EC6802 WIRELESS NETWORKS LTPC

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UNIT I WIRELESS LAN 9

Introduction-WLAN technologies: Infrared, UHF narrowband, spread spectrum -

IEEE802.11: System architecture, protocol architecture, physical layer, MAC layer, 802.11b,
802.11a Hiper LAN: WATM, BRAN, HiperLAN2 Bluetooth: Architecture, Radio Layer,
Baseband layer, Link manager Protocol, security - IEEE802.16-WIMAX: Physical layer, MAC,
Spectrum allocation for WIMAX

UNIT II MOBILE NETWORK LAYER 9

Introduction - Mobile IP: IP packet delivery, Agent discovery, tunneling and encapsulation, IPV6-
Network layer in the internet- Mobile IP session initiation protocol - mobile ad-hoc network: Routing,
Destination Sequence distance vector, Dynamic source routing

UNIT III MOBILE TRANSPORT LAYER 9

TCP enhancements for wireless protocols - Traditional TCP: Congestion control, fast retransmit/fast
recovery, Implications of mobility - Classical TCP improvements: Indirect TCP, Snooping TCP, Mobile
TCP, Time out freezing, Selective retransmission, Transaction oriented TCP - TCP over 3G wireless
networks.
UNIT IV WIRELESS WIDE AREA NETWORK 9

Overview of UTMS Terrestrial Radio access network-UMTS Core network Architecture: 3G-MSC, 3G-
SGSN, 3G-GGSN, SMS-GMSC/SMS-IWMSC, Firewall, DNS/DHCP-High speed Downlink packet
access (HSDPA)- LTE network architecture and protocol.

UNIT V 4G NETWORKS 9

Introduction 4G vision 4G features and challenges - Applications of 4G 4G Technologies:

Multicarrier Modulation, Smart antenna techniques, OFDM-MIMO systems, Adaptive Modulation and
coding with time slot scheduler, Cognitive Radio.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

SUBJECT INCHARGE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT/ECE

SUB.CODE :EC6802 BRANCH/YEAR/SEM:B.E ECE/IV/VII
SUB.NAME : WIRELESS NETWORKS BATCH : 2014-18
STAFF NAME: Mrs.SATHYA S S ACADEMIC YEAR: 2017-18(EVEN)

OBJECTIVES:

1. To study about Wireless networks, protocol stack and standards.

2. To study about fundamentals of 3G Services, its protocols and applications.
3. To study about evolution of 4G Networks, its architecture and applications.
TEXT BOOKS:
T1. Jochen Schiller, Mobile Communications, Second Edition, Pearson Education 2012.
T2. Vijay Garg , Wireless Communications and networking, First Edition, Elsevier 2007

REFERENCES BOOKS:
R1 Erik Dahlman, Stefan Parkvall, Johan Skold and Per Beming, "3G Evolution HSPA and
LTE forMobile Broadband, Second Edition, Academic Press, 2008.
R2. Anurag Kumar, D.Manjunath, Joy kuri, Wireless Networking, First
Edition, Elsevier 2011..
R3. Simon Haykin , Michael Moher, David Koilpillai, Modern Wireless Communications,
First Edition, Pearson Education 2013

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UNIT I WIRELESS LAN 9
Introduction to WLAN technologies,
1 IR and UHF
T1 221-225 BB 1 1
IEEE802.11 - System and Protocol
2 architecture
T1 227-230 BB 1 2
IEEE802.11 - Physical layer - FHSS and
3 DSSS
T1 231-232 BB 1 3
IEEE802.11 - MAC layer - Distributed
4 Foundation Wireless MAC, inter- T1 234-245 BB 1 4
frame spacing
IEEE802.11b and IEEE802.11a
5 standards, Hiper LAN T1 251-254 BB 1 5
Historical:HIPERLAN 1,

6 Wireless ATM and Broadband RAN T1 264-275 BB 1 6

Architecture, Radio and base band

7 Layer
T1 289-296 BB 1 7

Link manager protocol of Bluetooth

8 technology,security
T1 296-307 BB 1 8
Layers of IEEE802.16 and Spectrum
9 allocation for WiMAX
T1 307-311 BB 1 9
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit ,students should be able to
Explain WLAN techniques
Describe HIPERLAN1,HIPERLAN2
UNIT II MOBILE NETWORK LAYER 9
Introduction to mobile IP - Goals,
10 Assumptions and Requirements
T1 323-324 BB 1 10

11 IP Packet delivery T1 329-330 BB 1 11

agent discovery - agent
12 advertisement and registration T1 330-332 BB 1 12

Tunneling and encapsulation - IP-in-

13 IP, Minimal, generic routing T1 335-339 BB 1 13
encapsulations
IP Version 6 - Network layer-
14 Hierarchical mobile IPv6
T1 343 BB 1 14

15 Mobile IP session initiation protocol T1 BB 1 15

Introduction to mobile ad-hoc
16 network - Routing
T1 350-352 BB 1 16
 Destination sequence distance
17 vector
T1 355-356 BB 1 17
Dynamic source routing - Route
18 discovery and Route maintenance
T1 356-359 BB 1 18
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit ,students should be able to
Explain the multiple access techniques
Describe the working condition and improve the coverage capacity of cellular system
UNIT III MOBILE TRANSPORT LAYER 9
TCP enhancements for wireless
19 protocols
T1 370-371 BB 1 19
Traditional TCP - congestion control,
20 slow start
T1 371-373 BB 1 20
Fast transmit and fast recovery in
21 TCP, Implications on mobility
T1 373-375 BB 1 21
Classical TCP - Indirect TCP -
22 Principles, advantages and T1 375-378 BB 1 22
disadvantages
Snooping TCP and Mobile TCP -
23 Principles, advantages and T1 378-382 BB 1 23
disadvantages
Concept of Transmission / Time out
24 freezing
T1 382-383 BB 1 24

25 Selective re-transmission method T1 383-384 BB 1 25

Transaction oriented TCP, Overview
26 of classical enhancements to TCP
T1 384-386 BB 1 26
TCP over 3G wireless networks in
terms of data rate, latency, Jitter &
27 packet loss, Performance enhancing
T1 386-388 BB 1 27
proxies
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit ,students should be able to
Describe the concept behind different shift keying methods

UNIT IV Multipath mitigation techniques 9

Introduction to Universal Mobile
28 Telecommunication Service
T2 504-505 BB 1 28
Study of terrestrial radio access
29 network - logical control, traffic and T2 506-517 BB 1 29
transport channels
UMTS core architecture - Spreading
30 and Scrambling, 3G MSC
T2 518-519 BB 1 30
General GSMUMTS network, 3G -
31 MSC
T2 520-521 BB 1 31

32 Study of 3G-SGSN and 3G-GGSN T2 520-521 BB 1 32

33 Study of SMS - Gateway MSC and T2 521-522 BB 1 33
 SMS-Inter Working MSC, Firewall

Concept of Domain Name Server and

34 Dynamic Host Configuration T2 521-522 BB 1 34
Protocol
Concept of High Speed Down link
35 Packet Access (HSDPA)
T2 530-534 BB 1 35
Architecture and protocol of LTE
36 network, Freedom of Mobile T2 534-536 BB 1 36
multimedia Access (FOMA)

UNIT V 4G NETWORKS

37 Introduction to 4G vision T2 5.1-5.10 BB 1 37

Features, Challenges in 4G
38 technology
T2 5.10-5.19 BB 1 38

39 Applications of 4G concept T2 5.19-5.20 BB 1 39

40 4G technologies T2 5.20-5.21 BB 1 40
41 Multicarrier modulation T2 5.21-5.24 BB 1 41
42 Smart antenna techniques T2 5.24-5.27 BB 1 42
43 Orthogonal FDM - MIMO systems T2 5.27-5.30 BB 1 43
Adaptive modulation and coding
44 with time slot scheduler
T2 5.30-5.31 BB 1 44
Study of Cognitive Radio, Bell Labs
45 Layered Space Time (BLAST) System
T2 5.31-5.34 BB 1 45

COURSE OUTCOME

At the end of the course, the student should be able to:

Conversant with the latest 3G/4G and WiMAX networks and its architecture.
Design and implement wireless network environment for any application using latest
wireless protocols and standards.
Implement different type of applications for smart phones and mobile devices with latest
network strategies.

CONTENT BEYOND THE SYLLABUS

Freedom of Mobile multimedia Access (FOMA),Bell Labs Layered Space Time (BLAST)
System

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS

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ASSIGNMENT DETAILS

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Topic Nos 1-18 19-36 37-45
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