CS9251 MOBILE COMPUTING

CS9251 MOBILE COMPUTING

UNIT 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 SYSTEMS

GSM – System Architecture – Protocols – Connection Establishment – Frequency Allocation – Routing – Handover – Security – GPRS.

UNIT III

WIRELESS NETWORKS

Wireless LAN – IEEE 802.11 Standards – Architecture – Services – HIPERLAN – Adhoc Network – Blue Tooth.

UNIT IV

NETWORK LAYER

Mobile IP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol – Routing – DSDV – DSR – AODV – ZRP – ODMR.

UNIT V

TRANSPORT AND APPLICATION LAYERS

TCP over Wireless Networks – Indirect TCP – Snooping TCP – Mobile TCP – Fast Retransmit  

Fast Recovery – Transmission/Timeout Freezing – Selective Retransmission – Transaction Oriented TCP – WAP – WAP Architecture – WDP – WTLS – WTP – WSP – WML –WML Script – WAE – WTA.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Jochen Schiller, “Mobile Communications”, Second Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.

2. William Stallings, “Wireless Communications and Networks”, Pearson Education, 2002.

REFERENCES:

1. Kaveh Pahlavan, Prasanth Krishnamoorthy, “Principles of Wireless Networks”,

    First Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.

2. Uwe Hansmann, Lothar Merk, Martin S. Nicklons and Thomas Stober, “Principles

    of Mobile Computing”, Springer, 2003.

3. C.K.Toh, “AdHoc Mobile Wireless Networks”, First Edition, Pearson Education,

    2002.

4. Burkhardt, “Pervasive Computing”, First Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.