EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 - 2014

EC 465

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

                                                                       (ELECTIVE –II)

Instruction                                                                                                                                                                                        4  Periods per week

Duration of University Examination                                                                                                                                                   3  Hours

University Examination                                                                                                                                                                     75 Marks

Sessional                                                                                                                                                                                         25 Marks

UNIT-I : OVERVIEW OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

Challenges for Wireless Sensor Networks-Characteristics requirements-required mechanisms, Difference between mobile ad-hoc and sensor networks, Applications of sensor networks- Enabling Technologies for Wireless Sensor Networks

UNIT-II : ARCHITECTURES

Single-Node Architecture - Hardware Components, Energy Consumption

of Sensor Nodes, Operating Systems and Execution Environments,

Network Architecture - Sensor Network Scenarios, Optimization Goals

and Figures of Merit, Gateway Concepts.

UNIT-III : NETWORKING SENSORS

Physical Layer and Transceiver Design Considerations, MAC Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks, Low Duty Cycle Protocols And Wakeup Concepts - S-MAC, Zigbee: IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Layer, The Mediation Device Protocol, Wakeup Radio Concepts, Address and Name Management, Assignment of MAC Addresses, Routing Protocols- Energy-Efficient Routing, Geographic Routing.

UNIT-IV : INFRASTRUCTURE ESTABLISHMENT

Topology Control, Clustering, Time Synchronization, Localization and

Positioning, Sensor Tasking and Control.

UNIT-V  : SENSOR NETWORK PLATFORMS AND TOOLS

Operating Systems for Wireless Sensor Networks, Sensor Node Hardware – Berkeley Motes, Programming Challenges, Node-level software platforms, Node-level Simulators, State-centric programming.

Suggested Reading:

1.          Holger Karl and Andreas Willig, “Protocols And Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks,” John Wiley, 2005.

2.          Feng Zhao and Leonidas J. Guibas, “Wireless Sensor Networks - An Information Processing Approach,” Elsevier, 2007.

3.          Kazem Sohraby, Daniel Minoli, and Taieb Znati, “Wireless Sensor Networks- Technology, Protocols and Applications,” John Wiley, 2007.

4.          Anna Hac, “Wireless Sensor Network Designs,” John Wiley, 2003.