SVKMs NMIMS

Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering

Programme : B.Tech (Comps) Year
: 4th
Sem : VIII
Academic Year
: 2014-15
Marks
: 15
Faculty
:
Mudit Kapoor
Date
: 10-Feb-2014
Duration
: 45 mins
Time : 1200 to
1245 hrs
Subject
: Mobile Computing
Code
: BTCO08003
Class
Test 1 Set A
Instructions:
1. Answer three questions. Q1 is compulsory.
2. Each question carries five (5) marks
Q1. Answer the following: (Marks 05, CO1)
i) ________ is a second-generation cellular phone system based on CDMA and
DSSS.
A) GSM

B) D-AMPS

C) IS-95

D) none of the above

ii) Iridium satellites are ________satellites. (LEO)

iii) Which one of the following is not a step in process migration?
(a) Process is detached from its source node
(b) State is transferred and imported into a new instance on the remote node
(c) Migration request is issued to a source node
(d) Destination process instance is created
iv) Processs address space is not included in the transferred state of a migrated
process? (True/False)
v) The operational modes of DCF(Distributed Coordination Function) used in
IEEE 802.11 networks are:
A) Polling and RTS/CTS.

B) CSMA/CD and RTS/CTS

C) CSMA/CA and RTS/CTS.

D) Polling and CSMA/CA.

Q2. Discuss about the short history of wireless communication? (Marks 05, CO2)

Q3. What are the possible attacks and protection methods on mobile agents? (Marks
05, CO3)

Destruction of

Denial of service

obtain/transmit privileged information

use of covert channels

Harassment

block execution
take up memory
prevention of access to resources/network

Breach of privacy / theft of resources

data, hardware, current environment

Display of annoying/offensive information

screen flicker

Repudiation

ability to deny an event / action ever happened

Q4. Explain in detail about the aglet? (Marks 05, CO3)

Aglets are a Java-based framework for

mobile agents, designed by IBM.
With aglets, one can construct objects
that can move from one host on the
network to another; that is, an aglet that
executes on one host can suddenly halt
execution, dispatch to a remote host and
start executing again.
When the aglet moves, it takes along its
program code as well as the states of all
the objects it is carrying.
The aglet framework has been developed
by the IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory,
Japan.

Event Model
Clone listener: Listens for cloning events. One can customize this listener to take
specific actions when an aglet is about to be cloned, when the clone is actually
created, and after the cloning has taken place.
Mobility listener: Listens for mobility events. One can use this listener to take action
when an aglet is about to be dispatched to another context, when it is about to be
retracted from a context, and when it actually arrives in a new context.
Persistence listener: Listens for persistence events. It allows the programmer to
take action when an aglet is about to be deactivated and after it has been
activated.

Application: Aglets have been applied in various scenarios, including e-commerce,

the e-market place, air tickets and package tours.

SVKMs NMIMS
Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering
Programme : B.Tech (Comps) Year
: 4th
Sem : VIII
Academic Year
: 2014-15
Marks
: 15
Faculty
:
Mudit Kapoor
Date
: 10-Feb-2014
Duration
: 45 mins
Time : 1200 to
1245 hrs
Subject
: Mobile Computing
Code
: BTCO08003
Class
Test 1 Set B
Instructions:
1. Answer three questions.Q1 is compulsory.
2. Each question carries five (5) marks
Q1.

Answer the following: (Marks 05, CO1)

i) In the third generation of cellular phones, ______ uses a combination of WCDMA and TDMA.
A) IMT-DS

B) IMT-MC

C) IMT-TC

D) IMT-SC

ii) AMPS operates in the ISM _____ band. (800MHz)

iii) Which one of following is not an application of process migration?
(a) Parallelizable application
(b) Resource sharing application
(c) Migration-aware application
(d) Network and mobile computing application
iv) The centralised control mechanism used by Bluetooth is suitable for use in
an ad-hoc wireless LAN because devices in ad-hoc networks communicate
directly with each other.(True/False)
v) The performance of a scatternet degrades as the number of piconets is
increased. Degradation is caused by _________ probability that two, or more,
devices may simultaneously attempt transmission using ____________.
A) a decreased; a different carrier frequency.

B) an increased; the same carrier frequency.

C) a decreased; the same carrier frequency.
D) an increased; a different carrier frequency.

Q2.

Explain hidden and exposed terminals? With diagram. (Marks 05, CO2)

Q3.
Write down the steps involve in process migration? (Marks 05, CO3)
1. A migration request is issued to a remote
node.
2. A process is detached from its source node
3. Communication is temporarily redirected
4. The process state is extracted.
5. A destination process instance is created
6. The state is transferred and imported into
a new instance
7. Some means of forwarding references
8. The new instance is resumed
Q4. What are the characteristics of the Mobile agents? (Marks 05, CO3)

Bandwidth conservation
Reduction of latency
Reduction of completion time
Asynchronous (disconnected)
communications
Load balancing
Dynamic deployment