Mobile Computing

Assignment-I
1.What is the difference between a data network and a voice network?
What are their relative advantages? What types of communication services are usually offered
on each of these?
2.What is a Controller Area Network(CAN)?How is it different from a LAN? What are the
important applications of a CAN?
3.Determine the minimum packet size for a CSMA/CD network operating at 1 Gbps and having
a length of 100 meters. Clearly show your assumptions and calculations.
4.Explain the different hardware components that are used in a wireless network.
Briefly explain how a call can be setup between two mobile phones.
5.What do you understand by signal modulation?Briefly explain how it is achieved.Why is it
necessary to modulate a baseband signal on a carrier signal before transmitting it?
6.What is the difference between a baseband signal and a broadband signal?Using a suitable
schematic diagram explain how a broadband signal is obtained.
7.What is bluetooth?How is bluetooth useful in mobile computing?Describe the protocol stack
of bluetooth.
8.What are piconet and scatternet?Mention some important application of these.
9.What do you understand by 2.5G?Mention a few characteristic features of this
technology.How is it different from 2G and 3G technologies?
10.Briefly discuss the important functional differences between 1G,2G,3G Cellular networks.
11.What are the advantages of GPRS over GSM?
12.Do mobile phones affect the human body negatively?Explain your answers.
13.Identify the main reasons as to why a mobile handset is compact and lightweight and yet
provides a large number of features such as roaming,camera,audio and video play and record,
Internet browsing, etc.while the traditional landline phone handsets are bulky and provide online
limited features.
14.State true/false for given stmt and justify your ans.
a)Bluetooth technology eg for infrastructureless nutwork
b)GPRS the customer is charged for internet access based on connection time rather than on
total inforamtion download.
15.identify the similarity and dissimilarity between GSM and UMTs network