EC1411 – MOBILE COMPUTING

SEMESTER VIII
EC1411 – MOBILE COMPUTING
(Common to CSE 8th Semester and IT 7th Semester)
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UNIT I WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FUNDAMENTALS 9
Basics − 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 11
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 WIRLESS LAN 9
Wireless LAN − IEEE 802.11 − Architecture − Services − MAC − Physical layer − IEEE 802.11a −
802.11b standards − HIPERLAN − Blue tooth.
UNIT IV MOBILE NETWORK LAYER 9
Mobile IP − Dynamic host configuration protocol − Routing − DSDV − DSR − Alternative metrics.
UNIT V TRANSPORT AND APPLICATION LAYERS 7
Traditional TCP − Classical TCP improvements − WAP, WAP 2.0.
Total : 45
TEXT BOOKS
1. Jochen Schiller, “Mobile Communications”, 2nd Edition, PHI/Pearson Education, 2003.
2. William Stallings, “Wireless Communications and Networks”, PHI/Pearson Education, 2002.
REFERENCES
1. Kaveh Pahlavan and Prasanth Krishnamoorthy, “Principles of Wireless Networks”,
PHI/Pearson Education, 2003.
2. Uwe Hansmann, Lothar Merk, Martin S. Nicklons and Thomas Stober, “Principles of Mobile
Computing”, Springer, 2003.
3. Hazysztof Wesolowshi, “Mobile Communication Systems”, John Wiley and
Sons Ltd, 2002.
4. Hansmann, “Principles of Mobile Computing”, Wiley India Ltd, 2004.