Mobile Computing
Mobile Computing
DEPARTMENT
OF
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
LESSON PLAN
Course Objectives:
To make the student understand the concept of mobile computing para-
digm, its novel applications and limitations.
To understand the typical mobile networking infrastructure through a popu-
lar GSM protocol
To understand the issues and solutions of various layers of mobile networks,
namely MAC layer, Network Layer & Transport Layer
To understand the database issues in mobile environments & data delivery
models.
To understand the ad hoc networks and related concepts.
To understand the platforms and protocols used in mobile environment.
Course Outcomes:
Able to think and develop new mobile application.
Able to take any new technical issue related to this new paradigm and come
up with a solution(s).
Able to develop new ad hoc network applications and/or algorithms/proto-
cols.
Able to understand & develop any existing or new protocol related to mo-
bile environment
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UNIT – I: Introduction: Mobile Communications, Mobile Computing – Para-
digm, Promises/Novel Applications and Impediments and Architecture; Mobile
and Handheld Devices, Limitations of Mobile and Handheld Devices. GSM – Ser-
vices, System Architecture, Radio Interfaces, Protocols, Localization, Call-
ing, Handover, Security, New Data Services, GPRS, CSHSD, DECT.
UNIT – II: (Wireless) Medium Access Control (MAC): Motivation for a spe-
cialized 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, Loca-
tion Management, Registration, Tunneling and Encapsulation, Route Optimiza-
tion, DHCP.
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page numbers classes be
planned completed
by date
UNIT I MC Introduction
1 Mobile Communications, Mobile 1
2 Computing – Paradigm, 2
3 Promises/Novel Applications and 1
4 Impediments and Architecture; 1
5 Mobile and Handheld Devices, 1
6 Limitations of Mobile and Hand- 1
7 held Devices. GSM – Services, 2
8 System Architecture, Radio Inter- 3 4-01-2019
faces, Protocols, Localization,
Calling, Handover, Security, New
Data Services, GPRS, CSHSD,
DECT.
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UNIT V MANETs
28 Introduction, Applications & T1 (368-372) 1
29 Challenges of a MANET, Routing, T1 (373-381) 2
30 Classification of Routing T1 ( 383-390) 2
31 Algorithms, Algorithms such as T1 (392-397) 2
32 DSR, AODV, DSDV, etc. , Mobile T1 (414-426) 2
Agents, Service
Discovery. Protocols and 11-04-2019
Platforms for Mobile Computing:
WAP, Bluetooth, XML, J2ME,
Java Card, Palm OS, Windows CE,
Symbian OS, Linux for Mobile
Devices, Android.
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