WCN Syllabus

                                    WIRELESS COMMUNCIATIONS AND NETWORKS

UNIT I
MULTIPLE ACCESS TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION : Introduction, FDMA, TDMA,Spread Spectrum, Multiple access, SDMA, Packet radio, Packet radio protocols, CSMA protocols, Reservation protocols

UNIT II
INTRODUCTION TO WIRELESS NETWORKING : Introduction, Difference between wireless and fixedtelephone networks, Development of wireless networks, Traffic routing in wireless networks.

UNIT III
WIRELESS DATA SERVICES : CDPD, ARDIS, RMD, Common channel signaling, ISDN, BISDN and ATM,SS7, SS7 user part, signaling traffic in SS7.

UNIT IV
MOBILE IP AND WIRELESS ACCESS PROTOCOL : Mobile IP Operation of mobile IP, Co-located address,Registration, Tunneling, WAP Architecture, overview, WML scripts, WAP service, WAP session protocol,wireless transaction, Wireless datagram protocol.

UNIT V
WIRELESS LAN TECHNOLOGY : Infrared LANs, Spread spectrum LANs, Narrow bank microwave LANs,IEEE 802 protocol Architecture, IEEE802 architecture and services, 802.11 medium access control, 802.11 physical layer.

UNIT VI
BLUE TOOTH : Overview, Radio specification, Base band specification, Links manager specification, Logical link control and adaptation protocol. Introduction to WLL Technology.

UNIT VII
MOBILE DATA NETWORKS : Introduction, Data oriented CDPD Network, GPRS and higher data rates, Short messaging service in GSM, Mobile application protocol.

UNIT VIII
WIRELESS ATM & HIPER LAN : Introduction, Wireless ATM, HIPERLAN, Adhoc Networking and WPAN.

TEXT BOOKS :
1. Wireless Communications, Principles, Practice – Theodore, S. Rappaport, PHI, 2nd Edn., 2002.
2. Wireless Communication and Networking – William Stallings, PHI, 2003.

REFERENCES :
1. Wireless Digital Communications – Kamilo Feher, PHI, 1999.
2. Principles of Wireless Networks – Kaveh Pah Laven and P. Krishna Murthy, Pearson Education, 2002.
3. Wireless Communications – Andreaws F. Molisch, Wiley India, 2006.
4. Introduction to Wireless and Mobile Systems – Dharma Prakash Agarwal, Qing-An Zeng, Thomson 2nd
    Edition, 2006.