With Effect From the Academic Year 2013-14

BIT 405

AD-HOC AND SENSOR NETWORKS

(ELECTIVE –II)

Instruction  per Week                                                                                                4 Periods
Duration of University Examination                                                                                     3 Hours
University Examination                                                                                              75 Marks
Sessional                                                                                                                     25 Marks

UNIT-I 

Wireless Transmission Technology and Systems: Introduction, Radio Technology Primer, Available Wireless Technologies. Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless Networks: 
Introduction, Background, Fundamentals of MAC Protocols.

UNIT-II

Adhoc Networks:  Introduction and Definitions, Adhoc Network Applications, Design Challenges. Evaluating Adhoc Network Protocols -the Case for a Test bed. Routing in Mobile Adhoc Networks: Introduction, Flooding. Proactive Routing. On Demand Routing. Proactive Versus On Demand Debate. Location based Routing.

UNIT-III

Multicasting in Adhoc Networks:  Introduction, Classifications of Protocols, Multicasting Protocols, Broadcasting. Protocol Comparisons, Overarching Issues. Transport layer Protocols in Adhoc Networks: Introduction, TCP and Adhoc Networks, Transport Layer for Adhoc Networks: Overview, Modified TCP, TCP-aware Cross-Layered Solutions. Adhoc Transport Protocol. 

UNIT-IV

QoS Issue in Adhoc Networks: Introduction, Definition of QoS, Medium Access Layer, Q0S Routing, Inter- Layer Design Approaches. Security in Mobile Adhoc Networks: Vulnerabilities of Mobile Adhoc Networks, Potential Attacks, Attack Prevention Techniques. Intrusion Detection Techniques. 

UNIT-V 

Basic Wireless Sensor Technology: Introduction, Sensor Node Technology, Sensor Taxonomy. 
Introduction and Overview of Wireless Sensor Networks: Introduction, Overview MAC Protocols for Wireless Sensor networks.  Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks:  Examples of Category 1 and Category 2 WSN applications. 

Suggested Reading: 

1. Prasant Mohapatra and Srihanamurthy, “Ad Hoc Networks Technologies and Protocols”,   

Springer, Springer International Edition, 2009. 

1. Kazem Sohraby, Daniel Minoli, Taieb Znati, “Wireless Sensor Networks”, A John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publication-
2. Shivaram Murthy and B. S. Manoj, “Adhoc Networks – Principles and Protocols”, Pearson Education, 2012.