Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal

(Formerly West Bengal University of Technology)

Syllabus for B. Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering
(Applicable from the academic session 2018-2019)

PE-EC801B Fiber Optic Communication 3L:0T 3 credits

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Introduction to vector nature of light, propagation of light, propagation of light ina

cylindrical dielectric rod, Ray model, wave model.

Different types of optical fibers, Modal analysis of a step index fiber.

Signaldegradation on optical fiber due to dispersion and attenuation. Fabrication of fibers
and measurement techniques like OTDR.

Optical sources - LEDs and Lasers, Photo-detectors - pin-diodes, APDs, detectorresponsivity,

noise, optical receivers. Optical link design - BER calculation, quantum limit, power penalties.

Optical switches - coupled mode analysis of directional couplers, electro-

opticswitches. Optical amplifiers - EDFA, Raman amplifier.

WDM and DWDM systems. Principles of WDM networks.

Nonlinear effects in fiber optic links. Concept of self-phase modulation, groupvelocity

dispersion and solition based communication.

Text/Reference Books
1. J. Keiser, Fibre Optic communication, McGraw-Hill, 5th Ed. 2013 (Indian Edition).
2. T. Tamir, Integrated optics, (Topics in Applied Physics Vol.7), Springer-Verlag, 1975.
3. J. Gowar, Optical communication systems, Prentice Hall India, 1987.
4. S.E. Miller and A.G. Chynoweth, eds., Optical fibres telecommunications, Academic
Press, 1979.
5. G. Agrawal, Nonlinear fibre optics, Academic Press, 2nd Ed. 1994.
6. G. Agrawal, Fiber optic Communication Systems, John Wiley and sons, New York, 1997
7. F.C. Allard, Fiber Optics Handbook for engineers and scientists, McGraw Hill, New
York (1990).

Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, students will demonstrate the ability to:
1. Understand the principles fiber-optic communication, the components and the
bandwidth advantages.
2. Understand the properties of the optical fibers and optical components.
3. Understand operation of lasers, LEDs, and detectors
4. Analyze system performance of optical communication systems
5. Design optical networks and understand non-linear effects in optical fibers
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(Formerly West Bengal University of Technology)
Syllabus for B. Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering
(Applicable from the academic session 2018-2019)

PE-EC802C VLSI Design Automation 3L:0T 3 credits

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Unit-I: Introduction to VLSI Design methodologies

Review of Data structures and algorithms - Review of VLSI Design automation tools -
Algorithmic Graph Theory and Computational Complexity - Tractable and Intractable problems
- general purpose methodsfor combinatorial optimization.
Unit-II: Layout Compaction, Placement & Partitioning
Layout Compaction: Design rules - problem formulation - algorithms for constraint graph
compaction –Placement & Partitioning: Circuit representation - Placement algorithms -
partitioning
Unit-III: Floorplanning & Routing
Floor planning concepts: Terminologies, floorplan representation, shape functions and floorplan
sizing Routing: Types of local routing problems - Area routing - channel routing - global routing
- algorithms for global routing.
Unit-IV: VLSI Simulation
Gate-level modeling and simulation - Switch-level modeling and simulation - Combinational
Logic Synthesis - Binary Decision Diagrams - Two Level Logic Synthesis- High level Synthesis.
Unit-V: High Level Synthesis
Hardware models - Internal representation - Allocation assignment and scheduling - Simple
scheduling algorithm - Assignment problem – High level transformations.

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. S.H. Gerez, "Algorithms for VLSI Design Automation", John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
2. N.A. Sherwani, "Algorithms for VLSI Physical Design Automation", Kluwar Academic
Publishers, 2002
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(Formerly West Bengal University of Technology)
Syllabus for B. Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering
(Applicable from the academic session 2018-2019)

OE-EC803A Internet of Things(IoT) 3L:0T:0P 3 credits

Introduction:
The Internet of Things: an Overview:
The flavour of the Internet of Things, The "Internet" of "Things", The Technology of the Internet
of Things,Enchanted Objects, Who is Making the Internet of Things?
Design Principles for Connected Devices:
Calm and Ambient Technology, Magic as Metaphor, Privacy, Web Thinking for Connected
Devices, Affordances.
Internet Principles:
Internet Communications: An Overview (IP, TCP, The IP Protocol Suite (TCP/IP), UDP), IP
Addresses (DNS, Static IP Address Assignment, Dynamic IP Address Assignment, IPv6), MAC
Addresses, TCP and UDP Ports, Application Layer Protocols.
Prototyping:
Thinking About Prototyping: Sketching, Familiarity, Costs versus Ease of Prototyping,
Prototypes and Production, Open Source versus Closed Source, Tapping into the Community.
Prototyping Embedded Devices:
Electronics, Embedded Computing Basics, Developing on the Arduino, Raspberry Pi,
Beaglebone Black, Electric Imp, Mobile Phone and Tablets, Plug Computing: Always-on
Internet of Things.
Prototyping the Physical Design:
Preparation, Sketch, Iterate, and Explore, Non-digital Methods, Laser Cutting, 3D Printing, CNC
Milling, Repurposing/Recycling.
Prototyping Online Components:
Getting Started with an API, Writing a New API, Real-Time Reactions, Other Protocols.
Techniques for Writing Embedded Code:
Memory Management, Performance and Battery Life, Libraries, Debugging.
Prototype to Reality:
Business Models: A Short History of Business Models, The Business Model Canvas, Who Is
The Business Model
For Models, Funding an Internet of Things Startup, Lean Startups.
Moving to Manufacture:
What Are You Producing?, Designing Kits, Designing Printed Circuit Boards, Manufacturing
Printed Circuit Boards, Mass-Producing the Case and Other Fixtures, Certification, Costs,
Scaling Up Software,
Ethics:
Characterizing the Internet of Things, Privacy, Control, Environment, Solutions.
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(Formerly West Bengal University of Technology)
Syllabus for B. Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering
(Applicable from the academic session 2018-2019)

Text Book
1. Adrian McEwen, Hakim Cassimally, “Designing the Internet of Things”, Wiley
publication, 1st Edition, November 2013.

Course Outcome : At the end of the course, the students will be able to :
1. understand the application areas of IOT.
2. realize the revolution of Internet in Mobile Devices, Cloud & Sensor Networks.
3. understand building blocks of Internet of Things and characteristics.
 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal
(Formerly West Bengal University of Technology)
Syllabus for B. Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering
(Applicable from the academic session 2018-2019)

OE-EC804A Artificial Intelligence 3L:0T:0P 3 credits

Introduction:
Overview; Foundation; History; The State of Art.
Intelligent Agents:
Agents and environment; Rationality; The nature of environment; The structure of agents.
Solving Problems by Searching:
Problem-solving agents; Well defined problems & solutions; Formulating problems; Searching
for solution; Uninformed search strategies: (BFS, DFS, DLS, IDDFS, Bidirectional Search)
Informed Search and Exploration:
Informed search strategies; Heuristic functions; On-line search agents and unknown
environment.
Constraint Satisfaction Problems:
Constraint satisfaction problems; Backtracking search for CSPs; Local search for CSPs.
Adversial search:
Games; Optimal decisions in games; Alpha-Beta pruning.
Logical Agents:
Knowledge-based agents; The wumpus world as an example world; Logic: Propositional logic
Reasoning patterns in propositional logic.
First-order Logic:
Syntax and semantics of first-order logic; Use of first-order logic.

Text Book
1. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach – Stuart Russel, Peter Norvig, 3rd Edition,
Pearson Education,
Reference Book
1. Artificial Intelligence - Elaine Rich, Kevin Knight and Shivashankar B Nair, 3rd Edition, Tata
McGraw
Hill, 2008.
2. Artificial Intelligence: A new Synthesis – Nils J. Nilsson, 1st Edition, Elsevier, 1997.
3. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems- Dan W. Patterson 2nd Edition,
PHI, 2009.

Course Outcome: At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
1. understand the modern view of AI as the study of agents that receive percepts from the
environment and
perform actions.
2. demonstrate awareness of the major challenges facing AI and the complex of typical problems
within the field.
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(Formerly West Bengal University of Technology)
Syllabus for B. Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering
(Applicable from the academic session 2018-2019)
3. exhibit strong familiarity with a number of important AI techniques, including in particular
search, knowledge representation, planning and constraint management.
4. asses critically the techniques presented and to apply them to real world problems.