College of Engineering Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, Visakhapatnam (Affiliated to Andhra University) B.E.

(Electronics and Communications Engineering) Fourth Year Second Semester Examinations 2006-2007 (Autonomous Stream) EC 474: Wireless Communications and Networks Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 60

PART B Answer any four of the following. If you attempt more than four questions, only the first four in order will be valued. 2. a) Explain in detail FDMA and its features. (5) (5) (6) (4) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5)

b) Discuss direct sequence spread spectrum technique. 3. a) Explain CSMA/CA protocol.

1. Answer Question No. 1 (Part A) and any four of the remaining seven (Part B). 2. All parts of a Question must be answered in one place, otherwise they will not be valued. 3. Figures in the right hand margin indicate marks allotted. PART A 1. a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) Answer the following in one or two sentences each: Explain the term wireless local loop? What is the meaning of capture effect in packet radio systems? What is ATM? Show the cell format of ATM. Write the channel characteristics of RMD. What is Care of Address in mobile IP? What is a WML document? What is the difference between infrastructure and adhoc networks? Write the application areas of WPANs. (10x2=20)

b) Show the frame structure of TDMA and write its features. 4. a) Explain the features of ISDN service.

b) Show the protocol architecture of SS7 and explain. 5. a) Explain IP packet delivery mechanism in mobile IP networks.

b) Discuss the architecture of WAP. 6. a) Explain the system and protocol architecture of IEEE 802.11 standard.

b) Discuss physical layer and MAC layer aspects of Bluetooth technology. 7. a) Explain the protocol architecture of HYPERLAN.

b) Explain data oriented CDPD networks. 8. a) Write short notes on the following: Features of CDMA

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b) WML scripts What is WATM? c) What is reverse tunneling? GPRS and GSM