EC8004 - WIRELESS NETWORKS

UNIT 1 - WIRELESS LAN

Part - A
❖ Difference between HIPERLAN 1 and HIPERLAN 2
❖ What is IEEE 802.11? What are the function of MAC layer in EEE 802.11?
❖ Identify the need of WATM systems
❖ What are Piconet and Scatternet
❖ State MAC management functions
❖ What is functionality L2CAP? List the different types of logical channels
❖ What is the principles / advantages & disadvantages behind infrared
technology?
❖ Draw PHY Packet format 802.11b
❖ Bluetooth & Main features of blue tooth
❖ DIFS & SIFS
❖ Wireless ATM
❖ Zigbee
Part -B , C

❖ IEEE802.11 architecture & Explain the MAC management techniques

❖ Short notes on WATM, BRAN, 6LoWPAN, Wireless HART
❖ Advantages of WLAN Techniques
❖ Bluetooth- Concept, Architecture and protocol stack
❖ HIPERLAN-1 & 2
❖ Strategy of logical link and adaption protocol
❖ Zigbee

UNIT 2 - MOBILE NETWORK LAYER

Part - A
❖ What is care of address in mobile IP
❖ Encapsulation in mobile IP
❖ What is Mobile IP? What are the entities of mobile IP?
❖ Differentiate an ad hoc network and a cellular networks with respect to
Bandwidth usage, Cost effectiveness
❖ Characteristic of MANET
❖ When the agent solicitation message has to be sent by mobile node?
❖ Why is routing in multi-hop ad-hoc networks complicated?
❖ Define / Functions of SIP.
❖ Differentiate & give example proactive & reactive routing protocols.
❖ Compare tunnelling & encapsulation
 ❖ IoT & CoAP
❖ What is meant by Dynamic source routing
❖ Difference between performance evaluations of fixed assignment & random access
methods

Part – B, C

❖ Mobile IP also write their entities & technologies

❖ Dynamic Source Routing Protocal
❖ Destination Sequence Distance vector
❖ CSMA Based Wireless random access techniques
❖ IPV6 DHCP & DSDV features

UNIT 4 – INTERNETWORKING BETWEEN WLANS AND WWANS

Part - A
❖ Objectivies and requirements of Internet working
❖ Internet working schemes to connect WLAN & 3G Networks
❖ Drawback of Mobile-IP Approach
❖ Types of approaches to obtain internet working architecture of WLAN & GPRS
❖ Advantages and Disadvantages of Gateway & Emulator approach
❖ Session Mobility
❖ GPRS
❖ Main Function of GIF
❖ Functions of WAF
❖ LMDS & its Applications
❖ Diff LMDS & MMDS
❖ Characteristics to be considered when deploying applications over 3G
Part – B , C

❖ Requirements of interworking between WWAN & WLAN

❖ Coupling Architecture between IEEE 802.11 WLAN & GPRS
❖ WAF adaption function in tight coupling architecture
❖ Compare Tight and loose coupling architecture for interworking between 802.11
WLAN & GPRS
❖ LMDS & MMDS

UNIT 3 – 3G OVERVIEW
Part - A
❖ What is UMTS and write its general features
❖ Main elements of UTRAN Architecture
❖ Define User Equipment
❖ Planes of UTRAN
❖ Horizontal Layers in UTRAN
❖ Functions of RNC
❖ Diff between Control Plane and user plane
❖ Define IU interface
❖ CDMA
❖ Features, Advantages & Dis-Advantages of CDMA 2000
❖ TD-SCDMA
❖ 3GPP
❖ TD-CDMA

Part – B , C

❖ Architecture of UMTS
❖ UMTS Terrestrial radio access network
❖ UTRAN Logical Interfaces
❖ 3GPP Architecture
❖ CDMA 2000
❖ TD-CDMA & TD-SCDMA
❖ Radio Network

UNIT 5 – 4G & BEYOND

Part - A
❖ Features & challenge / characteristic /Application of 4G
❖ Compare 3G with 4G
❖ What is / Identify the focuses of Cognitive Radio
❖ Define /what is /Merits & Demerits Multi carrier modulation(MCM)
❖ Advantages of Multi carrier modulation over single carrier schemes
❖ What are the techniques to improve network survivability in different layers?
❖ Various smart antenna techniques in wireless networks
❖ MVNO & BLAST
❖ Advanced BroadBand wireless access and services
Part – B , C

❖ Define 4G & its key parameters & its challenges

❖ Smart antenna techniques
❖ Adaptive modulation & coding with time slot scheduler along with cognitive
radio concept
❖ MIMO / MVNO / MCM
❖ LTE & Operations of LTE with help of IMS Architecture
❖ Broadband wireless access and services