BE – Information Technology – 2019 Course

Elective – III – 414444-A – Mobile Computing

Uni Unit Name and Details Hrs

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No
1 INTRODUCTION 06
Introduction to Mobile Computing — Applications of Mobile Hrs
Computing, A short history of wireless communication, - Schiller – Ch-01
PG 1-14
Medium Access Control: Motivation for a specialized MAC: Hidden and
Exposed terminals. Near and Far terminals; Schiller – CH-03
SDMA, FDMA, TDMA: Fixed TDM, Classical Aloha, Slotted Aloha,
Carrier sense multiple access, Demand assigned multiple access,
PRMA packet reservation multiple access, Reservation TDMA, Multiple
access with collision avoidance, Polling, Inhibit sense multiple access;
Schiller – CH-03
CDMA: Spread Aloha multiple access. Schiller – CH-03

2 MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM  06

Introduction to Cellular Systems, Hrs
GSM : Services & Architecture,, Protocols,, Connection Establishment,
Frequency Allocation, Routing, Mobility Management, Security, Schiller –
CH-04 , 4.1 or Rajib Mall Ch – 02 , 2.6, 2.7
GPRS, UMTS : Architecture, Handover, Security. Schiller – CH-04 , 4.4
or Rajib Mall Ch – 02 , 2.8, 2.9

3 GENERATIONS OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES. 06

 First Generation Wireless Networks, Hrs
 Second Generation (2G) Wireless Cellular Networks, Major 2G
standards,
 2.5G Wireless Networks,
 Third Generation 3G Wireless Networks,
 Fourth Generation 4G wireless networks,
 Fifth Generation 5G wireless networks

4 MOBILE NETWORK LAYER  06

Mobile IP : Goals, assumptions and requirements, Entities and Hrs
Terminology, IP packet delivery, Agent advertisement and discovery,
Registration, Tunneling and Encapsulation , Optimizations, Reverse
tunnelling, IPv6 - Schiller – CH-08
DHCP : Schiller – CH-08
 AdHoc networks : Routing,
 Proactive protocol-DSDV, Schiller – CH-08
 Reactive Routing Protocols : DSR, Schiller – CH-08 AODV , Siva
Ram – CH 7 - 7.5.2 –
 Hybrid routing –ZRP, Siva Ram – CH 7 - 7.6.2–

 Multicast Routing : ODMRP, Siva Ram – CH 7 – 8.6.8 –

Vehicular Ad Hoc networks ( VANET) MANET Vs VANET - Rajib Mall CH

7 – 7.10 Page 138
Security. Rajib Mall CH 7 – 7.11 Page 138

5 MOBILE TRANSPORT LAYER 06

Traditional TCP: Congestion control, Slow start, Fast retransmit/fast Hrs
recovery, Implications on mobility; Indirect TCP, Snooping TCP, Mobile
TCP, Fast retransmit/fast recovery, Transmission/time-out freezing,
Selective retransmission, Transaction oriented TCP. Schiller – Ch – 9 –
91., 9.2
Support for Mobility: File systems: .2Consistency, Examples. Schiller –
Ch – 10, 10.1
World Wide Web: Hypertext transfer protocol, Hypertext markup
language, Some approaches that might help wireless access, System
architectures Schiller – Ch – 10, 10.2
Wireless application protocol: Architecture, Wireless datagram
protocol, Wireless transport layer security, Wireless transaction protocol,
Wireless session protocol, Wireless application environment, Wireless
markup language, WML script, Wireless telephony application,
Examples Stacks with WAP, Mobile databases, Mobile agents. Schiller –
Ch – 10, 10.3

6 MOBILE PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS  06

Mobile Device Operating Systems , Special Constrains & Requirements , Hrs
Commercial Mobile Operating Systems , - Rajib Mall CH 9 – 9.1, 9.2, Page
166-171
Software Development Kit : iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows
Phone,
Rajib Mall CH 9 – 9.1, 9.2 Page 172-180

M Commerce , Structure , Pros & Cons , Mobile Payment System ,

Security Issues. Rajib Mall CH 11 – 11.3, 11.4, 11.5 Page 203-207

9.3

[1]. Jochen Schiller, ―Mobile Communications‖, PHI, Second Edition, 2003.

[2]. Prasant Kumar Pattnaik, Rajib Mall, ―Fundamentals of Mobile Computing‖, PHI
Learning Pvt.Ltd, New Delhi – 2012
[3]. C.K.Toh, ―AdHoc Mobile Wireless Networks‖, First Edition, Pearson Education, 2002.

[4]. Principles of Mobile Computing, 2nd Edition, Uwe Hansmann, Lothar Merk, Martin
Nicklous, Thomas Stober, Springer
[5]. Mobile Computing, Tomasz Imielinski, Springer