This document summarizes a 3-day national-level faculty development workshop on challenges for research in wireless communication technologies to be held from May 21-23, 2012 at Chitkara University Punjab. The workshop will cover topics ranging from fundamentals of cellular technologies to emerging wireless networking technologies. It aims to equip participants with teaching materials, simulation tools, and help them identify research areas. The workshop will include lectures, demonstrations, exercises and discussions over the 3 days.

1. National-level Faculty Development Workshop
On
`Challenges for Research in Wireless
Communication Technologies’
May 21-23, 2012
About the Workshop
The modern era belongs to a new wireless world indeed! The rapid growth of mobile cell phones,
Wi-Fi, and recently the wireless Internet is driving the whole world towards advanced Wireless
Communication Technologies. Let it be metropolitan/congested urban cities, or industrialized
economic zones, or even vast rural area; wireless voice/data/video communications is becoming
popular in every application. Wireless communication systems and networks are being installed and
commissioned in many towns and cities every day throughout the world. Local residents as well as
visitors at any location use handheld wireless devices and laptops, to remain connected with rest of
the world. The availability of more and more RF spectrum in higher band (1 GHz and more) for
mobile communications, mobility awareness in civilized society, global standardization of wireless
devices and products, expansion of business using information technology and many more such
factors are leading towards huge growth rates in wireless communication technologies. The advent of
new mobile applications and high-speed data transmission techniques will bring ubiquitous
multimedia mobile computing reality sooner than later.
So there is a need of hour to keep abreast with related research areas as well as finding solutions to
challenging issues. The department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Chitkara
University Punjab proudly announces a national-level faculty development workshop on
`Challenges for Research in Wireless Communication Technologies’ during May 21-23, 2012.

2. Scope of Workshop
This Workshop will cover divergent topics ranging from fundamentals of cellular mobile
communications to emerging wireless networking technologies. The workshop will address most of
the contents specified in the curriculum of cellular & mobile communications, wireless
communication systems & networks, advanced wireless communications, and many other allied
subjects at under-graduate as well as post-graduate level of Electronics and Communication
Engineering in different Indian technical universities and institutes.
The participants will derive various benefits such as
To equip themselves with best teaching material in related courses
To get familiarized with simulation tools
To publish technical papers in journals and conferences
To identify research areas for their M.Tech. and Ph.D. work
The Workshop Course Outline and Schedule
Three-day workshop will be conducted via an integrated presentation of theoretical and practical
aspects. Theme of the workshop is to find answers to challenges for research …..
Acquire requisite knowledge
Practice it
Identify problems and issues
Evolve probable solutions
And finally ….. RESEARCH, RESEARCH, AND RESEARCH ….
Day 1: May 21, 2012 Monday (9.30 AM – 4.30 PM)
Session I (30 minutes): Overview of the Workshop
Session II (One hour): Presentation on `Digital Cellular Technologies’
Session III (Two hours): The Cellular Architecture Concept – Design Aspects
Lunch Break (1 PM – 2 PM)
Session IV (Two hours): Communication Toolbox - Simulation of Digital Communication Link
Session V (30 minutes): Exercises and Discussions
Day 2: May 22, 2012 Tuesday (9.30 AM – 4.30 PM)
Session I (One hour): Performance criteria in Cellular Communications
Session II (1.30 hours): GSM and CDMA – One objective, Two technologies
Session III (One hour): 3G Cellular Technology and beyond ….
Lunch Break (1 PM – 2 PM)
Session IV (1.30 hours): BER Tool – Performance Analysis of Wireless Link
Session V (One hour): Online Quiz and Discussions

3. Day 3: May 23, 2012 Wednesday (9.30 AM – 4.00 PM)
Session I (One hour): IEEE 802.11 WLAN Standards and Wi-Fi
Session II (One hour): GloMoSim – A Network Simulator for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks
Session III (1.30 hour): Simulation Exercise for MANETs using GloMoSim 2.0
Lunch Break (1 PM – 2 PM)
Session IV (One hour): How to do Research?
Session V (One hour): Valedictory and High Tea
Registration Fee: Rs. 1000/- per participant
Registration fee should be paid cash or via DD favouring ‘Chitkara University’, payable at
Chandigarh, along with duly-completed Registration Form given here.
NOTE: The registration fee includes the cost of refreshment and lunch. However, the participants will have to
bear their own costs for their travel as well as boarding and lodging.
Relevant technical material on CD and certificate will be given to all the participants.
Contact for further details:
Prof. Rajesh Hooda
Head of Department (ECE)
Chitkara University, Punjab
Email Id: rajesh.hooda@chitkara.edu.in
Contact No.: +91. 9501105618
About the Resource Person
Prof. T. L. Singal is presently working as Professor in the department of
Electronics and Communication Engineering with Chitkara University,
Punjab. He graduated in Electronics and Communication Engineering
from NIT (formerly Regional Engineering College) Kurukshetra, and
post-graduated in Electronics and Communication Engineering from
Punjab Technical University Jalandhar. His areas of interests include
modeling and performance analysis of digital communication systems, and
convergence of wireless and Internet technologies.
He has authored two technical text-books `Wireless Communications’ and `Analog and Digital
Communications’, published by Tata McGraw-Hill Education. He has served leading telecom
industries in India and USA for more than 20 years during 1981-2002, and executed various R&D
projects. He held the position of Senior Network Consultant with Flextronics International Inc.,
Dallas (Texas), USA during 2000-2002. Since 2003, he has been working as Senior Faculty of
Electronics and Communication Engineering with reputed engineering institutes in India. He has
convened international conferences and workshops on Wireless Networks and Embedded Systems,
and edited proceedings of conferences. He has presented several technical research papers in
international journals and conferences.

4. REGISTRATION FORM
National-level Faculty Development Workshop
on
`Challenges for Research in Wireless Communication Technologies’
May 21-23, 2012
Name of the participant: ___________________________________________________
Designation: _____________________________________________________________
Department: _____________________________________________________________
Institute: ________________________________________________________________
Experience (in years) Teaching: _______________ Industry: _____________________
Address for Correspondence: _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Pin Code: _____________________ Phone (Landline): __________________________
Mobile No.: _____________________________________________________________
E-mail address: __________________________________________________________
Details of Registration Fee: (Cash/DD) Tick whichever is applicable
Name and Branch of Bank: _________________________________________________
DD No.: ________________________________Dated: __________________________
For Rs.: ________________________________________________________________
(DD should be drawn in favour of “Chitkara University”, payable at Chandigarh)
Date: _______________ Signature of Participant
The applicant is hereby sponsored and is permitted to attend the workshop.
Signature and Stamp of Sponsoring Authority