PTCEC364 Wireless Broad Band Networks Syllabus:

PTCEC364 Wireless Broad Band Networks Syllabus – Anna University Part time Regulation 2023

COURSE OBJECTIVES

● To study the various network layer and transport layer protocols for wireless networks
● To study the architecture and interference mitigation techniques in 3G standards
● To learn about 4G technologies and LTE-A in mobile cellular network.
● To learn about the layer level functionalities in interconnecting networks.
● To study the emerging techniques in 5G network.

UNIT I WIRELESS PROTOCOLS

Mobile network layer- Fundamentals of Mobile IP, data forwarding procedures in mobile IP, IPv4, IPv6, IP mobility management, IP addressing – DHCP, Mobile transport layer-Traditional TCP, congestion control, slow start, fast recovery/fast retransmission, classical TCP improvements- Indirect TCP, snooping TCP, Mobile TCP.

UNIT II 3G EVOLUTION

IMT-2000 – W-CDMA, CDMA 2000 – radio & network components, network structure, packetdata transport process flow, Channel Allocation, core network, interference-mitigation techniques, UMTS-services, air interface, network architecture of 3GPP, UTRAN – architecture, High Speed Packet Data-HSDPA,HSUPA.

UNIT III 4G EVOLUTION

Introduction to LTE-A – Requirements and Challenges, network architectures – EPC, EUTRAN architecture – mobility management, resource management, services, channel -logical and transport channel mapping, downlink/uplink data transfer, MAC control element, PDU packet formats, scheduling services, random access procedure.

UNIT IV LAYER-LEVEL FUNCTIONS

Characteristics of wireless channels – downlink physical layer, uplink physical layer, MAC scheme -frame structure, resource structure, mapping, synchronization, reference signals and channel estimation, SC-FDMA, interference cancellation – CoMP, Carrier aggregation, Services – multimedia broadcast/multicast, location-based services.

UNIT V 5G EVOLUTION

5G Roadmap – Pillars of 5G – 5G Architecture, The 5G internet – IoT and context awareness – Networking reconfiguration and virtualization support – Mobility QoS control – emerging approach for resource over provisioning, Small cells for 5G mobile networks- capacity limits and achievable gains with densification – Mobile data demand, Demand Vs Capacity, Small cell challenges, conclusion and future directions.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to
CO1: Design and implement the various protocols in wireless networks.
CO2: Analyze the architecture of 3G network standards.
CO3: Analyze the difference of LTE-A network design from 4G standard.
CO4: Design the interconnecting network functionalities by layer level functions.
CO5: Explore the current generation (5G) network architecture.

TEXTBOOKS

1. Kaveh Pahlavan, “Principles of wireless networks”, Prentice-Hall of India, 2008

REFERENCES

1. Vijay K.Garg, “Wireless Network Evolution – 2G & 3G”. Prentice Hall, 2008.
2. Clint Smith,P.E, Dannel Collins, “3G Wireless Networks” Tata McGraw- Hill, 2nd Edition, 2011.
3. Sassan Ahmadi, “LTE-Advanced – A practical systems approach to understanding the 3GPP LTE Releases 10 and 11 radio access technologies”, Elsevier, 2014.
4. Jonathan Rodriguez, “Fundamentals of 5G Mobile networks”, John Wiley, 2015.