Wireless Technology

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Master of Computer Application (M.C.A.)

Semester VI

Wireless Technology

Assignments

&

PowerPoint Presentations

(Lecture by lecture)

by

Mr. Vinod Vaze

(2006-07)

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Master of Computer Application Semester VI
Wireless Technology
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1. First read the entire assignment. Then locate where you can get the answers
(Text books / Your note book or Internet) (Ref. Column) Make your rough
points.
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Ref. Key.:

WS: Wireless Communication and Networks by William Stallings (Pearson)

AU: Mobile Computing and Wireless Networks – Technology Briefing
BR: Wireless Communication Technology by Roy Blake (Delmar)
AST: Computer Networks by Andrews S. Tanenbaum (Pearson)
BAF: Data Communication and Networking by Behrouz A. Forouzan (Tata McGraw
Hill)
AK: Cryptography and Network Security by Atul Kahate (Tata McGraw Hill)

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Master of Computer Application Semester VI
Wireless Technology
Assignment No. 1

Date of issue: 12th March 2007 Last date of submission: 20th March
2007

Q. Particulars M Ref.
No.
1(a) Discuss the impairments in Wireless communication 10 WS 110
- Attenuation and attenuation distortion
- Free space loss
- Noise
- Atmospheric absorption
- Multipath fading
- Refraction
1(b) What is a frequency spectrum? What is on the “x axis”? 10
What is a Frequency domain” and Time Domain?
What would be the effect on the following if frequency
increases:
1. Focusing the beam
2. Persistence / fragile
3. Bandwidth
4. Wavelength
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2(a) What is frequency hoping spread spectrum? What do you 7
understand by slow and fast hoping?
2(b) State in brief the salient feature of Cellular Networks, 6
2(c) Explain in a few words only, the First Generation, Second 7
Generation and Third Generation of Wireless Communication
Technology
3(a) Write short notes on: 10
1. Wireless Local Loop,
2. IEEE 802.16
3(b) Which are Satellite Orbits? What is “footprint” 10
Differentiate between GEO, MEO and LEO satellites
What is a re-use factor? What is better a low re-use factor or a WS 285
high reuse factor? Why? BEF 429
4(a) Discuss the “Hidden Station problem” and “exposed station 10 BAF
problem” in IEEE 802.11. How would you overcome these?
4(b) Discuss MAC layer Protocol architecture in IEEE 802.11 10
5(a) In Blue Tooth technology what is a Piconet and scatter- net? 10 BAF 373
What is active State v/s parked state? How does Bluetooth
devices avoid interfering with other systems?
5(b) 10
Explain Bluetooth Layers in details BAF 381
How does the control frame differ from a management frame?
.

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Master of Computer Application Semester VI
Wireless Technology
Assignment No. 2

Date of issue: 12th March 2007 Last date of submission: 27th March
2007

Q. Particulars M Ref.
No.
1(a) Explain the significance of (∆f /f) << 1. Explain the significance 10 AST 102
if it is not. Differentiate between Frequency Hoping Spread
Spectrum and Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
1(b) Discuss the three Wireless transmission waves: namely Radio 10 BAF 186
waves, Microwaves and Infrared
2(a) Explain the terms: 10
o Binary Phase Shift Keying WS 177
o Pseudo Noise
o Band past filter
2(b) Explain in details the Transmitter’s side and Receiver’s side of 10 WS 170
Frequency Hoping Spread System.
3(a) Write short Note on: Wireless Access Protocol WAP 10 AST 663
3(b) What is the function of the CDMA multi-plexer in IS-95? 10 BAF 429
What is the main difference between Iridium and Global-star? BAF 429
4(a) What are Wireless LANS: Differentiate between 10
1. Infrared LANS, WS 442
2. Spread Spectrum LANS, WS 445
3. Narrow Band Microwave LANS WS 446
4(b) Explain the services of IEEE 802.11 10
5(a) What is SCO? A synchronous Connection oriented Link and 10 BAF 377
how does it differ from ACL An Asynchronous connectionless
Link (ACL)
How is OFDM different from FDM
BAF381
5(b) Discuss the future of Wireless system 10 AU
Business Drivers: Evolution from e-Business to M-Business
EPurchasing + eCRM + eSCM + Mobility + self serve
customers + no latency

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Master of Computer Application Semester VI
Wireless Technology
Assignment No. 3

Date of issue: 12th March 2007 Last date of submission: 3rd April 2007

Q. Particulars M Ref.
No.
1(a) What are the salient features of Wireless Communication media. 10 BAF 185
How do the characteristics change for signal below 2 MHz, 2 to
30 MHz and above 30 MHz
1(b) Explain the elements in a Wireless Communication System for 10 RB 5
the following:
1. Simples
2. Half Duplex and
3. Duplex
2(a) What are Block codes? And What are Convolutional codes? 10 WS 213
2(b) Define Hamming Distance. 2
2(c) Differentiate between error correcting codes and error detecting 8
codes.
3(a) What do understand by: 10
1. Interleaving
2. Recursive and
3. Puncture
3(b) What is Capacity Allocation in Frequency Division and Time 10
Division?
4(a) Write notes on IS-95. 10
4(b) Write notes on G.S.M. 10
5(a) Distinguish between ESS and BSS in IEEE 802.11 10
What is the purpose of NAV? BAF 381
5(b) Discuss the Physical Layer specifications in IEEE 802.11 10

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Master of Computer Application Semester VI
Wireless Technology
Assignment No. 4

Date of issue: 12th March 2007 Last date of submission: 10th April
2007

Q. Particulars M Ref.
No.
1(a) Explain the terms: Noise Figure and Noise Temperature. Explain 10 RB 10
the expression for multi stage system, stating Total noise figure
of the system when the individual noise figure and gain of each
stage is given. Explain the importance of Gain of the last stage in
the system AST 140
1(b) Distinguish between TDMA, FDMA and CDMA 10 BAF 321
2(a) What do you understand by Spread spectrum? What are the 10
advantages?
2(b) What is a Mobile IP? How to assign an I.P. Address in Wireless 10
communication?
3(a) What is VSAT? Which according to you are the design 10 AST 112
parameters of a VSAT?
3(b) Discuss Pros and cons of VSAT in Star topology and VSAT in 10
Mesh Topology
4(a) What is CSCD/CA and how does it differ from CSMA/CD? 10 BAF 316
Explain why CSMA/CD cannot be implemented in Wireless BAF 366
LAN.
4(b) What do you understand by “NAV” Network Allocation Vector? 10 BAF 367
What is the relationship between D-AMPS and AMPS BAF 429
5(a) In Blue Tooth what is L2CAP? What is the purpose of L2CP? 10 BAF 381
What are Baseband Specifications?
1. How much time in a Bluetooth one-slot frame is
used for the hopping mechanism?
2. How much time for three-slot frame?
3. How much time for five-slot frame?
5(b) Write short note on: Wireless Security 10 AST 780
1. Wired equivalent Privacy
2. Bluetooth security
3. WAP security AK 263
4. Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS) WS 415
5. Wireless Application Protocol in general WS 401
6. Security in GSM AK 266

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