Alexandria University

Faculty of Engineering
Electrical Engineering Department
Communications and Electronics Section

Rest of 3rd Year

& 4th Year Graduation Project
Presentedandreeditedby:Eng.Mostafa M.Ayesh
Oncourtesyofmyteachers:
Eng.YasserYousry
PhD student atUniversitPierreetMarieCurie(UPMC) Paris,France

Eng.KarimBanawan
PhD student atUniversityofMaryland,USA

Welcome afterMicroprocessor !!

Welcome afterMicroprocessor !!

Welcome afterMicroprocessor !!

AndWhat aboutsignals!

Outline
Secondsemesterof3rd year
Subjectsin4th year
Introductiontograduationproject.
Intendinglearningoutputs(ILOs)of
graduationproject.
Classificationofgraduationproject.
Stepsofgraduationprojectpreparation.

Outline
Secondsemesterof3rd year
Subjectsin4th year
Introductiontograduationproject.
Intendinglearningoutputs(ILOs)of
graduationproject.
Classificationofgraduationproject.
Stepsofgraduationprojectpreparation.

Secondsemesterof3rd year
From2nd termof3rd year
StartofCommunications !!

AnalogCommunications(125)
AnalogIC(125)
Control(150)
ElectromagneticwavesT.L&Media(150)
MicrowaveDevices/OpticalDevices/Operatingsystems(125)
Metrology(75)
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Secondsemesterof3rd year
From2nd termof3rd year
StartofCommunications !!
AnalogCommunications(125)

AnalogIC(125)
Control(150)
ElectromagneticwavesT.L&Media(150)
MicrowaveDevices/OpticalDevices/Operatingsystems(125)
Metrology(75)
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Secondsemesterof3rd year
From2nd termof3rd year
StartofCommunications !!
AnalogCommunications(125)

AnalogIC(125)
Control(150)
ElectromagneticwavesT.L&Media(150)
MicrowaveDevices/OpticalDevices/Operatingsystems(125)
Metrology(75)
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Secondsemesterof3rd year
From2nd termof3rd year
StartofCommunications !!
AnalogCommunications(125)

AnalogIC(125)
Control(150)
ElectromagneticwavesT.L&Media(150)
MicrowaveDevices/OpticalDevices/Operatingsystems(125)
Metrology(75)
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Secondsemesterof3rd year
From2nd termof3rd year
StartofCommunications !!
AnalogCommunications(125)

AnalogIC(125)
Control(150)
ElectromagneticwavesT.L&Media(150)
MicrowaveDevices/OpticalDevices/Operatingsystems(125)
Metrology(75)
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Outline
Secondsemesterof3rd year
Subjectsin4th year
Introductiontograduationproject.
Intendinglearningoutputs(ILOs)of
graduationproject.
Classificationofgraduationproject.
Stepsofgraduationprojectpreparation.

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4th year(FinalDestination) 1
YearofBONUS
Theeasiestfromgettinggrades!
Theproblemis:
Thetoughestyear(physiologicalandpsychological!!)

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4th year!!!

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4th year(FinalDestination) 2
Firstterm:

Digitalcommunications
DigitalIC/Opticalcommunications
Antenna/DSP
Measurement
Internationaleconomy
Graduationproject

Secondterm:

Communicationssystem
MicroprocessorII
Advancedcommunications/VLSI
Network/Biomedical
Communicationlaws
Projectmanagement
Graduationproject

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4th year(FinalDestination) 3

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Outline
Secondsemesterof3rd year
Subjectsin4th year
Introductiontograduationproject.
Intendinglearningoutputs(ILOs)of
graduationproject.
Classificationofgraduationproject.
Stepsofgraduationprojectpreparation.

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Introductiontograduationproject
Itisaprojectthat
Bringsyouintosomefield
Showsyourknowledgeinthefield.
Showshowtodealwithrealproblems.
Givesyousomepresentationskills.

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Outline
Secondsemesterof3rd year
Subjectsin4th year
Introductiontograduationproject.
Intendinglearningoutputs(ILOs)of
graduationproject.
Classificationofgraduationproject.
Stepsofgraduationprojectpreparation.

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Intendinglearningoutputs(ILOs)of
graduationproject.
Learnhowtolearn
Analoguestoreallife

Academically
Ajointresearchtopicbetweenstudentsandthe
projectsupervisor

Outline
Secondsemesterof3rd year
Subjectsin4th year
Introductiontograduationproject.
Intendinglearningoutputs(ILOs)of
graduationproject.
Classificationofgraduationproject.
Stepsofgraduationprojectpreparation.

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Classificationofgraduationproject
Selflearning(90%)
Supervisorbasedlearning
Mixofboth(best)
Pros&cons??

Outline
Secondsemesterof3rd year
Subjectsin4th year
Introductiontograduationproject.
Intendinglearningoutputs(ILOs)of
graduationproject.
Classificationofgraduationproject.
Stepsofgraduationprojectpreparation.

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Stepsofgraduationproject
preparation
Idea
Team
Diversityofgrades
Friendship
Loadbalancingandresponsibility

Leaderandsubleaders
Leadershipisnotaprize!
Leaderisnotalwaysthebest!
Professionofleaderismanageandnottorule!

Stepsofgraduationproject
preparation (cont.)
Supervisorsandtheirclasses
Coordination(differsfromyeartotheother)
FundsandGrants
Nahda ElMahrousa (almost6000L.E)
ITIEDA
NTRA
College.
TIEC
SelfGrant!(inthebeginning)

Howtowriteaproposal

Introduction
Backgroundontheproblem,opportunityorsituation
Benefitsandfeasibilityoftheproposedproject
Descriptionoftheproposedwork(resultsoftheproject)
Method,procedure,theory
Schedule
Qualifications
Cost,resourcesrequired
Conclusions
Specialprojectspecificsections
Thinkingwhatsortofinformationthattherecipient
wouldneedtofeelconfidenthavingyoudotheproject.

Projectmilestones
Background
Facultyfault!!

Technologyreview
Thatwhatyouwanttounderstandtodoyourproject

Aimunderstanding(unfortunatelylate)
Practicalwork(Amust)
MATLAB
DSP
VHDL
Cetc.

Projectmilestones(cont.)
Bookwriting
Hint:beginitfromDay1
Noonewillbenefitfromthebookexceptyouand
yoursuccessors
Template(word Latex)

Finalpresentation
Hint:Aplay! hehehehehe
Theoreticallyhalfofthefinalgradeistakenatthatday
Firsttenrankedstudentsgetthesamegrade!

Toolsandreferencesneeded

MATLAB
C
VHDL/Verilog
Google
Advancedsearch
Scholar

scihub.org , gen.lib.rus.ec

DIFFERETENTTRACKS
Departmenttracks:
1. Communications:

Communicationsassystemlevel
Network
Biomedical
Microwaveandelectromagnetics

2. Electronics:

DigitalDesign
AnalogDesign(baseband(wired)andRF(wireless))
Mems
Embeddedsystems
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Projectscategories
Researchproject
Aim theoreticalstudyofhottopicofresearchand
applicationisMATLAB
ExcessiveMaths andknowledge
Perfectfortopnotchstudentsandgraduatestudents
Drawback:isolatedfromreality.
examples
MIMOtechniques
Convexoptimization
Cognitiveradio

Projectscategories(cont.)
Systemleveldesign(90%)
Aim:Totakeacomplexcommunicationsystem
studyitsstandard transformyourunderstandingto
MATLABcode
Adv.:teamwork,linkedtooutsourcingcompaniesex.
Sysdsoft
Disadvantages:notinnovative,repeated
ExamplesSimulation
UMTS
WiMAX
LTE

Projectscategories(cont.)
Implementation
Aim:todothesameaspreviousprojectbutit
ignoresthebackgroundaroundeachblock
andfocusonimplementationofDSPorFPGA
Adv.:realsystem
Disadv.:AssystemEngineeryoudontreally
knowthefullpicture
Examples:samebutwehavehereDSPor
FPGA

Projectscategories(cont.)
Survey
Aim:tolearn(only)aboutcommunication
systems
Adv.:easy,generalview
Disadv.:notreallyaproject(itisbook
presentationwriting!)
Ex.
MobileEvolutionfrom1G4G
Advancedtopicsinwirelesscomm.
Etc.

Projectscategories(cont.)
OtherNWlayers
Aim:ToleavePHYlayerandfocusonotherlayers
suchasMAC,NWlayer..
Adv.NetworkEngineerisneeded
Disadv.:wehaventtrulynonPHYsupervisor
Examples
WLAN
Firewall
Wirelesssensornetworks

Projectscategories(cont.)
Others

Aim:thinkoutsidethebox
Adv.differentandalwayswinning
Disadv.:lessknowledge
Examples

Indoorcoverage
Radarandsatellitecommunication
GPStracking
CaravoidanceusingLIDAR
OpenBTS
Smartantennas
QuadCopters
ROV
Opticalcomm.links
..Etc.

Myproject
DesigningADCbasedRXforaHighspeed
seriallink(SerDes)
Whichcategory
Mix(smallresearch,systemlevel,circuitlevel,
survey!)

Adv.:knowledge,teamwork,practical
(simulation)
Disadv.:notinnovative

GeneralBackgroundneededfor
communications
Amust
Digitalcomm. Sklar ,ourbook(first3chapters)

Preferred(speciallyinresearch)
Linearalgebra Strang videos
Stochasticprocess,Estimationanddetection

Projectspecified(notacourse!)
Mobilecommunication
CCNA
Opticalcomm.

My (our)dream
Collaboration(teams+TAs+supervisors)
Completesystem+implementation+
application
Paper(research)
Innovativeidea!

Mydream

Announcement 1
Dr.Bassem Mokhtar iswillingtoworkin:
Networkonchip(NOC)
SmartAntennas
Intelligentcomputernetworks

Announcement 2
Dr.MohamedMorsy iswillingtoworkin:
Hardwaresecuritysystems(Encryption)
Applicationspecificinstructionsetprocessor
(ASIP)

Announcement 3
Dr.Ziad ElSahn iswillingtoworkin:
Opticalcommunications
SiliconPhotonics(newhottopic)