S.No.

6766 P 11 MCAE 6

(For candidates admitted from 2011 to 2015 batch)

M.C.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2021.

Computer Applications – Elective

MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks

SECTION A — (10  2 = 20)

Answer ALL questions.

1. State the advantage and disadvantage of spread spectrum

techniques.

2. State the need for mobile computing.

3. State the four types of handover available in GSM.

4. List any two features of GSM.

5. Mention the three low power states a Bluetooth device can go in

order to save battery power. Mention the state that has the
lowest duty cycle and the lowest power consumption.

6. What is IEEE 802.11?

7. What are the requirements that led to the development of mobile

IP standard?

8. List and explain any 2 applications of Adhoc Network.

9. What is WML Script?

10. State two benefits of WAP.

SECTION B — (5  5 = 25)

Answer ALL questions, choosing either (a) or (b) in each.

11. (a) Explain FDMA in detail.

Or
(b) Explain Carrier sense multiple access in detail.
12. (a) Differentiate LEO, GEO and MEO. State the advantage
and disadvantage of LEO.

Or
(b) Explain GSM protocol stack briefly.

13. (a) State the purpose of Bluetooth Technology. Differentiate

piconet and scatternet in Bluetooth technology.

Or
(b) Explain the different phases of HIPERLAN.

14. (a) With neat diagram explain the entities of mobileIP.

Or
(b) Explain hierarchical ad-hoc routing in detail.

15. (a) Explain Wireless session protocol.

Or
(b) Write a note-on WML.

SECTION C — (3  10 = 30)

Answer any THREE questions.

16. Draw the mobile computing architecture and explain the

Presentation and Data tiers in detail.

17. Explain GSM system architecture in detail.

18. Explain the system architecture of IEEE 802.11 in detail.

19. Explain tunnelling in detail.

20. Explain the transport layer security of WAP.

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