KARPAGAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

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END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
M.E COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS- Semester-II
10LC21- MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWROKS

Time: 3 Hrs

Max. Marks: 100

Answer ALL questions
PART-A

(10X2=20 marks)

1. List any four advantage of third generation (3G) mobile networks

2. Name the two important issues in mobility management
3. What are three most important effects of small-scale multipath propagation?
4. Name the connectionless and connection oriented services provided by the GPRS?
5. What is MSC?
6. Expand ESS and BSS in the IEEE802.11?
7. Mention the services offered by SS7?
8. Name any three advantages of an infra structure topology over an adhoc topology.
9. What do you mean by Denial of Service attack?
10. Define message integrity.
PART- B

(5X16=80 marks)

11. a). (i) Compare the performance of TDMA ,FDMA, CDMA techniques
(8)
(ii) Explain the methods for improving cellular coverage in detail.
(8)
(OR)
b). Explain in detail the 1G, 2G, 3G generation systems & their standards.
(16)
12. a). Draw the protocol architecture of GSM and explain in detail.
(16)
(OR)
b) Discuss the channels and cellular operation in AMPS.
(16)
13. a) Describe in detail the SS7 signaling format and explain the signal units in it. (16)
(OR)
b) Explain the network planning for mobile networks in details.
(16)
14. a) Explain in detail about overview, reference architecture, layered architecture of
IEEE802.11?
(16)
(OR)
b) (i) write a brief note on basic operation of DCF with necessary diagrams
(8)
(ii) Write basic algorithm for route discovery & maintainace in DSR with e.g. (8)
15. a) Write Short Notes On (i)Security requirements for wireless networks
(ii)RSA Algorithm.
(OR)
b) Write a short note on (i) Denial of Service Attack
(ii)Data Encryption Standard
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