Mobile Computing
24CSO852 · S8 · 4 credits
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Module 01Basics of Mobile Computing (7 hrs)expand
Introduction to mobile computing — Functions, Networks, Middleware and Gateways, Applications and services. Mobile computing architecture — Internet: The Ubiquitous network, Three-tier architecture for Mobile Computing, Design considerations for mobile computing, Mobile Computing through the Internet.
Module 02Wireless Transmission and Telecommunications Systemsexpand
(8hrs) Signal Propagation-Path loss of radio signals, Additional Signal Propagation effects, Multi-path propagation, Spread spectrum — Direct sequence, Frequency hopping. Medium Access Control — Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA). Telecommunication Systems - Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), Satellite Systems — Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO), Low Earth Orbit(LEO), Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), Routing, Localization, Handover.
Module 03Wireless LANs (7 hrs)expand
Wireless LAN – Infrared vs radio transmission, Infrastructure and Ad-hoc mode, IEEE 802.11 System Architecture, Protocol Architecture, Physical layer, Medium Access Control layer, HIPERLAN-1, Bluetooth.
Module 04Mobile Network Layer (5 hrs)expand
Network layer — Mobile Internet Protocol (IP)- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Mobile ad-hoc networks — Routing, Dynamic Source Routing (DSR), Destination Sequence Distance Vector (DSDV), Ad-hoc routing protocols.
Module 05Mobile Transport Layer and Security (6 hrs)expand
Mobile transport layer — Traditional Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Improvements in Classical TCP. Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) - Architecture, Wireless Datagram Protocol (WDP), Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS), Wireless Transaction Protocol (WTP), Wireless Session Protocol (WSP). Security issues in mobile computing - Information security, Security techniques, and algorithms, Security models Textbooks 1. Asoke K. Talukder, Hasan Ahmad, Roopa R Yavagal, Mobile Computing Technology-Application and Service Creation, 2/e, McGraw Hill Education. 2. Jochen Schiller, Mobile Communications, Pearson Education Asia, 2008. 3. Jonathan Rodriguez, Fundamentals of 5G Mobile Networks, Wiley Publishers,2015.
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