VL4006 Advanced Wireless Sensor Networks Syllabus:
VL4006 Advanced Wireless Sensor Networks Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
to enable the student to understand the role of sensors and the networking of sensed data for different applications.
to expose the students to the sensor node essentials and the architectural details, the medium access and routing issues and the energy constrained operational scenario.
to enable the student to understand the challenges in synchronization and localization of sensor nodes, topology management for effective and sustained communication, data management and security aspects
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- case study, 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. Physical layer and transceiver design considerations.
UNIT III MAC AND ROUTING
MAC protocols for wireless sensor networks, IEEE 802.15.4, Zigbee, low duty cycle protocols and wakeup concepts – s-MAC , 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 DATA MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY
Data management in WSN, storage and indexing in sensor networks, query processing in sensor, data aggregation, directed diffusion, tiny aggregation, greedy aggregation, security in WSN, security protocols for sensor networks, secure charging and rewarding scheme, secure event and event boundary detection.
TOTAL:45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of this course, the students will be able to:
CO1: design and implement simple wireless network concepts
CO2: design, analyze and implement different network architectures
CO3: implement MAC layer and routing protocols
CO4: deal with timing and control issues in wireless sensor networks
CO5: analyze and design secured wireless sensor networks
REFERENCES
1. Holger Karl & Andreas Willig, “Protocols and Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks” , John Wiley, 2005.
2. Erdal Çayirci , Chunming Rong, “Security in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks”, John Wiley and Sons, 2009.
3. Kazem Sohraby, Daniel Minoli, & Taieb Znati, “Wireless Sensor Networks-S Technology, Protocols, and Applications”, John Wiley, 2007.
4. Yingshu Li, My T. Thai,Weili Wu, “Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications”, Springer, 2008.