Mladen Knezic

Education

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  Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Banja Luka

  2010 - 2017

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical Engineering

  Research objective of doctoral dissertation entitled "Optimization of response time of industrial communication networks" was theoretical and experimental analysis of industrial communication systems with highest performance in terms of achievable communication cycle and the level of synchronization. Main contributions of the dissertation are:- review of the state-of-the-art in the research topic- development of theoretical and simulation models for considered industrial communication… Show more Research objective of doctoral dissertation entitled "Optimization of response time of industrial communication networks" was theoretical and experimental analysis of industrial communication systems with highest performance in terms of achievable communication cycle and the level of synchronization. Main contributions of the dissertation are:- review of the state-of-the-art in the research topic- development of theoretical and simulation models for considered industrial communication networks aimed at evaluating their performance metrics- new algorithms and methods for optimization of response time of the industrial communication networks- software for configuration of the industrial communication networks.The thesis was supervised by Prof. Branko Dokic. Full text (in Serbian) can be accessed on https://bit.ly/2zgDo6Q. Show less

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  Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Banja Luka

  2006 - 2010

  M.Sc. Electrical Engineering

  The main objective of the master thesis entitled "Contribution to the performance analysis of the EtherCAT system based on communication cycle time" was to develop a theoretical model for analysis of the EtherCAT industrial Ethernet based protocol in terms of achievable minimum communication cycle time. Main results of the thesis include:- theoretical models of the EtherCAT components for different configurations and network topologiesMATLAB simulation models which corresponds to the… Show more The main objective of the master thesis entitled "Contribution to the performance analysis of the EtherCAT system based on communication cycle time" was to develop a theoretical model for analysis of the EtherCAT industrial Ethernet based protocol in terms of achievable minimum communication cycle time. Main results of the thesis include:- theoretical models of the EtherCAT components for different configurations and network topologiesMATLAB simulation models which corresponds to the developed theoretical model- experimental characterization of the timing parameters of the developed models.The thesis was supervised by Prof. Branko Dokic. Full text (in Serbian) can be accessed on https://bit.ly/2DPVjFh. Show less

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  Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Banja Luka

  2000 - 2005

  B.Sc. Electrical Engineering

  The thesis entitled "Application of VHDL and FPGA technologies in an example of Software Defined Radio components design" presents an overview of the Software Defined Radio (SDR) concept and implementation of one of its components, namely Digital Down Converter (DDC) targeting an FPGA platform using VHDL hardware description language. More specifically, the implementation covers steps in designing the following functional blocks of the DDC: local numerically controlled oscillator (NCO), digital… Show more The thesis entitled "Application of VHDL and FPGA technologies in an example of Software Defined Radio components design" presents an overview of the Software Defined Radio (SDR) concept and implementation of one of its components, namely Digital Down Converter (DDC) targeting an FPGA platform using VHDL hardware description language. More specifically, the implementation covers steps in designing the following functional blocks of the DDC: local numerically controlled oscillator (NCO), digital mixer, Comb Integrator Cascade (CIC) filter and different types of Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filters (namely, CFIR and PFIR) specific to the SDR. Functionality of the designed DDC was simulated and verified using OrCAD software design suite.The thesis was supervised by Prof. Zlatko Bundalo. Full text (in Serbian) can be accessed on https://bit.ly/2AcJaGt. Show less