FUNDAMENTALS OF PERVASIVE COMPUTING SYLLABUS CA5274

FUNDAMENTALS OF PERVASIVE COMPUTING SYLLABUS

CA5274

ANNA UNIVERSITY TRICHY

LTPC

3003

UNIT I PERVASIVE ARCHITECTURE 9

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.

UNIT II MOBILE DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES 9

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.

UNIT III SENSOR NETWORKS AND RFID’S 9

Sensor Networks – Sensor Node Architecture – Sensor Network Architecture – Types of Sensor Networks – Platforms for Wireless Sensor Networks – Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks – RFID – Transponder and Reader Architecture – Types of Tags and Readers – Frequencies of Operation – Application of RFID Technologies.

UNIT IV LOCAL AREA AND WIDE AREA WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES 9

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.

UNIT V PROTOCOLS AND APPLICATIONS 9

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

TEXT BOOKS

1. Burkhardt, Henn, Hepper, Rintdorff, Schaeck, “Pervasive Computing”, Addison Wesley, 2002.

2. Ashoke Talukdar and Roopa Yavagal, “Mobile Computing”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2005.

REFERENCES

1. F. Adelstein, S. K. S. Gupta, “Fundamentals of Mobile and Pervasive Computing”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2005.

2. Ashoke Talukdar and Roopa Yavagal, “Mobile Computing”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2005.