 2
nd Edition.

2. Jagannatham, A. K., “Principles of Modern Wireless Communication Systems”, McGraw-Hill Education.

Reference Books:
1. Cristopher Cox, “An Introduction to LTE: LTE, LTE-Advanced, SAE, VoLTE and 4G Mobile
Communications”, Wiley, 2nd Edition.
2. E. Dahlman, J. Skold, and S. Parkvall, “4G, LTE-Advanced Pro and The Road to 5G”, Academic Press,
3
rd Edition.
3. B. P. Lathi, “Modern Digital and Analog Communications Systems”. Oxford university press, 2015, 4th
Edition.
4. Obaidat, P. Nicopolitids, “Modeling and simulation of computer networks and systems: Methodologies
and applications” Elsevier, 1
st Edition.


PM
Project Management (Syllabus)

304193: Project Management

Unit I Fundamentals of Project Management (06 Hrs.)
Basics of Project Management: Definition of Project, The Project Life Cycle, Definition of project
management, Need of Project management, Project Management process and its importance, The Project
Manager (PM), Phases of Project Management Life Cycle, Project Management Processes, Impact of Delays in
Project Completions, Essentials of Project Management Philosophy, Project Management Principles.

Unit II Project Identification, Selection & Planning (06 Hrs.)

Project Identification and Selection: Introduction, Project Identification Process, Project Initiation, Pre-
Feasibility Study, Feasibility Studies, Project Break-even point.

Project Planning: Introduction and need for Project Planning, Project Life Cycle, Roles, Responsibility and
Team Work, Project Planning Process, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Unit III Project Organizational structure & Issues (07 Hrs.)
Organizational Structure and Organizational Issues: Introduction, Concept of Organizational Structure,
Roles and Responsibilities of Project Leader, Relationship between Project Manager and Line Manager,
Leadership Styles for Project Managers, Conflict Resolution, Team Management and Diversity Management,
Change management

Unit IV Project Scheduling (07 Hrs.)
PERT and CPM: Introduction, Development of Project Network, Time Estimation, Determination of the
Critical Path, PERT Model, Measures of variability, CPM Model, Network Cost System
Resources Considerations in Projects: Introduction, Resource Allocation, Scheduling, Project Cost Estimate
and Budgets, Cost Forecasts

Unit V Project Risk & Financial Management (08 Hrs.)
Project Risk Management: Introduction, Risk, Risk Management, Role of Risk Management in Overall
Project Management, Steps in Risk Management, Risk Identification, Risk Analysis, Reducing Risks
Introduction to Project Management Tools such as: Trello, JIRA and Asana.
Financial Management in Projects: Project Finance structure, Process of Project Financial Management:
Conducting Feasibility Studies, Planning the Project Finance, Arranging the Financial Package, Controlling the
Financial Package, Controlling Financial Risk, Options Models.

Unit VI Product Development & Entrepreneurship (08 Hrs.)
Product Development: Introduction, Development Process and organizations, product planning, identifying
customer needs, Product Significations, concept generation, selection, testing, Design for Manufacturing,
Prototyping, Robust Design
Entrepreneurship: Concept, knowledge, and skills requirement; characteristic of successful entrepreneurs;
entrepreneurship process; factors impacting emergence of entrepreneurship
Legal issues related to Product development and Entrepreneurship: Intellectual property rights- patents,
trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, franchising.

Text Books:
1. H.Kerzer, “Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling”,John
Wiley & Sons, Inc., 10th Edition, 2009.
2. Chandra, P., “Projects”, Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 8th Edition, 2009.

Reference Books:
1. Morris, P. W. G. and Pinto, J. K., “The Wiley Guide to Managing Projects”, JohnWiley & Sons, 2004.
2. Karl Ulrich, Steven Eppinger, “Product Design and Development”, McGraw Hill / Irvin, 3
rd Edition 2009.
3. R. Majumdar, “Product Management in India”, PHI, 2nd Edition, 2010.

4. G.S. Batra, “Development of Entrepreneurship”, Deep and Deep publications, New Delhi.
5. Christine Petersen, “The Practical Guide to Project Management”, PMP,1 st Edition, 2013.
6. Russell W. Darnall, John M. Preston, “Project Management from Simple to Complex”, The
Saylor Foundation.
7. Levy, F. K. and Wiest, J. D., “A Management Guide to PERT/CPM”, Prentice Hall, 2
nd Edition, 1969.
8. Lewis, R., “Project Management: Strategic Design and Implementation”, McGraw-Hill, 5
the Edition. 2006.
9. Venkataraman. R., J.K. Pinto, “Cost and Value Management in Projects”, John Wiley & sons.


PDC
Power Devices & Circuits (Syllabus)

304194: Power Devices & Circuits

Unit I Study of Power Devices (06 Hrs.)
Construction, VI characteristics (input, output and transfer if any), switching characteristics of SCR, GTO,
Power MOSFET and IGBT, Performance overview of Silicon, Silicon Carbide & GaN based MOSFET and
IGBT, various repetitive and non-repetitive ratings of SCR, GTO , Power MOSFET & IGBT and their
significance, requirement of a typical triggering / driver (such as opto isolator) circuits for various power
devices, importance of series and parallel operations of various power devices (no derivation and numerical).

Unit II AC to DC Power Converters (06 Hrs.)
Concept of line & forced commutation, Single phase Semi & Full converters using SCR for R and R-L loads
and its performance analysis and numerical, Effect of source inductance, Significance of power factor and its
improvement using PWM based techniques, Three phase Full converters using SCR for R load and its
performance analysis, Single Phase PWM Rectifier using IGBT, Three Phase Controlled Rectifier Using IGBT,
Difference between SCR based conventional rectifiers and IGBT based rectifiers.

Unit III DC to AC Converters (06 Hrs.)
Single phase half and full bridge square wave inverter for R and R-L load using MOSFET / IGBT and its
performance analysis and numerical, Cross conduction in inverter, need of voltage control and strategies in
inverters, classifications of voltage control techniques, control of voltage using various PWM techniques and
their advantages, concept and need of harmonic elimination / reduction in inverters, Three Phase voltage source
inverter for balanced star R load with 120 and 180 degree mode of operation, device utilization factor,
Advanced Converterslike matrix inverter, multi-level inverters and their topologies and its driver circuits (no
derivation and numerical).

Unit IV DC to DC Converters (06 Hrs.)
Classification of choppers, Step down chopper for R and RL load and its performance analysis, Step up chopper,
various control strategies for choppers, types of choppers (isolated and non isolated) such as type A, B, C, D &
E, switch mode power supply (SMPS) viz buck, boost and buck-boost, Fly back, Half and full Bridge isolated
and non-isolated interleaved bidirectional topologies, and concept of integrated converter and design of LM3524
based choppers, concept of maximum power point tracking (MPPT).

Unit V Power Devices Protection and Circuits (06 Hrs.)
Over voltage, over current, di/dt and dv/dt protection circuits and their design, Various cooling techniques and
heat sink design, Resonant converters such as Zero current switching (ZCS) and Zero voltage switching (ZVS),
Electromagnetic interference such as radiated and conducted EMI, Difference between EMI and EMC, EMI
sources and soft switching and minimizing / shielding techniques for EMI, Various EMI and EMC standards,
Importance of isolation transformer.

Unit VI Power Electronics Applications (06 Hrs.)
AC Voltage Controller using IGBT & SCR, Fan Regulator, Electronic Ballast, LED Lamp driver, DC motor
drive for single phase separately excited dc motor, BLDC motor drive, Variable voltage & variable frequency
three phase induction motor drive, On-line and Off- line UPS, study of various selection criteria and
performance parameters of batteries in battery operated power systems, battery charging models and modes for
EVs, Architecture of EVs battery charger, PFC stage circuit topologies with details of Full-bridge boost rectifier
and Full-bridge interleaved for EV battery charger, case study of power electronics in electric vehicle and
photovoltaic solar system

Text Books:
1. M. H. Rashid, “Power Electronics Circuits Devices and Applications”, PHI,4th Edition 2017
New Delhi.
2. M. D. Singh and K. B. Khanchandani, “Power Electronics”, TMH, 2nd Edition 2006.

Reference Books:
1. Bogdan M. Wilamowski, J. David Irwin, “The Power Electronics and Motor Drives Handbook”, CRC
Press, 1
st Edition, 2011. ; eBook: ISBN 9780429165627, 2019.

2. Muhammad H. Rashid , “Power Electronics Handbook”, Academic Press, 2nd Edition, 2001
3. Ned Mohan, T. Undeland & W. Robbins, “Power Electronics Converters Applications and Design,
John Willey & sons, Singapore, 2

nd Edition Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2005

4. Ali Emadi Alireza Khaligh Zhong Nie Young Joo Lee, “Integrated Power Electronic Converters and
Digital Control”, CRC Press, 1st Edition.
5. Vinod Kumar Khanna “Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor IGBT Theory and Design”, John Wiley &
Sons, Illustrated Edition.
Print ISBN:9780471238454; Online ISBN:9780471722915, DOI:10.1002/047172291.
6. L. Ashok Kumar, S. Albert Alexander and Madhuvanthani Rajendran, “Power Electronic Converters for
Solar Photovoltaic Systems”, Elsevier, 1

st Edition, 2020.