IT 1403 MOBILE COMPUTING

SYLLABUSUNIT I WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FUNDAMENTALS

Introduction – Wireless transmission - Frequencies for radio transmission – Signals –

Antennas – Signal propagation – Multiplexing – Modulations – Spread spectrum –

MAC – SDMA – FDMA – TDMA – CDMA – Cellular wireless networks.

UNIT II TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS Telecommunication systems – GSM – GPRS –

DECT – UMTS – IMT–2000 –

Satellite networks – Basics – Parameters and configurations – Capacity allocation –

FAMA and DAMA – Broadcast systems – DAB – DVB.

UNIT III WIRELESS LAN Wireless LAN – IEEE 802.11 – Architecture Services – MAC – Physical layer –IEEE 802.11a – 802.11b standards – HIPERLAN

– Blue tooth.

UNIT IV MOBILE NETWORK LAYER Mobile IP – Dynamic host configuration protocol

– Routing – DSDV – DSR–Alternative metrics.

UNIT V -TRANSPORT AND APPLICATION LAYERS Traditional TCP – Classical TCP

improvements – WAP – WAP 2.0.

OBJECTIVES

• To learn the basics of Wireless voice and data communications technologies.

• To build working knowledge on various telephone and satellite networks.

• To study the working principles of wireless LAN and its standards.

• To build knowledge on various Mobile Computing algorithms.

• To build skills in working with Wireless application Protocols to develop mobile content applications.

Highlights of units

Wireless transmission & Multiplexing Telecommunication systems & Satellite Networks Wireless LAN & Blue Tooth DSDV & DSR WAP & WAP 2.0.

WIRELESS TRANSMISSION & MULTIPLEXING

Telecommunication systems & Satellite Networks

DAB

DVB

BLUETOOTH & WIRELESS LAN

Text books

• Jochen Schiller, “Mobile Communications”, PHI/Pearson Education, Second Edition, 2003.

• William Stallings, “Wireless Communications and Networks”, PHI/Pearson Education, 2002.

WEBSITES• http://www.theitlibrary.com/mobile_computi

ng.html• http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~nd/surprise_96/jo

urnal/vol4/vk5/report.html• http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.co

m/resources• http://topengineeringcollegesintamilnadu.blo

gspot.com/2010/02/it-1402-mobile-computing-question-bank.html

SEMINAR TOPICS

• Frequencies for radio transmission• Antennas• Cellular Wireless Networks• GSM • Broadcast Systems • Satellite Networks • Blue Tooth• Routing• Traditional TCP

ASSIGNMENT TOPICS

• Wireless transmission• Signal • DMA• GPRS• Wireless LAN• MAC• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol