Post Graduate Diploma in Wireless Technology and   Application is a six months (24 weeks) full time programme  with one major project. The syllabus of the course has been focused to cover practical engineering applications, presenting the theory behind applications and implementation. The programme prepares skilled  Industry professionals (System Analysts, Design  Engineers/ Programmers, IT Consultants) through classroom lectures and practical training, using latest  software tools and  technology.

Course Highlights

• 24 weeks full-time Post-Graduate Course
• Evaluation at the module level followed by an exam at the end of each term
• Intake - 40 seats (maximum)
• Curriculum designed in consultation with industry experts and leading academicians (Technical Advisory Committee)
• Well-equipped laboratory
• Well-equipped library with access to International Journals
• Extensive hands on sessions
• Limited Internet access
• Exposure to soft skills
• Placement assistance
• ISO Certified training process
• Resourceful Faculty
• Quality Course Material
• Access to state-of-the-art computing facilities
• Hostel Facilities

Eligibility

 B.E / B.Tech., M.E/ M Tech. or equivalent in Electronics/Electrical/ Electrical & Electronics /Computer/Electronics and Telecommunication/ Instrumentation/ M. Sc (Electronics). Students appearing for the final semester examination are also eligible.

Candidates should have minimum 60% in last qualifying degree. Also Candidates should not have less than 60% in more than one of the academic qualifications. Candidate who have less than 50% in any of the qualifications are Not Eligible. Students who have appeared for final semester Examinations are also eligible for this course.

Selection Process & Declaration of Result

·      There would be an Online Exam.

·      Result will be prepared on the basis of marks secured in Online Exam and past academic record.

·      List of selected and waitlisted candidates (if any) would be declared from the Result.

·      In case, any selected candidate does not pay first installment of fee by specified date, his/her seat will be treated as vacant. Such vacant seats will be allotted to candidates in waiting list

·      Seats from waitlist will be filled only against the vacant seats.

·      In case any waitlisted candidate fails to do so his/her seat will allocated to the next candidate in waitlisted merit list.

·      Waitlisted candidates will contact CDAC, Noida on specified date and time.

·      In case there are vacant seats after the dates for submission of fee by merit and waitlisted candidates is over, they will be filled up from the left over of the selected & wait listed candidates up till one week(5 working days inclusive of the commencement date) from the commencement of the course.

Since result awaited candidates of eligible qualification may also apply for the programme, they have to submit the final year marksheet or completion certificate before they complete their programme from CDAC. Failure of same may lead to withholding of their PG diploma certificate & such candidates shall not be considered for placement assistance through CDAC

Course Fees

1.        Fee for the Course is Rs. 55,150/- inclusive of service Tax @10.3% payable in two installments (First installment Rs. 33,090/- and Second Rs. 22,060/-) by Demand Draft in favour of CDAC, NOIDA payable at Noida. First installment of fee is to be deposited by the selected/waitlisted candidates on or before the specified date. The second installment is to be paid on the first working day of the programme i.e. commencement date of the programme. In case a student wishes to transfer from one course to another (subject to qualifying the entrance exam for that course), it would be treated as a refund case and policy of refund given below shall be applicable.

 Rules for Refund of Course Fees

The course fees paid by the candidate shall be refunded as per the below mentioned rules:

1.    The fees shall be refunded only if the candidate applies for the refund or transfer within one week(5 working days) inclusive of the commencement date of the course. Request shall be accepted till 5 PM on the last date.

2.    25% of the course fees shall be deducted, balance fees shall be refunded within 30 days from the commencement of the course. Such cancelled seat will be allotted to the next waitlisted candidate.

3.    Any request for refund of fees shall not be entertained after one week (5 working days) inclusive of the commencement date of the course.  

Syllabus for Entrance Test

The Entrance Exam would be conducted in 2 hrs slots and would be  consisting of Multiple Choice Questions based on the following: 

1. Digital Electronics

2. Computer Architecture

3. Computer Network

4. Introduction to Computer

5. Operating System

6. Introduction of   C Language

7. Programming Concepts (Not related with language, only concepts)

8. Basics of Electronics

9. Introduction to Computers

10. General English (Comprehension, Correct the sentences, Correct the sentences)

11. Logical Reasoning (Series, Analogy Blood relation etc.)

12. Quantitative Aptitude (ratio & proportion, Percentage, Profit & loss, Time and work)

Evaluation Methodology

The evaluation methodology consist of continuous evaluation by means of class tests, seminars and lab assignment evaluations.

 The evaluation of the students is based on the following distribution of the marks:

 Instructions

1.    The student should have total of 75% attendance in theory and practical classes in order to be eligible for Participation Certificate of the course. In case attendance falls below 75% a student may still be awarded Participation Certificate on the basis of genuine grounds and their approval from Executive Director.

2.    The grade criteria for each module is as follows:               

3.    The candidates who would be absent/failed in the module end exams will be given one more chance to re-appear in the exam at the end of the program with the permission of Head of School. 4.    Every eligible candidate would be awarded Participation Certificate and Performance Statement (which would include Grade Sheet and Project Certificate)

Project                                                                                                                                     

Students have to do ONE project which is the part of the PGDWTA course at the end of the module. The project work is thoroughly evaluated. The project work is allotted  50 marks *, the categorization of which is as follows:

 *  The project is one part of the total marks assessment which is also mentioned  in Evaluation   Methodology Section.

GUIDELINES FOR PLACEMENT

The objective of the Placement Cell is to provide PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE to all the students registered with C-DAC, Noida for Career Courses for a duration of 6 months and above subject to certain criteria. List of companies who have recruited students from this course are:

PLACEMENT SCHEDULE (TENTATIVE)                 

COURSE CONTENTS

  OPERATING SYSTEM

RTOS FUNDAMENTALS(RTLinux)

• Introduction to Real time systems and Real Time Operating Systems
• Real Time OS Concepts
• Installation of RTLinux
• RTLinux ( Architecture, Module Concept, Linking a module with the kernel)
• Introduction to basic kernel API
• Real Time FIFO, Inter Process Communication between RT Task and Linux Process
• IPC using shared memory, Mail boxes, Hard & Soft Interrupts, Interrupt Handling
• Issues related to Scheduler writing, Performance parameters like Interrupt and Scheduling Latencies, Configuring and Compiling RTLinux
• Introduction to RTAI
• Overview and Comparison of various Real Time operating Systems
• Introduction to Mobile and Embedded Operating Systems
 

Linux Shell Programming

• History
• Overview
• Additional Features of Linux
• The Linux File System
• The Shell
• Command Line
• Standard I/O
• Redirection
• Pipes
• Components of a GUI
• Vi Editor
• Features
• Command Mode
• Input mode
• Searching and Substituting for a String
• Misc. Commands
• Bourne Again Shell
• Simple Shell Script
• Job Control
• Directory Stack Manipulation
• Processes
• Parameters
• History
• Command Line Expansion
• Shell Programming Pages
• Control Structures
• Functions
• TC Shell
• Features
• Redirecting Standard Error
• Word Completion
• Variables
• Control Structures
• Advanced Shell Programming
• Programming Tools
• Background
• Make utility
• System Calls

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CONCEPTS

• Introduction to SE
• The software process SDLC
• Describe and compare different SDLC models
• Project management
• Software implementation and maintenance
• Structured programming, language standards
• Software testing SQA, ISO, CMM Configuration management
• Software process and project metrics
• Design concepts

PROGRAMMING WITH C++     

• Difference between C and C+
• Linux C++ Debugging
• Class and Objects
• Constructors and Destructors
• Inheritance
• Multiple Inheritances
• Friend functions and Classes
• Polymorphism
• Overloading functions
• Copy Constructors
• Run Time Polymorphism
• Virtual Functions
• Class and Function Templates
• Exception Handling
• Namespaces
• File Handling
• STL
• RTTI
• Advanced Typecasting
• Concurrency & Misc.
• Implement concurrency in C++.

Introduction to Data Structures Using C++

• Algorithms and Abstract data types, Complexity of Algorithms
• Linked lists – types, implementation and applications
• Stacks – Implementation and applications
• Queues – types, implementation and applications
• Various Searching and Sorting Algorithms
• Trees – types, implementation and applications
• Graphs – implementation and applications

PROGRAMMING WITH LINUX INTERNALS

• File System Management – File concepts, Allocation and protection
• Mechanisms
• I/O and Secondary Storage Management
• Linux Architecture and System Call interface
• Processes & Signal API and POSIX thread API
• IPC Mechanisms (Pipes, FIFOs, Semaphores, Shared Memory)
• IPC Mechanisms (Message Queues and Sockets)
• Memory Management in Linux, Interrupts and Timers
• Introduction to kernel module programming

PROGRAMMING WITH MOBILE JAVA TECHNOLOGY

• Java Language and its features
• How Java is different from C++?
• The Java Language – Data types, Variables, Constants, operators, Control Statements (if, for, while, switch etc..)
• Classes in java ,Constructors, finalize, instance data and methods, the new operator ,Methods, overloading, parameter passing, objects as parameters ,Memory management, garbage collection ,The this facility, static data and methods, block, scope, lifetime .
• JDK and its usage (Java Compiler, Java Runtime, Java Debugger, Java doc)
• Difference between applications and applets
• Inner classes, Abstract Classes & wrapper classes.
• Interfaces ,Packages ,Access Control Rules
• Swing
• Java Network Programming
• Compare network programming in Java with that in other languages
• Remote Method Invocation
• Java Beans: Component Technology in Java
• Distributed Multi tiered Applications
• J2EE Container.
• Packaging.
• Deployment tools.
• Web application life cycle
• Deploying web applications.
• Servlets : Dynamic Content Generation
• JSP : Separating UI from Content generation code
• EJB : Server side distributed component architecture
• Java Security
• Web-tier security
• EJB-tier security
• Application-tier-client security
• Native Methods
• Calling Win32 APIs from Java
• Java Messaging API
• JMS API
• JMS programming model
• Using JMS API in J2ee model
• Introduction & Advanced J2ME
• Introduction & Advanced to mobile toolkit
• Introduction & Advanced to mobile computing.
• Building a wireless application using j2Me.
• Mobile 3d Graphics model

MODULE II: BASICS OF WIRELESS & COMMUNICATION NETWORK

DATA COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING

• Review of communication concepts, Circuit switching, Packet Switching, FDM,
• TDM, WDM multiplexing, PCM; OSI and TCP/IP layered architectures, TCP, UDP, IP (IV4 and IPV6), ICMP, PPP protocols, LAN protocols: 802.2, 802.3, 802.4, 802.5
• WAN protocols: HDLC, ISDN, Frame relay, ATM, FDDI, SONET/SDH, Signaling
• System, Socket programming, Application layer protocols: SMTP, HTTP, FTP
• Wireless Networks: 2G, 2.5G, 3G; Multiple access – FDMA, TDMA, CDMA
• Cellular Mobile communication systems; Global positioning system
• Wireless Internet; Multimedia Communication over IP networks; Wireless personal area networks (Bluetooth, HomeRF); wi-fi LANs, IEEE802.11 a/b/g ; OFDM
• Mobile Platforms: Power aware processors, mobile OS, Application services
• Coding of text, voice, image, and video signals; Multimedia communication
• over IP networks-Voice and video over IP, RTP, RTCP
• Embedded Networks and protocols: CAN, I2C, SPI, LON Works
• Introduction to Wireless Sensor Networks

BASICS OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

• Basics of Wireless Communications
• Mobile Wireless Characteristics
• Cellular Networks
• Personal Communications Service (PCS) and Third Generation Wireless (3G Networks)
• In Building System
• Fixed Wireless/Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
• Wireless Cellular/PCS Data
• Wireless Messaging
• Wireless Local Area Networks (LANs)
• Wireless Internet Access
• Overview of Circuit Mode Wireless Data
• Review of TCP/IP Data
• Introduction to Wireless IP
• The Wireless IP/Mobile IP IETF-Based Solution
• The GPRS GSM-Based Solution
• Data over 2G, Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) (GSM, ANSI-136, and ANSI-95)
• Third Generation (3G) Data Overview
• Existing Paging, Messaging, and Dedicated Data Networks

FUNDAMENTALS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Introduction
• Switching
• Transmission Systems
• Network Control
• Customer Premises Equipment
• Speech Coding
• Digital Transmission Hierarchies
• Network Access 

BASICS OF RADIO FUNDAMENTALS

• An Introduction to Radio Frequency (RF)
• Channel Coding and RF
• RF Transmission/Reception
• Access Techniques
• Site Selection/Planning
• Frequency Selection and RF Interference
• Link Budget Analysis
• Installation/Proof of Performance
 

MODULE III: MICROCONTROLLER

8-BIT MICROCONTROLLERS AND INTERFACING

• Processor Architecture (Princeton and Harvard) RISC & CISC Microcontrollers Features & Memories
• Internal Architecture Addressing Modes Overview Instruction Set
• Data Movement Instructions Memory Instructions Arithmetic & Bit Operation Instructions
• Hardware Features Reset & System Clock /Oscillators Timers, Input Capture & Output Compare Modes
• Application Design Power, Oscillator & Reset Circuitry I/O Ports
• Interfacing LED’s, Switches & LCD Parallel Interface
• Interfacing Hardware to Microcontroller Types of ADC and DAC Example Interfacing of ADC & DAC to Microcontroller
• Serial Interface through RS232 I2C
• SPI Communication
• CAN Interface & USB Interfacing

16/32 BIT ARM CONTROLLER

• Introduction to 16/32-bit Processors
• The ARM Architecture, Overview of ARM, Register Set and Modes
• ARM Processor Core ARM7TDMI & ARM 9TDMI, Data Path and Instruction Decoding
• ARM Instruction Set Introduction to Exceptions Conditional Execution, Branch, Branch Link and Branch Exchange
• ARM Development Environment Assembler and Compilers Linkers and Debuggers
• Software Interrupts Data Processing Instructions Multiple Register Transfer Instruction
• Thumb Instruction Set Mixing ARM & Thumb Instructions
• Architectural Support for High Level Language Data Types
• Floating Point Data Types Expressions, Conditional Statements and Loops
• Memory Hierarchy Memory Interfacing Memory Size & Speed Cache
• Architectural Support for Operating System ARM System Control Coprocessor CP15 Protection Unit Registers
• ARM MMU Architecture Synchronization Context Switching Enhanced DSP Extension

MODULE IV : WIRELESS & MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES

 UNDERSTANDING GSM & GPRS

• An Introduction to Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM
• Principles of Cellular and Digital Radio
• GSM Network Aspects
• The GSM Traffic Channel: Step by Step
• GSM Logical and Physical Channels
• Data and Quality of Service (QoS)
• GSM System Capacity 

UNDERSTANDING GSM & GPRS CONTINUED

• GPRS Introduction
• GPRS network System Architecture
• GPRS Traffic Case, Air Interface, Base Station System
• GPRS Core Network
• GPRS protocols and procedures
• Introduction to EDGE & EGPRS Protocols

3G WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

• Introduction to Third Generation (3G)
• Key Technology Concepts for 3G
• Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Overview
• 3G cdma2000 IS-95-Based
• 3G W-CDMA GSM-Based
• 3G Universal Wireless Communications-136 (UWC-136)
 

UMTS

• Introduction to Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) and 3G
• UMTS Network and Protocol
• UMTS Operational Scenarios
• UMTS Open Service Architecture (OSA)
• UTRAN Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) Radio Link
• UMTS Evolution and Future
 

GPS

• GPS Architecture
• GPS Receiver
• Differential GPS
• Applications of GPS
• Developing Applications using GPS Receivers

RFID

• Overview of RFID system
• Benefits of RFID
• Hardware: tags, readers, antennas and networks
• Software: drivers, middleware, enterprise applications
 

4G TECHNOLOGIES

• WAP Technology
• WLL Technology
• Bluetooth Technology
• WLAN/WiFi Technology
• Signaling Technology
• Management Technologies
• IN (Intelligent Network)
• Telecom s/w and Telecom Hardware Development Technologies
• ATM
• ISDN
• ZigBee
• Wireless Sensor Network

WIRELESS AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS

• Multimedia Messaging Services
• Internet Based Information Services for Wireless Devices
• Mobile Phones
• Internet Enabled PDA’s
• Java Enabled Mobile Secured Application
• Mobile Banking
• Mobile Cameras
• Mobile Shopping etc

Android OS

• Features of android

• Android architecture.

• Android OS programming steps.

• Introduction to  Android SDK software

• Interfaces.

• Developers features of  Android,

•  Peer-to-peer messaging,

•  Native map support features,

•  Hardware access,

•  Background servicess,

•  inter process and inter device messaging,

•  Shared databases, and graphics.

• Methodologies of Writing and debugging the major Android Applications

Project Work  :

Project Work  : ( 4 WEEKS ) Embedded and Wireless application.

Submission of Application

Registration for the course would be done ONLINE. It is advised to read the General Instructions carefully before filling up the Application Form. Payment for registration can be done through DD or Credit Card mode. Registration fee is Rs. 300/- . If the mode is DD then a demand draft of Rs. 300/- in favour of CDAC, Noida payable at NOIDA has to be prepared. DD prepared should be before date of registration .  Any draft prepared after last of registration shall not be accepted. Candidates have to send a print out of the Application Form along-with self attested photocopies of mark sheets and DD (if applicable) so as to reach the venue on or before the last date of registration .

Course Commencement

In a year, twice as under:

1.    Tentatively 1st Monday of February

2.    Tentatively 1st Monday of August

Entrance Exam Venue

CDAC, Noida