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    ECE 750-T4 Final Spring 2007

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    ECE 750-T4 Final Exam, Spring 2007


    2007 University of Waterloo, Electrical and Computer Engineering
    ECE 750-T4 Protocols, Software and Issues in Mobile Computing
    Instructor: Sagar Naik
    August 03, 2007, 1:30 PM4:00 PM
    Instructions:

    You have 2.5 hours to complete the exam.


    This is a closed book exam.
    Answer all questions, and hand in all pages.
    GSM + Channel Assignment
    Ad Hoc Networks
    Broadcasting Techniques
    Mobile IP + Mobile TCP
    Environment and Network Awareness

    Total

    Student ID

    Student Name

    /35
    /25
    /25
    /35
    /20

    /140

    Email Address

    Student Signature

    Note: If you borrowed my Mobile Communications (Schiller) book,


    could you please return it to me after the exam.
    Good luck!

    ECE 750-T4 Final Spring 2007

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    1. GSM + Channel Assignment


    a. [15] Clearly explain the communication protocol followed to support a mobile
    initiated call in the GSM system.
    b. [15] Clearly explain the following kinds of channels and their functions in the
    GSM system: Paging Channel, Random Access Channel, Access Grant
    Channel, SADCCH, and FACCH.
    c. [5] Explain the following concept and identify its advantage: A TDMA frame
    on the uplink is shifted by three slots from the corresponding frame on the
    downlink in a GSM network.

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    ECE 750-T4 Final Spring 2007

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    2. Ad hoc Networks

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    a. [9] Clearly explain the dynamic source routing protocol for ad hoc networks.
    b. [9] Clearly explain the operation of the DSDV protocol.

    [7] Assume that in a certain ad hoc network application, changes in network topology are
    few and far in between. What protocol DSDV or dynamic source routing is more
    appropriate in such a scenario? Justify your answer.

    ECE 750-T4 Final Spring 2007

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    3. Broadcasting Techniques

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    a. [15] Clearly explain the dominant pruning algorithm for performing broadcast in
    an ad hoc network. Identify the key feature of the algorithm which gives us better
    performance than the flooding based algorithm.
    b.

    [10] Clearly explain a location based broadcast algorithm.

    ECE 750-T4 Final Spring 2007

    4. Mobile IP and Mobile TCP

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    a. [15] Clearly explain why the IPv4 protocol fails to deliver packets to a host if the
    host moves to a foreign network. Next, clearly explain how the protocol has been
    enhanced to support host mobility.
    b. [10] Clearly explain the need for the transport layer to be aware of host mobility.
    c. [10] Clearly explain the basic ideas in the snooping TCP protocol.

    ECE 750-T4 Final Spring 2007

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    5. Environment and Network Awareness

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    a. [15] Assume that your responsibility is to develop a client/server system that provides
    the best service to the user depending on the present quality level of the network.
    Clearly explain a framework and its main features to make the client/server system
    sensitive to network resources.
    b. [5] Clearly explain two difficulties in making an application program network aware.

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