Introduction: Introduction to Mobile Computing, Mobile Computing Models, Data link layer Considerations (Wireless). Mobile Network Layer: Mobile IP, Mobile IPv4 and Mobile IPv6, Goals, assumptions, entities and terminology, IP packet delivery, agent advertisement and discovery, registration, tunneling and encapsulation, optimizations.
Cellular Network Concepts - Frequency and Interface in Cells - Access Channels - Mobile Network Architecture - Mobile Station - Base Station Subsystems - Network Switching Subsystems - Mobile Network Protocol Stacks - Core Networks
Introduction to narrow and wideband systems, Spread spectrum, Frequency hopping, Introduction to MIMO, MIMO Channel Capacity and diversity gain, Introduction to OFDM, MIMO-OFDM system, Multiple access control (FDMA,TDMA, CDMA, SDMA), Wireless local area network, Wireless personal area network (Bluetooth and zigbee).
Introduction, Infrastructure and ad-hoc network System architecture , Protocol architecture , Physical layer, Medium access control layer, MAC management, 802.11a, 802.11b standard Wi-Fi security : WEP ,WPA, Wireless LAN Threats , Securing Wireless Networks Bluetooth: Introduction, User Scenario, Architecture, protocol stack .
Fixed and dynamic spectrum access, Direct and indirect spectrum sensing, Spectrum sharing, Interoperability and coexistence issues, Applications of cognitive radio networks, Introduction to D2D communications-High level requirements for 5G architecture, Introduction to the radio resource management, power control and mode selection problems, Millimeter wave communication in 5G.
Reference Book:
Mobile Networks Architecture by Andre Perez, Wiley, March 2012. Mobile Computing – Technology, Application & Service Creation by Asoke. K Talukder, Roopa R. Yavagal, Asoke K. Talukder, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2005. Ashutosh Dutta, Henning Schulzrinne “Mobility Protocols and Handover Optimization: Design, Evaluation and Applicationâ€, IEEE Press, Wiley Publication.
Text Book:
Stojmenovic and Cacute, Handbook of Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing, Wiley, 2002.(UNIT 1). William Stallings “Wireless Communications & Networksâ€, Second Edition, Pearson Education(UNIT IV). M. V. D. Heijden, M. Taylor, Understanding WAP, Artech House. Jochen Schiller, “Mobile Communicationsâ€, Second Edition, Pearson, 2004.