1. Introduction:
Wireless Communication Fundamentals: Wireless transmission, Frequencies for radio
transmission, Signal Propagation, Modulations- Spread spectrum – MCA, SDMA, FDMA,
TDMA, CDMA, Cellular wireless Networks.
2. Wireless access protocols:
IEEE 802.11 standard, WLAN Family, WLAN transmission technology, WLAN system
architecture, Collision Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection(CSMA/CD) and
CSMA Collision avoidance ( CSMA/CA), 802.11 PHY and MAC layers, IEEE 802.11
Distributed Co-ordinate System (DCF) and Point Co-ordination Function (PCF), WLAN
family, HyperLAN, Bluetooth, Brief overview of WiMAX for wireless broadband
communication.
3. Basic mobility management in Wireless Networks:
Handoff and location management, Basic Mobile IP operations, types, concepts, Four basic
entities for MIPv4, Mobile IPv4 Registration, Tunneling, MIPv4 Reverse Tunneling, MIPv4
Triangular Routing.
4. Mobile Network Layer Considerations:
Limitations of MIPv4, MIPv6 and HMIPv6, Dynamic Host Configuration protocol, Micromobility
solutions to the host mobility problem, Routing in Mobile ad-hoc network, DSDV,
DSR, AODV, Alternative metrics.
5. Transport Layer Considerations:
Traditional TCP, Classical TCP improvements- WAP, WAP 2.0.
6. Mobile Operating Systems:
PalmOS, Pocket PC and Windows CE, Embedded Linux and other Mobile Opearting
Systems.
7. Application Layer Considerations:
Adaptation, Disconnected operations, Mobile Agents, Business implications and mobile
commerce. Emerging Technologies such as Wearable Computing- challenges and concerns.