Unit I
Introduction: Mobile and Wireless Devices – Simplified Reference Model – Need for Mobile Computing – Wireless Transmission – Multiplexing – Spread Spectrum and cellular systems – Medium Access Control – Comparisons
Unit II
Telecommunications System: Telecommunication System – GSM – Architecture – Sessions – Protocols – Hand over and Security – UMTS and IMT 2000 – Satellite System
Unit III
Wireless LAN : IEEE S02.11 – Hiper LAN – Bluetooth – MAC Layer – Security and Link Management.
Unit IV
Mobile IP: Goals – Packet Delivery – Strategies – Registration – Tunneling and Reverse Tunneling – Adhoc Networks – Routing Strategies
Unit V
WIRELESS APPLICATION PROTOCOL: Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) – Architecture – XML – WML Script – Applications
Text Book(s)
1. Jochen Schiller, "Mobile Communication", Pearson Education, Delhi, 2000.
References
1. "The Wireless Application Protocol: Writing Applications for the Mobile Internet", Sandeep Singhal, et al.