Mobile and Wireless Communication Syllabus

Course code: ESC-CSE-308G
Category: Engineering Science Course
Course title: Mobile and wireless communication

Scheme and Credits

Duration of Exam: 03 Hours

Objectives of the course:

• Understand the wireless/cellular radio concepts such as frequency reuse, handoff and interference between mobiles and base stations.
• Identify the techno-political aspects of wireless and mobile communications such as the allocation of the limited wireless spectrum by regulatory agencies.
• Understand the information theoretical aspects such as channel capacity, propagation effects, modeling the impact of signal bandwidth and motion in mobile systems.
• Describe the current and future Mobile Communication Systems, GSM, Satellite, Broadcasting, Bluetooth, Wireless LANs, Mobile Adhoc Networks.
• Describe the mobility support mechanism, WWW and WAPs.

Note: Examiner will set nine questions in total. Question one will be compulsory. Question one will have 6 parts of 2.5 marks each from all units and remaining eight questions of 15 marks each to be set by taking two questions from each unit. The students have to attempt five questions in total, first being compulsory and selecting one from each unit.

UNIT 1

Introduction: Application, History, Market Scenario, Reference Model and Overview, Wireless Local Loop and Cellular system.

Wireless Transmission: Frequencies, Signals, Antennae, Signal Propagation, Multiplexing, Modulation, Spread Spectrum.

MAC Layer: Specialized MAC, SDMA, FDMA, TDMA – Fixed TDM, Classical ALOHA, Slotted, ALOHA, CSMA, DAMA, PKMA, Reservation TDMA. Collision Avoidance, Polling, Inhibit Sense Multiple Access, CDMA.

Broadcasting: Unidirectional Distribution Systems, Digital Audio Broadcasting, Digital Video Broadcasting, Convergence of Mobile and Broadcasting Techniques.

UNIT 2

GSM: Mobile Services, Architecture Radio, Interface, Protocol, Localization, Calling Handover, Security, New data services.

Wireless LAN: IEEE 802.11 - System and Protocol Architecture, Physical Layer, MAC Layered Management.

Bluetooth: User scenarios, Physical layer, MAC Layer, Networking, Security and Link Management.

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UNIT 3

Mobile Network Layer: Mobile IP-Goals, Assumptions, Requirement, Entities, Terminology, IP Packet delivery, Agent Advertisement and Discovery, Registration, Tunneling, Encapsulation, Optimization, Reserve Tunneling, Security, IPv6, DHCP.

Mobile Adhoc Networks: Routing, Destination Sequence Distance Vector, Dynamic Source Routing, Hierarchical algorithms, Performance Metrics.

Mobile Transport Layer: Traditional TCP, Indirect TCP, Snooping, TCP, Mobile TCP, Fast-retransmission TCP, Transaction oriented TCP.

UNIT 4

Satellite Systems: History, Applications, GEO, LEO, MEO, Routing, Localization, Handover in Satellite System.

Support for Mobility: File System, WWW, HTML, System Architecture.

WAP: Architecture, Wireless Datagram, Protocol, Wireless Transport Layer Security, Wireless Transaction Protocol, Application Environment, Telephony Applications.

Suggested Reference Books:

1. Jochen Schiller, "Mobile Communication", Pearson Education, 2002
2. LEE, "Mobile Cellular Telecommunications", McGRAW-Hill, 2nd Edition.
3. Theodore S Rappaport, "Wireless Communications", Pearson Education.

Course Outcomes:

• Explain the principles and theories of mobile computing technologies.
• Describe infrastructures and technologies of mobile computing technologies.
• List applications in different domains that mobile computing offers to the public, employees, and businesses.
• Describe the possible future of mobile computing technologies and applications.
• Effectively communicate course work through written and oral presentations