ECE TABLOID

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

PONDICHERRY ENGINEERING COLLEGE

VOLUME 2
ISSUE 1
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER
MESSAGE FROM THE DESK
2009
- Dr. E.Srinivasan, Professor and Head

ECE STUDENTS’ COUNCIL Globalisation has flattened the world and paved the way for the opportunities
OFFICE BEARERS to transcend the physical boundaries of the countries across the world. The current
recession scenario cannot last long and indeed, the palpable positive signs have begun
Patron to appear on the horizon. The core and knowledge industries have started treading
Dr. V. Prithiviraj the growth trajectories. As a result, the market is likely to be replete with the
(Principal) opportunities in a couple of months from now. Consequently, it is incumbent upon
the students to groom themselves to be industry ready human resource and look
President forward to capitalize the opportunities. Besides being confident in the domain of
Dr. E. Srinivasan study, the students are expected to possess a multitude of soft skills to stay competitive
(Professor and Head) and surge ahead of their peers. I exhort you to introspect on your discernible strengths
and weaknesses with ruthless honesty, consolidate your strengths and work on
Students’ Counselor diligently to win over your shortcomings. Upon doing this exercise incessantly, you
Dr. K. Jayanthi are certain to refine and emerge as a human resource worthy of emulation.
(Asst. Professor) PEC is recognized as one of the front ranking engineering institutes both by the
academia and industry. Your seniors who have graduated from this formidable institute
Secretary over the yesteryears have spread far and wide across the globe occupying coveted
Tilak J positions in industries and universities. Thanks to their scholarship and commitment,
(Final Yr, B.Tech) several prominent graduate schools abroad regard PEC as a potential feeder institute
for their graduate programmes. Academically proficient students with aptitude for
Joint Secretary learning and research must explore possible opportunities towards pursuing higher
Vinoth Kumar R studies either in India or overseas and evolve as erudite scholars with a larger goal of
(Final Yr, B.Tech) contributing to the society as a whole.
It is our earnest desire that all our students are of great character conforming
Senior Student Invitees to the ethical values in letter and spirit and willing to share their prosperity with others
Ramesh Kumar A towards creating our egalitarian society. That is the way to make our lives more
(II Yr, M.Tech, ECE) meaningful and purposeful.
Timothy Rajkumar K My profound thanks to the editorial team for giving me an opportunity to talk
(II Yr, M.Tech, WC) to the students through this column.
Balachander D
(I Yr, M.Tech, ECE)
Ashok Kumar E
(I Yr, M.Tech, WC)
HAPPENINGS AROUND US
Executive Members
Sri Harsha Dr P.Dananjayan, Professor, has been deputed as visiting professor, Asian
(III Yr, B.Tech) Institute of Technology (AIT).
Nandhini S B
(III Yr, B.Tech) Inauguration of ECE Studends’ Council
Viknesh Kumar B The ECE Students’ Council for the academic year 2009-2010 will be inaugurated
(II Yr, B.Tech) on 14th september. Dr. G.T.Manohar, Retired Professor, IIT Madras, Chennai will inau-
Dhanya V M gurate and deliver the inaugural address.
(II Yr, B.Tech) Completion of Phd by Mrs.M.Tamilarasi, Asst. Prof., Dept. of ECE under the title
“STUDIES ON PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS IN MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS
USING ON-DEMAND ROUTING PROTOCOLS”
Editor Her research work concentrates on overcoming the shortcomings of the most
Thierry Gloude R popular on-demand routing protocols applied in MANETs, namely, Dynamic Source
(Final Yr, B.Tech) Routing (DSR) and Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing. To achieve
packet as well as byte overhead reduction and power conservation in DSR, an algorithm
called MDSR2 with Energy Management is proposed. An adaptive timeout algorithm
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and a power saving strategy is incorporated in AODV. A new routing protocol called
article or any piece of
Hierarchical Time Index Routing (HTIR) is also proposed for the same type of network
original content to and a qualitative analysis and performance comparison are presented.

ecestud0910@gmail.com Turn in to Green

We, the students of Electronics and Communication Engineering, apart from
academics take up few social issues and we contribute our might. Students of every
year have planted a sampling and it will be taken care till they leave this campus .

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 ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARDS
Above and beyond awards – these elegantly christened and poetically sounding annual awards have been instituted
from the academic year 2007-2008. The patrons of these awards are two of our distinguished alumni – Mr.V.Arumugam,
1991 batch alumnus and Mr.V.Muthukumar, 1994 batch alumnus. Interestingly, both of them are siblings. It is the
privilege of the department and the institute to place on record a great deal of appreciations and thanks to both these
foresighted alumni for their philanthropic contribution born out of their venerable vision towards creating tomorrow’s
technology leaders. The awards are bestowed on top two sophomore year and two pre-final year academic performers.
Awards are thoughtfully designed to be given in the form of cash towards facilitating the educational endeavors of the
recipients. Each of the two first rank holders will be given a cash prize of Rs.10000/- while the two second rank holders
will receive Rs.5000/- each. It is the infallible conviction of the patrons that the awardees possess the passion and
potential to look above and beyond the contemporary horizons of technology and emerge as tomorrow’s technological
innovators in the frontier areas. We believe and hope these awards would sensitive the awardees and their high caliber
peers towards their holistic commitment as technocrats to the society at large. We exhort the competitive students of
this reputable department to invest the best of their efforts and skills towards securing these most coveted “Above and
Beyond Awards” in the years ahead.

The awardees for the academic year 2008-2009 are

Final Year (For their performance in the pre-final year)

1. Thierry Gloude R and Deepti Sindhuja P (Both share the first place)

Pre-Final year (For their performance in the sophomore year)

1. Marie Antony A
2. Amudheesan @ Aadhithan N

FRESHERS’ FEAST WE SALUTE YOU

- Durga K, B.Tech, Third Year
The 31st July, 2009 formed a red
letter day for us, the 3rd ECEians as it
marked our beginning as leaders,
mentors & consequently role models
for the younger generation. Yes, it was
the most awaited one, “The Freshers’
Day”, a ceremony which lays the
foundation for building a good
comradeship with our juniors. The
celebration begun with the welcoming
of our beloved professors followed by
the self-introduction by our juniors.
Consequently was the then HOD,
Dr.P.Dananjayan’s speech which was
indeed thought provoking. We were
also fortunate enough to hear words
of encouragement support from, Dr.
E. Srinivasan. A gift even if it is a small
thing given, sows the seeds of cordial
relationship between the giver and
receiver. Presents were given to each
of the juniors. We extended our
gratitude to our professors for their
presence which decorated our
evenings. Then began the fun-filled
celebration. A good number of events
were conducted. The hustle and bustle
in the room showed the development
of a good rapport along with care and
affection. The function was, indeed a
platform to show our event
management skills. We were also able
to identify the budding talents for
which we promise to provide
constant support and motivation. It
would be unfair if the fact that “we
learned a lot from our juniors as they
did from us” is not mentioned. It was
also a great opportunity for us to
prove our efficiency in working as a
team. Altogether the experience was
fantabulous. Then we snacked and
parted off with the satisfaction of
having met good counterparts for
whom we ought to be paradigms.
SENIORS
-Rajendran S, B.Tech, Second Year
We entered the college as freshers
We found you as treasures
You took very good measures
And reduced our pressures
We found you to be very friendly
We found you to be very lively
Of Course you were lovely
And we admired you fully
We admire your patience
We adore your silence
We appreciate your tolerance
And we aspire for your intelligence.
You gave us encouragement
You gave us enlightenment
You gave us entertainment
And for all other things you gave us,
We salute you seniors.

THE HOLISTIC TRIO

We, the final year students are extremely delighted to announce the advent of the three new study groups in our
department. Each group would cater to the needs of the craving aspirants to fulfill their dream. The function of these
groups is to facilitate the preparation process of the students who are willing to appear for the exams like GATE, CAT,
GRE, etc. Each group will be headed by two final year students to assist the prefinal years and sophomores. The details
of the groups and the final year coordinators are furnished below

Group 1(GATE/IES) - Sethuram V, Srinandhini K

Group 2(CAT/MAT/XAT) - Sivasankar S, Ganesh B
Group 3(GRE/TOEFL/IELTS) - Devanathan N, Deepti Sindhuja P

Interested students can enroll themselves. The application forms will be available with the class representatives.

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 NANO-COMMUNICATION
Nanotechnology for Wireless Communications
- Krishna Bharathi L, M.Tech(WC), Second Year
The next-generation high data rate wireless com-
munication systems are expected to offer completely
new way to access information and services. The need
for higher data transfer rate and bandwidth, along with
the requirement for low-cost, high efficiency system
implementation, has led to an explosion in new technol-
ogy development for integrated circuit approaches in RF/
microwave area, RF receiver and transmitter, data stor-
age and even power supply. A complete solution for high
system integration of various components is the trend,
the 3D System-on-Package (SOP) concept is considered
as one of the future solutions. To realize such a complex
concept, nanotechnology could play a significant role for
continuing innovations in mobile devices.
The future cellular and personal communication
services are expected to be operating at the frequency
bands around 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz. Other wireless com-
munication applications operating at Ultra Wideband
(UWB) frequency in the range of 3.1-10.6 GHz, the Wire-
less Sensor Network (WSN) and Wireless Local Area Net-
works (WLAN) operating into the millimeter-wave re-
gime of 10-100 GHz. This rapid expansion of untethered
communication applications has raised the requirements
of high-efficiency and higher rate RF transceivers in the
next-generation communications.
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To realize the higher data transfer speed, a highly in-
tegrated system is expected such as the integration of all
the components on a single package including antenna, fil-
ters, frequency synthesizers, monolithic microwave integrated
circuits, digital processing and microprocessor control chips,
which would meet the needs of more functionality, better
performance, low cost and high integrity. Realization of such
a highly integrated system requires innovative technologies
in fundamental materials, novel device and circuit design, sys-
tem architecture, and fabrication process; the emerging
nanotechnology plays a critical role in realization of the next
generation wireless communications.
One of the key applications of nanotechnology is in
nano-scale electronic devices and systems. Such
nanoelectronic devices and nano-photonic devices can be
incorporated into the wireless communication components
such as RF integrated circuits, large scale integration digital
processing and microprocessor control chip which perhaps
have a great impact on the communication systems in terms
of signal transmission, functionality, power consumption, size
of the mobile units etc. In summary, nanotechnology appli-
cations in wireless communications are still at the infant stage,
but it will make a great impact on the development of wire-
less technology .
BLUNDERS OF THE
WORLD
- Sivaprrasath M, B.Tech, Second Year
The Blunders of the World is a list that Mahatma
Gandhi gave to his grandson Arun Gandhi,
written on a piece of paper, on their final day
together, not too long before his assassination.
Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Knowledge without character
Commerce without morality
Science without humanity
Worship without sacrifice
Politics without principle
Rights without responsibilities
"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher
explains. The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires."
We Thank all our faculty members
for inspiring us
WISH U A HAPPY TEACHERS DAY
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 FRENDZ FOR LIFE
More Hands To Join
- Sivasankar S , B.Tech, Final Year
Frendz For Life is a registered non-governmental
organization working for the welfare of down trodden
students. May 17, 2006 marked the birth of FFL, the day
on which FFL Trust was officially registered as a charitable
trust. The trust was started under the motivation and
guidance of Dr. E. Srinivasan, the advisor of the trust. The
organization is conducting many programs for helping the
physically challenged, orphan students for pursuing their
studies.
It is also conducting many awareness camps, blood
donation and eye donation camps. The unique thing about
the organization is that, the members of the organization
are none other than the alumni and the current final year
students of Pondicherry Engineering College. The final year
students of PEC look into the field activities every year
and the fund inflow to the trust is mainly from the members
of the trust who have passed out in yesteryears. The
Organization celebrated the grand third anniversary
function on July 5, 2009. SSP Srikanth was the Chief guest
of the function, appreciated the activities of the
CROSSWORD
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first two winners name along with the solution will be pub-
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organization. Mr. Britto who is the secretary of the
organization has forwarded a letter about the organization
to ACTION 2020 team, which is a team comprising of
youngsters under the guidance of Dr. Abdul Kalam. To our
surprise we got an appreciation letter from Dr. Abdul Kalam,
appreciating the activities and the field work carried out
by FFL team. On 11th August 2009, Mr. Britto had the
golden opportunity of meeting the great person Dr. Abdul
kalam and he was there to represent Frendz For Life
students family from Pondicherry. The biggest achievement
is that FFL team has grown from a strength of 15 students
to a family of around 150 active young folks as it stands
today. Without the help and the support provided by our
seniors, it would not have been possible for the us (the
team) to reach this position. Juniors who are really
interested can join in the organization for helping the
physically challenged, orphan students of our nation.
Let’s contribute something to the society.
Let’s serve the deserved.
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ACROSS
3.Increasing the amplitude of higher modulating
frequency to improve SNR
8.Use of DFT in evaluating power spectral density
9.Solid state semiconductor device which acts as
bistable switch
11.________ diode when forward biased acts like a
variable resistor and when reverse biased acts as a
constant capacitor
12.Circuit called as Amplitude selector
13._________ diode offers high switching speed
DOWN
1.Voltage follower that provides isolation between
input and output
2.Converts one form of energy to another
3.Quantized and encoded PAM
4.Frequency translation of modulated signal
5.Combination of compression and expansion in the
transimition of signal
6._______ crystal exhibits least piezo-electric effect
7.Multivibrator which is used as voltage to frequency
converter
10.Filter which acts as a differentiator
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