MCA 504.2: Mobile Computing

Lectures: 4 Periods/Week Sessional Marks: 30
University Exam: 3 Hours University Examination Marks: 70


UNIT-I
Introduction
Mobility of bits and bytes, Wireless – the beginning, mobile computing, dialogue control, networks, middleware and gateways, applications and services, developing mobile computing applications, security in mobile computing, standards – why is it necessary, standard bodies, players in the wireless space.
Mobile computing architecture
History of computers, history of Internet, Internet – ubiquitous network, Architecture of mobile computing, three tier architecture, design considerations for mobile computing, mobile computing through Internet, making existing applicationsmobile – enabled.
Mobile computing through telephony
Evolution of telephony, multiple access procedure, mobile computing through telephone, developing an IVR application, voice XML, telephony application programming interface (TAPI).

UNIT-II
Emerging technologies
Introduction, Bluetooth, radio frequency identification {RFid}, wireless broadband {WiMAX},mobile IP, Internet protocol version 6 {IPv6}, java card.
Global system for mobile communications (GSM)
Global system for mobile communications, GSM Architecture, GSM Entities, Call routing in GSM, PLMN Interfaces, GSM Addresses and identifiers, network aspects in GSM, GSM frequency allocation, Authentication and security.
Shortmessage service (SMS)
Mobile computing over SMS, shortmessage services (SMS), value added services through SMS, accessing SMS bearer.

UNIT-III
General packet radio service (GPRS)
Introduction, GPRS and packet data network, GPRS network architecture, GPRS network operations, data services in GPRS, applications for GPRS, limitations of GPRS, billing and charging in GPRS.
Wireless application protocol (WAP)
Introduction,WAP,MMS, GPRS applications.
CDMA and 3G
Introduction, spread – spectrum technology, Is – 95, CDMA Vs GSM, wireless data, third generation networks, applications on 3G.

UNIT-IV
Wireless LAN
Introduction, wireless LAN advantages, IEEE 802.11 standards, wireless LAN Architecture, mobility in wireless LAN, deploying wireless LAN, mobile Ad Hoc networks and sensor networks, wireless LAN security,Wi- Fi vs. 3G.
Voice over Internet protocol and convergence
Voice over IP, H.323 frame work for voice over IP, Session initiation protocol (SIP),comparison between H.323 and SIP, real time protocols, convergence technologies, call routing, voice over IP applications, IPMulti media subsystem (IMS),mobile VoIP.
Security issues in mobile computing
Introduction, information security, security techniques and algorithms, security protocols, public key infrastructure, trust, security models, security frameworks formobile environment.

Text Books

  1. Asoke K Talukder and Roopa R Yavagal, “Mobile Computing” TMH (2008)

    Chapters: 1 to 10, 17,18.
Reference Books
  1. Rajkamal, “Mobile Computing”, Oxford (2008).