CHAROTAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

(CHARUSAT)
V. T. Patel Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
M. Tech. Sem. – II (Communication System Engineering)
EC – 711 RF and Wireless Communication Systems
Teaching Scheme Theory Practical Total Credit
Hours/Week 4 2 6
5
Marks 100 0 0
A Objective of the Course:
This course will introduce the students to the fundamentals of Radio frequency and wireless
communications related existing principles, theories, various laws, analysis, design and current
trends under following sub-topics: (1) Guided media, resonant circuits, impedance matching
networks and transformers, filters (2) Radio Wave Propagation models, fading types and effects,
cellular concepts, channel assignment and impairment mitigation techniques, interferences,
diversity, intelligent cell concept, Advanced intelligent network, 60 GHz wireless environment.
B Out line of the Course:
Sr. Title of the Unit Minimum number of
No. hours
1. Guided Media 9
2. Resonant Circuits and Resonator 8
3. Filter Design 6
4. Two-Port Networks 6
5. Radio wave propagation and Models 12
6. Wireless Cellular concepts and Issues 10
7. Advanced Intelligent Cell Network Concepts 5
8. Recent Developments in Wireless Systems 4
Total hours (Theory): 60 Hrs
Total hours (Lab): 30 Hrs
Total: 90 Hrs
C Detailed Syllabus:
This will provide details about topics under each units of the course.
1. Guided Media hours 9
1.1 Basic and fundamental understanding of various concepts, principles and theories related to guided
medium such as transmission lines

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 1.2 Matching techniques and lumped elements

1.3 Mathematical Analysis

1.4 Graphical Analysis and problems

2. Resonant circuits hours 8

2.1 Series and parallel circuits

2.2 Transformer coupled circuits

2.3 Transmission line resonant circuits

2.4 Microwave Resonators

3. Filter Design: hours 6

3.1 Image parameter methods
3.2 Insertion loss method
3.3 Microwave filters
4. Two-Port Networks: | hours | 6 |
4.1 Impedance, admittance and hybrid parameters

4.2 Transmission and chain parameters

4.3 Scattering parameters and conversions

5. Radio Wave Propagation and Models: hours 12

5.1 Fundamentals of radio and wave propagation, various technical terminologies

5.2 Causes and effects of losses, attenuations, impairments, fading, shadowing, polarization –
depolarization
5.3 Noises, uplink – downlink dispersion, interference

5.4 Mutual effects of satellite signals and circuits, Related numerical problems.

5.5 Numerical problems

6. Wireless Cellular concepts and Issues: hours 10

6.1 Cell–cluster and infrastructure, Channel reuse, Channel allocation-power control and
traffic handling: Erlang concepts
6.2 Cellular interference, Sectorization, and cellular spectral efficiency,

6.3 Cellular modeling Issues.

7. Intelligent Cell Concepts and networks hours 5
7.1 Evolution of Intelligent network (IN), Introduction to advanced intelligent n/w (AIN),
7.2 Characteristics-elements-interfaces of AIN

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7.3 AIN applications to mobile communication, Wireless information superhighway (WIS)
8. Recent Developments in Wireless Systems hours 4
8.1 EDGE, Bluetooth, and Software-Defined Radio technology
8.2 IEEE/IETE/… research papers of the last three months

D Instructional Methods and Pedagogy:

Assignments will be given to the students according to their syllabus in this subject.

E Student Learning Outcomes / objectives:

• Able to understand the basic RF and wireless communication systems.
• Able to understand the passive components operating at radio frequency for existing
and future wireless communication systems.
• Able to understand recent advances in RF – Wireless Communication and their
perspectives for techno-social applications.
• Able to understand design and analysis related issues of these systems.
• Able to understand various cellular techniques, losses, causes and effects in various
heterogeneous environmental conditions.
• On-hand practices for all these topics using equipments, instruments and latest
softwares.

F Recommended Study Material:

a) Reference books:
• Radio-Frequency and Microwave Communication Circuits: Analysis
and Design, Devendra K Misra, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004
• Mobile Wireless Communications, M. Schartz, 1st Asian
Edition,Cambridge Univ. Press, 2009.
• Wireless Communication, Upena Dalal, 1st Edition, Oxford Univ
Press, 2009
• Wireless Communication, Rappaport.
• Mobile Telecommunication, C. Y. W. Lee, Tata McGraw Hill, 2003
• …., C. K. Toh,
• Wireless and Cellular Communications, by Sharma, S K Kataria
and Sons, New Delhi
b) E-references
• http://nptel.iitm.ac.in
• www.ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Sloan-School-of.../15.../lec14.pdf
• www.eetindia.co.in/MUL_1800005_solutions_5_AN.HTM
• www.iec.org/online/tutorials/acrobat/in.pdf
• www.freepatentsonline.com/7606571.html 3/3