Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

The department has a recognized research center affiliated to VTU, Belgaum. It offers MS and Ph.D programmes. The areas of research focused are  as follows. Mobile ad hoc networks, Wireless sensor networks, Grid Computing, Vehicle ad hoc networks, Signal processing, Image processing, Embedded systems development using PSOC and MSP 430, VLSI and  E-Commerce. 

Many of the faculties are involved in research and development. Ongoing research works and faculty involved are as follows.

Labs set up under research programmes are as follows. (1) Cypress PSOC lab in association with Cypress semiconductors, Bangalore, (2)  Texas microcontrollers lab in association with Cranes software International, Bangalore, (3) Wireless sensor network lab using imote sensors sponsored by VTU, Belgaum. These labs facilitate UG/PG and Ph.D students to carry out research and development  activities.

The grants received from several agencies for research purpose by the department among several proposals submitted to various government agencies, universities and industries are as follows.

The department in association with allied departments received several grants (Approx. Rs. 4.00 lakhs) from AICTE New Delhi, ISTE New Delhi, VTU Belgaum, CSIR New Delhi and other industries to conduct the conferences, symposia and workshops in the emerging areas of research.

Some of the faculty like Dr. S. S. Manvi and Mr. H.S. Aravinda received Travel grants from AICTE New Delhi to attend International Conferences at  Malaysia and Las Vegas, respectively.

Faculty of the department have published around more than 200 research papers in various journals and conferences at both national and international levels. In recent two academic years, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010, faculty have published around 80 research papers.

A list of 10 recent publications in journals and conferences  are as follows.

RECENT JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

• R. C. Biradar, S. S. Manvi, “Agent driven backbone rng based reliable multicast routing in MANET”, IET Communications (Accepted), 2010.
• S. S. Manvi, Lokesh B., Vittalkumar, “Routing misbehaviour detection in MANETs using 2ACK”, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, Accepted 2010.
• J. D. Mallapur, S. S. Manvi, D. H. Rao, “Fuzzy based approach for packet dropping  in wireless networks”, International Journal Advanced Networking and Applications, vol. 1, no.5, pp. 301-306, 2010.
• J. D. Mallapur, S. S. Manvi, D. H. Rao, “Fuzzy based packet dropping scheme in wireless cellular networks”, International Journal Computers Communications and Control, 2010 (Accepted, Final copy submitted).
• Anupama Nandennavar, M.N.Birje,S.S.Manvi,  Shridhar, “Mobility impact  on wireless grids”, Int. Jl. Computer  Science and Information     Security, vol. 7, no. 1, June 2010.
• R. C. Biradar, S. S. Manvi, "Multicast Routing  in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks using Link Stability”, International Journal of  Computer and           Electrical Engineering, (IJCEE), Singapore , Accepted for  Publication.
• Kiran B., A. V. Sutagundar, S. S. Manvi, “Energy efficient multicast routing in wireless sensor networks”, International  Journal on Computer and Electrical Engineering,  vol.2, no.2, 2010.
• Rohini Deshpande, B.Kumar, Shail Bala Jain, “Highly Narrow rejection bandwidth FIR Notch      filter for communication”, IET Communication, accepted for publication.
• Rohini Deshpande, .B.Kumar, Shail Bala Jain, .“Narrow Rejection Bandwidth Comb Filters, International Journal on Scientific Computing (IJSC)(ISSN: 0973-578X, Vol 3, Number 1 pp - 1 - 4 January - June 2009.
• R. C. Biradar, S. S. Manvi, “Link stability based multicast routing in MANETs”,  Elsevier International Journal on Computer Networks, Nov. 2009  (Available online, In press).
• Aravind H.S,  H.D.Maheshappa, Ranjan Moodithya “Implementation of the six channel Redundancy to achieve fault tolerance in testing of satellites”  International Journal of Computer science and information security, Vol. 8, No.1, April Issue, 2010.
• Aravind H.S,  H.D.Maheshappa, Ranjan Moodithya “Implementation of the 2 level Redundancy for 6 channels to achieve fault tolerance in satellites testing ”  International Journal of Computer Engineering and software Technology, on Jan – June, 2010 issue.
• K.M.Sudharshan, K.M.Rudrappa, H.D.Maheshappa, , H.D.Nataraj Urs, C.M.Patil, “Inverse Multiplexing for ATM (IMA) Transmitter Using Utopia, International Journal of Computer Science & Knowledge engineering (ISSN: 0973-6735, Vol – 3, No.1, PP – 79-83, dated January & June – 2009.
• Akkamahadevi.D.H,  Narasimha Kaulgud, “Embedded Zero tree wavelet coder  based image color image compression using error free coding technique  ”, International Journal of Computer Science and Knowledge Engineering (ISSN: 0973 - 6735) Vol 3, Number 1 pp - 63-67 January - June 2009.
• K.M.Rudrappa, H.D.Maheshappa, K.M.Sudharshan, H.D.Nataraj Urs, C.M.Patil, “Inverse Multiplexing for ATM (IMA) Transmitter Using Utopia, International Journal of Computer Science & Knowledge engineering (ISSN: 0973-6735, Vol – 3, No.1, PP – 79-83, dated January & June – 2009,

RECENT CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

• M. N. Birje, Dr. S. S. Manvi, “Monitoring and    Status Representation of Devices in Wireless Grids”, IEEE  Conference on Grid and Pervasive  Computing, Taipei, Taiwan, May  10-14  2010.
• R. C. Biradar,  S. S. Manvi, “Choosing neighbour nodes based on mobility and channel   conditions for routing in MANETs”, International Conference on Advances in Computer  Engineering,  Bangalore, India, June 20-21  2010.
• A. V. Sutagundar, S. S. Manvi, “Agent based context aware image fusion for military sensor networks”, Int. Conf. IEEE  Wireless Communication and Sensor Networks, Allahabad, India, Dec. 2009.
• V.R. Budhiyal, S. S. Manvi, “Intelligent agent based NDMR routing in MANETs”, Int. Conf. ADCOM, Bangalore, India, Dec. 2009.
• Rohini Deshpande, B.Kumar, Shail Bala Jain, “FIR bi Notch Filters as harmonics eliminators”, ACM sponsored international conference & workshop on emerging technology  (ICWET-10), Mumbai, India,  Feb 27th & 28th, 2010.
• Geeta D., S. S. Manvi, R. C. Biradar, “Temprature monitroing using Zigbee in wireless environments”, Int. Conf. Electronic Design and Signal Processing, Manipal, India, Dec. 12-13 2009.
• K.M.Rudrappa, H.D.Maheshappa, K.M.Sudharshan, H.D.Nataraj Urs, C.M.Patil, “Implementation of Inverse Multiplexing for ATM (IMA) transmitter using UTOPIA  ” “VLSI and communication (ICVCom) 2009)”  16th  to 18th April 2009, Kottayam, kerala.
• Akkamahadevi.D.H, H.D.Nataraj Urs, A Low Power Skew Tolerant domino digit serial multiplier, International conference on “advances in Computing , control & Telecommunication Technologies , 2009 (ACT 2009)”, 27th – 29th Dec 2009, Trivandrum.
• K.M.Sudharshan“Implementation of Inverse Multiplexing for ATM (IMA) transmitter using UTOPIA  ” “VLSI and communication (ICVCom) 2009)” 16th  to 18th April 2009, Kottayam, kerala.
• H.D.Nataraj Urs, “Implementation of Inverse Multiplexing for ATM (IMA) transmitter using UTOPIA  ”, “VLSI and communication (ICVCom) 2009)” ,   Kottayam, kerala, 16th  to 18th April 2009.