ISSUE 8

JULY 2009

Monthly e-Newsletter

The Faculty of Electrical, Electronics & Computers Engineers

The First e-Newsletter of MUET

PATRONS: Dr. B.S Chowdry; Dr. Aftab A.Memon; DR. Mukhtiar A. Unar

Editor
Mr.Fahim A. Umrani
IN THIS ISSUE…
Sub-Editor(s)
Revenue Assurance and Mr.Saadullah Kalwar
Fraud Management Mr.Raheel A. Jonejo
Mr.Aakash Makhijani
Mr.Jawad Saeed Abro
• History Of
Mr.Noman Palijo
Telecommunication Ms.Maya Kella
Ms.Zunera Aziz
How To prepare for job
Mr.Moiz R. Memon
Of SUPARCO
News Reporter(s)
Mr.Umair Mujtaba
• News On Campus
Mr.Zubair Ahmed
Mr.Salman Ahmed
• Photos Of the Month
Mr.Habibullah Soomro
Mr.Kapal Dev
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Starting from 1200 BC, This is how Things progressed...

1200 BC - Homer talks about signal fires in the Illiad.

700 BC to 300 AD - Carrier pigeons used in Olympic games

1588 AD - Arrival of the Spanish Armada announced by signal fires

~1800 AD - A line of canon from Buffalo to NYC used to announce Gov. DeWitt Clinton's inaugural trip
through the Erie Canal. It took 80 minutes.

1791 - The Chappe brothers, in France, were in their teens and were going to schools some distance
apart but visible to each other. They obtained permission to set up a signaling system so they could
send messages to each other. Their semaphore system consisted of movable arms on a pole whose
positions denoted letters of the alphabet.

1843 - FAX invented by the Scotch physicist Alexander Bain.

1844 - Morse demonstrates the electric telegraph.

1867 - The first Atlantic cable, promoted by Cyrus Field, was layed on July 27th.

1870 - Thomas Edison invents multiplex telegraphy.

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone.

1876 - Edison invents the electric motor and the phonograph.

1890 - Herman Hollerith gets a contract for processing the 1900 census data using punched cards. His
firm was eventually named IBM in 1924.

1893 - An early form of broadcasting was started in Budapest over 220 miles of telephone wires serving
6000 subscribers who could listen at regular schedules to music, news, stock market prices, poetry
readings and lectures.

1906 - Lee deforest invents the vacuum tube.

1910 - Peter DeBye in Holland, develops theory for optical waveguides. He was a few years ahead of
his time.
 1920 - G. Valensi develops the time domain multiplexing concept.

1926 - Baird in Scotland and Jenkins in the U.S. demonstrate TV using

neon bulbs and mechanical scanning disks. P.M. Rainey at Western Elec-
tric patents the PCM methodology.

1934 - Federal Communications Commission founded.

1938 - Bell introduces crossbar central office switches.

1939 - John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry invent the first electronic com-
puter at the Iowa State University

1941 - Konrad Zuse in Germany develops the first programmable calcula-

tor using binary numbers and boolean logic.

1949 - Bell Labs publishes Shannon's seminal theory of relay logic so im-
portant in the development of modern computers.

1952 - The first database was implemented on RCA's Bizmac computer.

Reynold Johnson, an IBM engineer, developed a massive hard disk con-
sisting of fifty platters, each two feet wide, that rotated on a spindle at 1200
rpm with read/write heads. These were called "jukeboxes".

1954 - Gene Amdahl developed the first computer operating system for the
IBM 704. Sony introduces the first transistor radio.

1955 - According to Ken Krechmer, A.W. Morten and H.E. Vaughan de-
scribe the development of a real modem in their BSTJ paper, Transmission
of Digital Information over Telephone Circuits, May 1955. Reynold John-
son at IBM develops the first disk drive.

1957 - October 4, the Russians launched the first satellite, Sputnik.

1958 - Jack Kilby, Texas Instruments, developed the first integrated cir-
cuit.

1960 - AT&T installs first electronic switching system in Morris, IL.

1962 - Comsat formed. American Broadcasting Company requests FCC to

allow domestic satellites to distribute TV programs. Approximately 10,000
computers are in service.

1964 - IBM releases its famous Model 360 computer that eventually led to
$100 billion in sales over its life cycle. George Heilmeier, at RCA's re-
search labs, invents the liquid crystal display. Douglas Englebart at SRI
patented the idea of the mouse
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1970 -. Intel introduces its popular 4004 4-bit microprocessor which starts
the evolution of Intel"s famous line of 386, 486 and Pentium processors

Page # 9 1971 - Gary Starkweather, Xerox, patents first laser printer. A couple of
years later HP and Canon jointly introduce the first commercial laser
printers.
1974 - First domestic satellites in operation. AT&T introduces the digital
subsriber loop. BBN opens the first public packet-switched network.

1976 - Digital radio and time division switching introduced. Alan Shugart,
IBM, introduced the 5.25-in floppy in 1976. (Much later, in 1987, SONY in-
troduced the 3.5" floppy

1980 - Digital local offices and optical fiber transmission being deployed. HISTORY
1981 - Hayes introduces its landmark 300-bps modem. IBM introduces its
PC in August 1981.
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TELECOMMUNICATOION
1987 - Philip Estridge, IBM, developed the first hard drive for PCs. It held
10MB. N.J. Bell is the first to implement Caller ID.

1992 - The World Wide Web is born.

1993 - Telecom Relay Service (TRS) available for the disabled. The NSF
network backbone jumps from T-1 to T-3. The Internet browser MOSAIC is
introduced at the University of Illinois.

1994 - TRS becomes the fastest growing telecom service in the U.S. The
Netscape Internet browser is introduced

September 1996 - Rockwell announced a 56 kbps modem chip set de-

signed for Internet applications. 56K download (PCM); 33.6 upload
(analog).

November 1996. FCC network protection standards for Switched 56 and

ISDN go into effect. USTA Annual Report says there are 170 million copper
access loops in service nationwide, increasing at the rate of 5 million annu-
ally. Internet 2 is proposed to connect university computers together by
means of one gigabyte pipes using SONET and ATM networks.

1997 - February 25, 1997 - Lucent announced development of wireless

loops with 128K ISDN capability. Rockwell receives FCC registration for its
56K PCM modem to be used by Internet service providers.
June 17, 1997 - FCC issues NPRM for BICSI petition to require the use of
twisted-pair premises wiring to prevent crosstalk. Canada releases draft of
its proposed ADSL terminal equipment standards covering DMT and CAP/
QAM technologies.

January 1998, Rockwell, Nortel, Paradyne and others announce an ADSL-

lite program called Consumer ADSL or CDSL which will download at about
1Mbps based on CAP technology. In contrast the T1E1 and international
standards seem to be heading for DMT technology with download speeds
around 6 to 8 Mbps

February 1998 - V.90 56K standard was approved ending months of difficult
negotiations and modem wars. Most of the older 56K modems can be up-
graded by software downloading to work with the new standard.

Still Going on with no Limitations...

 BY
Ms.Aneela Pathan
Assistant Manager
SUPARCO Karachi

1. What is the procedure for hiring (Test => Interview => Training?)
fisrt objective type test is conducted, contaning 50 to 60 questions. Most of the
MCQ' S comes from well known MCQ books, such as handa, or others. but
study of final year subject' s text books will be benificial for test and interview.

2. Important subjects to prepare for?

Satellite communication, mobile communicationm, microwave and anten-

nas,Television are the most important subjects. In microwaves, transmitters
and recievers sould be studied carefully. travelling wave tubes, waveguides,
mixers, amplifiers and other electronic devices should be covered.

3. Any important tips for Interview?

Confidence is the most important tip. but do not be over confident. you should
have your thesis with you,as it will motivate the interviewer to ask the ques-
tions mostly from thesis. it will be better to take your CV with you as well.

4. Few comments on Salary package, promotion chances, job envioronment

and posting areas etc.

The salary package is quite attractive. it is 25000 plus. promotion chances de-
pends on work, you do and usually is takes time of 5 years. Relexing, good and
friendly job environment.

There was workshop on DSP/FPGAs in ES.

Workshop on Fiber optics in TL.

Central Library was inaugurated.

Students Coming back to Campus on 20th July.