Mobile Communications
Paper Code: IT 802D
Introduction: A General Overview: History, Transmission Medium, Need, Advantages, Disadvantages and Different Standards. AMPS, GSM, GPRS, 3G.
Wireless LANs: Characteristics, IEEE 802.11: Architecture, Physical Layer, MAC Layer, MAC Management, 802.11a and 802.11b. HIPERLAN: History, WATM, BRAN and HiperLAN2. Bluetooth:
Architecture, Radio Layer, Baseband Layer, Link Management Protocol, L2CAP and Security.
Mobile Transport and Network Layer: Introduction, Traditional TCP: Congestion Control, Slow
Start, Fast Retransmit and Implications of Mobility. Classical TCP Improvements: Indirect TCP, Snooping
TCP, Mobile TCP and Fast Retransmit. Mobile IP: Introduction, IP Packet Delivery, Agent Discovery,
Registration, Tunneling and Encapsulation, Optimizations and Reverse Tunneling. Mobile Ad-hoc
Networks: Routing, Destination Sequence Distance Vector, Dynamic Source Routing and Alternative
Metrics.
Cellular Networks: Cellular Concept, Frequency Reuse, Channel Allocation Management, Call Setup, Location Management, Cell Handoffs, Interference: Co-channel and Adjacent Interference. System
Capacity, Improving Cell Capacity and Coverage: Cell Splitting, Sectoring, Repeaters and Microcell Zone
Concept.
Wireless Application Protocol: Introduction (WAP), Protocol Stack, Connections.
Books:
- J. Schiller, Mobile Communications, Addison –Wesley, 2003
- T. S. Rapport, Wireless Communications, Principle and Practices
- Forouzan, Data Communications and Networking, TMH
