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Wireless & Mobile Computing (CS-702 (C)) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Review of traditional networks

  • Review of LAN, MAN, WAN, Intranet, Internet
  • interconnectivity devices: bridges, Routers etc.
  • Review of TCP/IP Protocol Architecture
  • ARP/RARP
  • IP addressing
  • IP Datagram format and its Delivery
  • Routing table format
  • ICMP Messages
  • Subnetting
  • Supernetting and CIDR
  • DNS
  • NAT: Private addressing and NAT
  • SNAT
  • DNAT
  • NAT and firewalls
  • VLANS: Concepts
  • Comparison with Real LANS
  • Type of VLAN
  • Tagging
  • IPV6: address structure
  • address space and header
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Unit 2

Study of traditional routing and transport

  • Routing Protocols: BGP- Concept of hidden network and autonomous system
  • An Exterior gateway protocol
  • Different messages of BGP
  • Interior Gateway protocol: RIP
  • OSPF
  • Multiplexing and ports
  • TCP: Segment format
  • Sockets
  • Synchronization
  • Three Way Hand Shaking
  • Variable window size and Flow control
  • Timeout and Retransmission algorithms
  • Connection Control
  • Silly window Syndrome
  • Example of TCP: Taho
  • Reno
  • Sack etc.
  • UDP: Message Encapsulation
  • Format and Pseudo header
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Unit 3

Wireless LAN

  • Transmission Medium For WLANs
  • MAC problems
  • Hidden and Exposed terminals
  • Near and Far terminals
  • Infrastructure and Ad hoc Networks
  • IEEE 802.11- System arch
  • Protocol arch
  • Physical layer
  • Concept of spread spectrum
  • MAC and its management
  • Power management
  • Security
  • Mobile IP: unsuitability of Traditional IP
  • Goals, Terminology
  • Agent advertisement and discovery
  • Registration
  • Tunneling techniques
  • Ad hoc network routing: Ad hoc Network routing v/s Traditional IP routing
  • types of routing protocols
  • Examples: OADV
  • DSDV
  • DSR
  • ZRP etc.
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Unit 4

Mobile transport layer

  • unsuitability of Traditional TCP
  • I-TCP
  • S-TCP
  • M-TCP
  • Wireless Cellular networks: Cellular system
  • Cellular networks v/s WLAN
  • GSM - Services
  • system architecture
  • Localization and calling
  • handover and Roaming
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Unit 5

Mobile Device Operating Systems

  • Special Constraints & Requirements
  • Commercial Mobile Operating Systems
  • Software Development Kit: iOS
  • Android etc.
  • MCommerce : Structure
  • Pros & Cons
  • Mobile Payment System
  • Security Issues

Reference Books

  • TCP/IP Illustrated Vol-I — W. Richard Stevens
  • AdHoc Mobile Wireless Networks — C.K. Toh
  • Principles of Mobile Computing — Uwe Hansmann, Lothar Merk, Martin S. Nicklons, Thomas Stober
  • Android Developers : http://developer.android.com/index.html
  • Apple Developer : https://developer.apple.com/
  • Windows Phone Dev Center : http://developer.windowsphone.com/
  • BlackBerry Developer : http://developer.blackberry.com/
  • Internetworking with TCP/ IP Vol-I — Comer
  • Mobile communication — Jochen Schiller
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