CS9153 Fundamentals of Pervasive Computing 3 0 0 3
1. Pervasive Architecture
Local Area Networks – Wireless LANs - Relationship of Wireless, Internet and Ubiquitous Computing – Pervasive Computing and Ubiquitous Computing - Ambient Computing – Pervasive Web application Architecture – Requirements of computational infrastructure - failure management – security – performance – dependability.
2. Mobile Device Technologies
Mobile Computing devices characteristics - Adaptation – Data dissemination and Management - Heterogeneity – Interoperability - – Context awareness - Language localization issues - User Interface design issues – Difference between UI design for mobile devices and conventional systems - Mobile Agents - Mobile Device technology overview - Windows CE – Symbian – J2ME – Pocket PC – BREW.
3. Sensor Networks and RFIDs
Introduction to Sensor networks - Sensor Node Architecture – Sensor Network Architecture - Types of sensor networks – Platforms for Wireless sensor networks – Applications of Wireless Sensor networks - Introduction to RFID – transponder and reader architecture - Types of tags and readers - Frequencies of operation – Application of RFID Technologies.
4. Local Area and Wide Area Wireless Technologies
IEEE 802.11 technologies - Infrared technologies - Bluetooth networks (OBEX Protocol) - Personal Area Networks – Mobility Management - Mobile IP - Establishing Wide area wireless networks - Concept and structure of ”cell” - Call establishment and maintenance - Channel management - Frequency Assignment techniques.
5. Protocols and Applications
Networking protocols - Packet switched protocols - Routing Protocols for Sensor Networks - Data Centric Protocols - Hierarchical Protocols - Location-based protocols - Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Protocols - Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) – Applications of Pervasive Computing – Retail – Healthcare - Sales force automation – Tracking applications.
Total = 45
References
1. Burkhardt, Henn, Hepper, Rintdorff, Schaeck. “Pervasive Computing”, Addison Wesley, 2002.
2. F. Adelstein, S.K.S. Gupta, “Fundamentals of Mobile and Pervasive Computing” Tata McGraw-Hill, 2005.
3. Ashoke Talukdar and Roopa Yavagal, “Mobile Computing”, Tata McGraw Hill,
2005
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