INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE COMPUTING

Paper Code: 
DBCA 502B
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The student should be able to understand the basic concepts of mobile computing and be familiar with the network protocol stack. And to gain knowledge about different mobile platforms and application development

9.00
Unit I: 

Introduction to Mobile Computing, Mobile Computing Vs wireless Networking, Mobile computing Applications – Characteristics of Mobile computing, Structure of Mobile computing Application. MAC Protocols , Wireless MAC Issues, Fixed Assignment Schemes, Random Assignment Schemes, Reservation Based Schemes.

9.00
Unit II: 

Mobile internet protocol and transport layer,  Overview of Mobile IP, Features of Mobile IP, Key Mechanism in Mobile IP, route Optimization. Overview of TCP/IP, Architecture of TCP/IP, Adaptation of TCP Window, Improvement in TCP Performance.

9.00
Unit III: 

Mobile Telecommunication System Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS).

9.00
Unit IV: 

Mobile Ad -Hoc Networks Ad-Hoc Basic Concepts, Characteristics, Applications, Design Issues , Routing –Essential of Traditional Routing Protocols , Popular Routing Protocols , Vehicular Ad Hoc networks ( VANET) , MANET Vs VANET, Security.

9.00
Unit V: 

Mobile Platforms And Applications Mobile Device Operating Systems, Special Constrains & Requirements, Commercial Mobile Operating Systems, Software Development Kit: iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Commerce Structure , Pros & Cons. Mobile Payment System – Security I issues.

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

1. Prasant Kumar Pattnaik, Rajib Mall, “Fundamentals of Mobile Computing”, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi – 2012.

REFERENCES: 

1. Jochen H. Schller, “Mobile Communications”, Second Edition, Pearson Education, New Delhi,2007.
2. Dharma Prakash Agarval, Qing and An Zeng, "Introduction to Wireless and Mobile systems", Thomson Asia Pvt Ltd, 2005.
3. Uwe Hansmann, Lothar Merk, Martin S. Nicklons and Thomas Stober, “Principles of Mobile Computing”, Springer, 2003.
4. William.C.Y.Lee,“Mobile Cellular Telecommunications -Analog and Digital Systems”, Second Edition,Tata Mc Graw Hill Edition ,2006.
5. C.K.Toh, “AdHoc Mobile Wireless Networks”, First Edition, Pearson Education, 2002.
6. Android Developers : http://developer.android.com/index.html
7. Apple Developer : https://developer.apple.com/
 

Academic Year: 
2017-18
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