LECTURE PLAN

Mobile Computing
8th Semester, E.C.E.
Topics to be covered

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Lectures
1st Term

Introduction to PCS
1. History of Cellular Systems
2. Introduction to PCS architecture
3. Mobility Management: Roaming
4. Network Signaling
5. Cellular Concepts .Cell Spilling, Cell Sectoring, Co-channcl Interference
Introduction to GSM System
6. GSM Standadizuiion and service aspects
7. GSM Architecture
8. Mobility Management
9. Network Signaling
10. Different kinds of Handoffs
11.Location Updating
Introduction to GPRS
12.GPRS Architecture
13 .Supplementary Services
14.GPRS-GSM Interconnections
15. GPRS Network Nodes

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2nd term
Mobile data comnuinicalion
16 Wireless LAN 802.1 1 Standard
16 Mobile IP: How Mobile IP works, Care of Address
Wireless Application Protocol
17. WAP & its Architecture
18.WAP internal Structure
19. WAP Protocol Stack, WAP Gateways
Wireless Markup Language
20. WML Structure, WML Programs
21. 3G Mobile Services, Quality and services in 3 G
22. IM1 2000 Vision
23. WCDMA & CDMA 2000

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3rd Term
Wireless Local Loop
24. WLL Architecture

25 WLL Technologies

26. Case studies IRIDIUM & GlobStar

27. Virtual Networks
28. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
29 Bluetooth Technology
30. Bluetooth Protocol Stack

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