Code No: 75225/MT

NR
M.Tech. – II Semester Regular Examinations, September, 2008

MOBILE COMPUTING
(Information Technology)

Time: 3hours Max. Marks:60

Answer any FIVE questions

All questions carry equal marks
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1.a) What are the applications of mobile computing.
b) What are the problems that are present in wireless and mobile
computing.
c) What is the reference model for mobile computing.

2.a) Why a specialized MAC layer is required in wireless networks.

b) What is nidden and exposed terminals problem.
c) What are the advantages and disadvantages of FDMA and TDMa

3. Explain in detail how mobile IP works.

4.a) Why traditional TCP can not be used in mobile networks.

b) How selective retransmission mechanism is used in mobile
networks.
c) What is transaction oriented TCP?

5.a) Why caching invalidation is required and what are the mechanisms.
b) How client server computing works.

6.a) What are the tuning techniques? Why tuning is required?

b) What is Data Dissemination? Explain.

7.a) What is MANET? What are the characteristics of MANET?

b) What are the different MANET applications? Explain.

8. Explain in detail WAP.

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