11IT703

MOBILE COMMUNICATION

LT PC M
3 0 0 3 100

AIM:
To study the specifications and functionalities of various protocols/standards of mobile
networks.
OBJECTIVES:
To understand the concepts of modern wireless systems.
Provides a broad knowledge of different aspects of modern data
architecture
To know the emerging mobile computing ideas and best practices.
To realize the routing mechanism of mobile networks.
To understand the necessary concepts in Mobility

communications

UNITI
INTRODUCTION
10
Frequencies for Radio Transmission- Antennas- Signal Propagation-Multiplexing-ModulationMedia Access Control Techniques-Introduction to Cellular Systems-Frequency Reuse and
Management- Handoff- Capacity Improvement- Channel Management- Location ManagementInterference in Mobile Networks.
UNIT II
MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
10
Generations of Mobile Communication- GSM: Mobile Services-System Architecture-Radio
Interface-Protocols-Localization and Calling-Handover-Security-New Data Services-GPRSSpread Spectrum and Coding Methods in CDMA Systems-LTE-WCDMA.
UNIT III
MOBILE IP LAYER
9
Mobile IP Packet Delivery-Agent Discovery-Registration, Tunneling And EncapsulationOptimization-Reverse Tunneling-DHCP Mobile Adhoc Networks: Routing-DestinationSequenced -Distance Vector Routing (DSDV)-Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) - Alternative
Metrics.
UNIT IV
MOBILE TRANSPORT LAYER
8
Traditional TCP- Congestion Control-Slow Start Fast Retransmit/ Fast Recovery-TCP
Improvements: Indirect TCP- Snooping TCP-Mobile TCP-Transmission / Timeout Freezing
Selective Retransmission- Transaction Oriented TCP.
UNIT V
SUPPORT FOR MOBILITY
8
Mobile File Systems- Architecture of Mobile Operating System- Mobile Databases-Mobile
Middleware-Wireless Application Protocol- Security in Mobile Computing.
Assignment Components

Students have to develop mini project using the tools like Android/J2ME/.Net.
These assignment components are given the weightage of 7.5 marks out of 25 marks in
the internal assessment in addition to assignments/tutorials/quiz.

L:45, T:0, Total: 45

TEXT BOOK:
1. Jochen H. Schiller, Mobile Communications, second edition, Pearson Education,
New Delhi, 2009
.
REFERENCES:

1. William Stallings, Wireless Communications and Networks, Second edition, Pearson

Education, 2009.
2. Raj Kamal, Mobile Computing, Second edition, Oxford University Press, New Delhi,
2012.
3. Asoke K Talukder, Hasan Ahmed, Roopa R Yavagal, Mobile Computing: Technology,
Applications and Service Creation, Second Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2010.
4. Frank Adelstein, Sandeep K S Gupta, Golden G Richard, Loren Schwiebert,
Fundamentals of Mobile and Pervasive Computing,Tata Mc-Graw Hill Education
Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2005