NC4003 Broadband Networks Syllabus:
NC4003 Broadband Networks Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To know about uses, applications, disadvantages of broadband networks
To Understand the Protocols involved in Broadband Networks
To Know the various evolutions of network
To elaborate on the Layer level functions
UNIT I EVOLUTION OF WIRELESS NETWORKS
Review of cellular standards, migration and advancement of GSM architecture and CDMA architecture, WLAN – IEEE 802.11and HIPERLAN, Bluetooth.
UNIT II 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 III 3G EVOLUTIONS
IMT-2000 – W-CDMA, CDMA 2000 – radio & network components, network structure, packet-data 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 IV 4G AND BEYOND
Introduction to LTE-A – Requirements and Challenges, network architectures – EPC, E- UTRAN 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 V 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.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course, student will be able to
CO1: design routing mechanism meeting the desired QoS in NGN.
CO2:compare various methods of providing connection-oriented services over a NGN.
CO3:compare various NGN virtual network services with reference to VPNs, VLANs, pseudo wires, VPLS and typical applications
CO4: analyse the traditional networking structure
CO5: understand the Uplink and downlink layers
TOTAL:45 PERIODS
REFERENCES
1. Kaveh Pahlavan, “Principles of wireless networks”, Prentice-Hall of India, 2008.
2. Vijay K.Garg, “Wireless Network Evolution- 2G & 3G” Pearson, 2013.
3. Clint Smith,P.E, Dannel Collins, “3G Wireless Networks” 2nd edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2008..
4. Jochen H.Schiller, “Mobile Communications”, 2/e, Pearson, 2014
5. Sassan Ahmadi, “LTE-Advanced – A practical systems approach to understanding the 3GPP LTE Releases 10 and 11 radio access technologies”, Elsevier, 2014.