R18 [Link].
CSE (AIML) Ill & IV Year JNTU Hyderabad
MOBILE COMPUTING (Professional Elective - IV)
[Link]. IV Year I Sem. L T P C
3 0 0 3
Prerequisites: Computer Networks, Distributed Systems I Distributed Operating Systems
Course Objectives: To make the student understand the concept of mobile computing paradigm, its
novel applications and limitations, the typical mobile networking infrastructure through a popular GSM
protocol, the issues and solutions of various layers of mobile networks.
Course Outcomes:
1. Understand the concept of mobile computing paradigm, its novel applications and limitations.
2. Analyze and develop new mobile applications
3. Understand the protocols and platforms related to mobile environment
4. Classify data delivery mechanisms
UNIT-I
Introduction: Mobile Communications, Mobile Computing - Paradigm, Promises/Novel Applications
and Impediments and Architecture; Mobile and Handheld Devices, Limitations of Mobile and Handheld
Devices.
GSM - Services, System Architecture, Radio Interfaces, Protocols, Localization, Calling, Handover,
Security, New Data Services, GPRS, CSHSD, DECT.
UNIT-II
(Wireless) Medium Access Control (MAC): Motivation for a specialized MAC (Hidden and exposed
terminals, Near and far terminals), SOMA, FDMA, TOMA, CDMA, Wireless LAN/(IEEE 802.11)
Mobile Network Layer: IP and Mobile IP Network Layers, Packet Delivery and Handover
Management, Location Management, Registration, Tunneling and Encapsulation, Route Optimization,
DHCP.
UNIT -111
Mobile Transport Layer: Conventional TCP/IP Protocols, Indirect TCP, Snooping TCP, Mobile TCP,
Other Transport Layer Protocols for Mobile Networks.
Database Issues: Database Hoarding & Caching Techniques, Client-Server Computing & Adaptation,
Transactional Models, Query processing, Data Recovery Process & QoS Issues.
UNIT -IV
Data Dissemination and Synchronization: Communications Asymmetry, Classification of Data
Delivery Mechanisms, Data Dissemination, Broadcast Models, Selective Tuning and Indexing
Methods, Data Synchronization - Introduction, Software, and Protocols
UNIT -V
Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs): Introduction, Applications & Challenges of a MANET, Routing,
Classification of Routing Algorithms, Algorithms such as DSR, AODV, DSDV, Mobile Agents, Service
Discovery. Protocols and Platforms for Mobile Computing: WAP, Bluetooth, XML, J2ME, JavaCard,
PalmOS, Windows CE, SymbianOS, Linux for Mobile Devices, Android.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Jochen Schiller, "Mobile Communications", Addison-Wesley, Second Edition, 2009.
2. Raj Kamal, "Mobile Computing", Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN: 0195686772
REFERENCE BOOK:
1. Asoke K Talukder, Hasan Ahmed, Roopa Yavagal Mobile Computing: Technology,
Applications and Service Creation, McGraw Hill Education.
