JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Prerequisites:

• Computer Networks, Distributed Systems / Distributed Operating Systems

Course Objectives:

• To make the student understand the concept of mobile computing paradigm, its novel applications and limitations, the typical mobile networking infrastructure through a popular GSM protocol, the issues and solutions of various layers of mobile networks.

Course Outcomes:

• Understand the concept of mobile computing paradigm, its novel applications and limitations.
• Analyze and develop new mobile applications
• Understand the protocols and platforms related to mobile environment
• Classify data delivery mechanisms

UNIT - I

Introduction Mobile Communications, Mobile Computing – Paradigm, Promises/Novel Applications and Impediments and Architecture; Mobile and Handheld Devices, Limitations of Mobile and Handheld Devices. GSM – Services, System Architecture, Radio Interfaces, Protocols, Localization, Calling, Handover, Security, New Data Services, GPRS, CSHSD, DECT.

UNIT - II

(Wireless) Medium Access Control (MAC): Motivation for a specialized MAC (Hidden and exposed terminals, Near and far terminals), SDMA, FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, Wireless LAN/(IEEE 802.11) Mobile Network Layer: IP and Mobile IP Network Layers, Packet Delivery and Handover Management, Location Management, Registration, Tunneling and Encapsulation, Route Optimization, DHCP.

UNIT - III

Mobile Transport Layer: Conventional TCP/IP Protocols, Indirect TCP, Snooping TCP, Mobile TCP, Other Transport Layer Protocols for Mobile Networks. Database Issues: Database Hoarding & Caching Techniques, Client-Server Computing & Adaptation, Transactional Models, Query processing, Data Recovery Process & QoS Issues.

UNIT - IV

Data Dissemination and Synchronization: Communications Asymmetry, Classification of Data Delivery Mechanisms, Data Dissemination, Broadcast Models, Selective Tuning and Indexing Methods, Data Synchronization – Introduction, Software, and Protocols

UNIT - V

Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs): Introduction, Applications & Challenges of a MANET, Routing, Classification of Routing Algorithms, Algorithms such as DSR, AODV, DSDV, Mobile Agents, Service Discovery.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Jochen Schiller, “Mobile Communications”, Addison-Wesley, Second Edition, 2009.
• 2. Raj Kamal, “Mobile Computing”, Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN: 0195686772

REFERENCE:

• 1. Asoke K Talukder, Hasan Ahmed, Roopa Yavagal Mobile Computing: Technology, Applications and Service Creation, McGraw Hill Education