CS6003 AD HOC AND SENSOR NETWORKS Materials Available L T P C 3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVES: The student should be made to:
Understand the design issues in ad hoc and sensor networks.
Learn the different types of MAC protocols.
Be familiar with different types of adhoc routing protocols.
Be expose to the TCP issues in adhoc networks.
Learn the architecture and protocols of wireless sensor networks.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION 9 Fundamentals of Wireless Communication Technology – The Electromagnetic Spectrum – Radio propagation Mechanisms – Characteristics of the Wireless Channel -mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) and wireless sensor networks (WSNs) :concepts and architectures. Applications of Ad Hoc and Sensor networks. Design Challenges in Ad hoc and Sensor Networks.
UNIT II MAC PROTOCOLS FOR AD HOC WIRELESS NETWORKS 9 Issues in designing a MAC Protocol- Classification of MAC Protocols- Contention based protocols- Contention based protocols with Reservation Mechanisms- Contention based protocols with Scheduling Mechanisms – Multi channel MAC-IEEE 802.11
UNIT III ROUTING PROTOCOLS AND TRANSPORT LAYER IN AD HOC WIRELESS NETWORKS 9 Issues in designing a routing and Transport Layer protocol for Ad hoc networks- proactive routing, reactive routing (on-demand), hybrid routing- Classification of Transport Layer solutions-TCP over Ad hoc wireless Networks.
UNIT IV WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS (WSNS) AND MAC PROTOCOLS 9 Single node architecture: hardware and software components of a sensor node - WSN Network architecture: typical network architectures-data relaying and aggregation strategies -MAC layer protocols: self-organizing, Hybrid TDMA/FDMA and CSMA based MAC- IEEE 802.15.4.
UNIT V WSN ROUTING, LOCALIZATION & QOS 9 Issues in WSN routing – OLSR- Localization – Indoor and Sensor Network Localization-absolute and relative localization, triangulation-QOS in WSN-Energy Efficient Design-Synchronization-Transport Layer issues. TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES: Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
Explain the concepts, network architectures and applications of ad hoc and wireless sensor networks
Analyze the protocol design issues of ad hoc and sensor networks
Design routing protocols for ad hoc and wireless sensor networks with respect to some protocol design issues
Evaluate the QoS related performance measurements of ad hoc and sensor networks
TEXT BOOK:
1. C. Siva Ram Murthy, and B. S. Manoj, "Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: Architectures and Protocols ", Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference, 2008.
REFERENCES:
1. Carlos De Morais Cordeiro, Dharma Prakash Agrawal “Ad Hoc & Sensor Networks: Theory and Applications”, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2006.
2. Feng Zhao and Leonides Guibas, "Wireless Sensor Networks", Elsevier Publication - 2002.
3. Holger Karl and Andreas Willig “Protocols and Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks”, Wiley, 2005
4. Kazem Sohraby, Daniel Minoli, & Taieb Znati, “Wireless Sensor Networks-Technology, Protocols, and Applications”, John Wiley, 2007.
5. Anna Hac, “Wireless Sensor Network Designs”, John Wiley, 2003.