Mobile Network Systems

Credit: 3

Objective

  • To understand the fundamentals of Mobile communication systems.

  • To understand the different multiplexing scheme.

  • To understand the significance of different layers in mobile system.

 

 

UNIT I - INTRODUCTION

Introduction to wireless, mobile and cellular mobile systems- cellular mobile telephone systems, analog and digital cellular systems- frequency reuse, co-channel interference.

 

UNIT II – MAC

Medium access control - MAC, SDMA, FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, Hand offs and dropped calls-initiation of handoff, power difference, mobile assisted cell-site and Intersystem handoff.

 

UNIT III – COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

Mobile Telecommunication standards, GSM, DECT, TETRA, IMT-2000, CTEO, satellite systems – GEO, LEO and MEO, and broadcast systems –Digital audio and video broadcasting, IEEE 802.11, HIPERLAN, Bluetooth, Wireless ATM, WATM services.

 

UNIT IV – MOBILE NETWORK LAYER

Network support for mobile systems – Mobile IP- IP packet delivery- Agent discovery- tunneling and encapsulation, reverse tunneling, IPV6, DHCP.

 

UNIT V – MOBILE TRANSPORT LAYER

Mobile transport and application layer protocol - Review of traditional TCP, fast retransmit/fast recovery, transmission/timeout freezing, file systems, WWW, WAP.

 

Outcome

  • Understand the concepts of mobile and wireless communications.

  • Apply the knowledge gained in exploring, application and protocol development.

 

Text Book

  1. Jochen Sciiiller, "Mobile Communications ", Pearson Education India, 2009.

 

Reference Book

  1. Theodore S. Rappaport, “Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice”, 2/e, Pearson Education, 2010.

  2. William C.Y Lee, "Mobile Cellular Telecommunications ", McGraw Hill International

Editions, 1995.