Mobile Computing (Elective VI) Semester 7th
Mobile Computing (Elective VI) Semester 7th
Semester 7th
Introduction: Overview of wireless and mobile infrastructure; Preliminary concepts on cellular
architecture; Design objectives and performance issues; Radio resource management and
interface; Propagation and path loss models; Channel interference and frequency reuse; Cell
splitting; Channel assignment strategies; Overview of generations:- 1G to 5G.
Location and handoff management: Introduction to location management (HLR and VLR);
Mobility models characterizing individual node movement (Random walk, Fluid flow,
Markovian, Activity based); Mobility models characterizing the movement of groups of nodes
(Reference point based group mobility model, Community based group mobility model); Static
(Always vs. Never update, Reporting Cells, Location Areas) and Dynamic location management
schemes (Time, Movement, Distance, Profile Based); Terminal Paging (Simultaneous paging,
Sequential paging); Location management and Mobile IP; Overview of handoff process; Factors
affecting handoffs and performance evaluation metrics; Handoff strategies; Different types of
handoffs (soft, hard, horizontal, vertical).
Wireless sensor networks: Concepts, basic architecture, design objectives and applications;
Sensing and communication range; Coverage and connectivity; Sensor placement; Data relaying
and aggregation; Energy consumption; Clustering of sensors; Energy efficient Routing
(LEACH).
Cognitive radio networks: Fixed and dynamic spectrum access; Direct and indirect spectrum
sensing; Spectrum sharing; Interoperability and co-existence issues; Applications of cognitive
radio networks.
Laboratory
Development and implementation of different network protocols using network simulators such
as NS-3 and OMNET++.
Text Books:
1. Mobile Communications. Jochen Schiller, Pearson Education.
2. Wireless Communications. Andrea Goldsmith, Cambridge University Press.
Reference Books:
3. Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice. Theodore Rappaport, Pearson
Education.
4. Wireless Communications.EzioBiglieri, MIMO, Cambridge University Press.
5. Handbook of Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing. Ivan Stojmenovic, Wiley.
6. Dynamic Location Management in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks. James Cowling,
7. MIT Thesis. http://people.csail.mit.edu/cowling/hons/jcowling-dynamic-Nov04.pdf
8. Location Management in Wireless Cellular Networks. Travis Keshav,
https://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse574-06/ftp/cellular_location.pdf
9. Location Management in Wireless Data Networks. Fahd A. Batayneh, https://www.cse.
wustl.edu/~jain/cse574-06/ftp/wireless_location.pdf
10. Principles of Mobile Communication. Gordon L. Stber, Springer.
11. Wireless Device-to- DeviceCommunications and Networks.Lingyang Song, DusitNiyato, Zhu
Han, and Ekram Hossain, Cambridge University Press.
12. Principles of Cognitive Radio.EzioBiglieri, Andrea J. Goldsmith, Larry J. Greenstein,
Narayan Mandayam and H. Vincent Poor, Cambridge University Press.
13. Wireless Sensor Networks: Architecturesand Protocols. Edgar H. Callaway, Jr. and Edgar H.
Callaway, CRC Press.