EEE 513: DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
The characteristics and objectives of distributed systems. Separation of logical design from implementation. Impact on the design of high level languages. Distribution of data, management, control; maintenance and administration. Network support requirements. Network owners vs. network users. Processors and processes. Process communication and resource sharing. Communication primitives. Application oriented services; Virtual processors, virtual file service, virtual terminal service, job transfer, their design and implementation. Operating systems and programming languages for concurrent and distributed systems.
EEE 556: PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS
Review of control systems. Overview of programmable logic controllers, input/output modules, signal conditioning and wiring. PLC programming using ladder diagrams, functional block diagrams, statement lists, sequential function charts or structured programming, IEC 1131-3 programming. . Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. PID control modules. Communications and automation. Application of PLCs in areas such as robotics, flexible manufacturing systems, batch and continuous processes and production monitoring. Practicals with a PLCs such as the Mitsubishi, Siemens or Allen-Bradley series.
EEE 529: FIBER-OPTIC COMMUNICATION
Introduction to Optical Fibers: Evolution of fiber optic system, Elements of an Optical Fiber Transmission link, Ray Optics, Optical Fiber Modes and Configurations, Mode theory of Circular Wave guides, Overview of Modes- Key Modal concepts, Linearly Polarized Modes, Single Mode Fibers, Graded Index fiber structure. Signal Degradation in Optical Fibers: Attenuation, Absorption losses, Scattering losses, Bending Losses, Core and Cladding losses, Signal Distortion in Optical Wave guides, Information Capacity determination, Group Delay-Material Dispersion, Wave guide Dispersion, Signal distortion in Single Mode (SM) fibers, Polarization Mode dispersion, Inter- modal dispersion, Pulse Broadening in GI fibers, Mode Coupling, Design Optimization of SM fibers, Refractive Index (RI) profile and cut-of wavelength. Optical Fiber Sources and Coupling: Direct and indirect Band gap materials, LED structure, Light source materials, Quantum efficiency and LED power, Modulation of a LED, lasers Diodes, Modes and Threshold condition, Rate equations, External Quantum efficiency, Resonant frequencies, Laser Diodes, Temperature effects, Introduction to Quantum laser, Fiber amplifiers, Power Launching and coupling, Fiber-to-Fiber joints, Fiber splicing. Optical Fiber Receivers: PIN and APD diodes, Photo detector noise, SNR, Detector Response time, Avalanche Multiplication Noise, Comparison of Photo detectors, Fundamental Receiver Operation, preamplifiers, Error Sources, Receiver Configuration, Probability of Error, Quantum Limit. Optical Fiber Communication System: Point-to-Point links: System considerations, Link Power budget, Rise-time budget, Noise Effects on System Performance. Optical transmission formats and protocols: WDM, DWDM, SDH, SONET
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