II4005 Wireless ADHOC and Sensor Networks Syllabus:

II4005 Wireless ADHOC and Sensor Networks Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

The students will be able to
 understand the basics of Ad-hoc & Sensor Networks.
 learn various fundamental and emerging protocols of all layers.
 study about the issues pertaining to major obstacles in establishment and efficient
 manage of Ad-hoc and sensor networks.
 understand the nature and applications of Ad-hoc and sensor networks.
 understand various security practices and protocols of Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks.

UNIT I MAC & TCP IN AD HOC NETWORKS

Fundamentals of WLANs – IEEE 802.11 Architecture – Self configuration and Auto configuration-Issues in Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks – MAC Protocols for Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks – Contention Based Protocols – TCP over Ad-Hoc networks-TCP protocol overview – TCP and MANETs – Solutions for TCP over Ad-Hoc Networks.

UNIT II ROUTING IN AD HOC NETWORKS

Routing in Ad-Hoc Networks- Introduction-Topology based versus Position based Approaches Proactive, Reactive, Hybrid Routing Approach-Principles and issues – Location services – DREAM – Quorums based location service – Grid – Forwarding strategies – Greedy packet forwarding – Restricted directional flooding- Hierarchical Routing- Issues and Challenges in providing QoS.

UNIT III MAC, ROUTING & QOS IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

Introduction – Architecture – Single node architecture – Sensor network design considerations – Energy Efficient Design principles for WSNs – Protocols for WSN – Physical Layer : Transceiver Design considerations – MAC Layer Protocols – IEEE 802.15.4 Zigbee – Link Layer and Error Control issues – Routing Protocols – Mobile Nodes and Mobile Robots – Data Centric & Contention Based Networking – Transport Protocols & QOS – Congestion Control issues – Application Layer support.

UNIT IV SENSOR MANAGEMENT

Sensor Management – Topology Control Protocols and Sensing Mode Selection Protocols – Time synchronization – Localization and positioning – Operating systems and Sensor Network programming – Sensor Network Simulators.

UNIT V SECURITY IN AD HOC AND SENSOR NETWORKS

Security in Ad-Hoc and Sensor networks – Key Distribution and Management – Software based Anti-tamper techniques – water marking techniques – Defense against routing attacks – Secure Adhoc routing protocols – Broadcast authentication WSN protocols – TESLA – Biba – Sensor Network Security Protocols – SPINS.

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

Wieless Adhoc and Sensor Networks
Any 10 experiments:
1.Network Simulator installation of wireless sensor network.
2.Write TCL script for transmission between mobile nodes.
3.Write TCL script for sensor nodes with different parameters.
4.Generate TCL script for UDP and CBR traffic in WSN nodes.
5.Implementation of routing protocol in NS2 for AODV protocol.
6.Implementation of routing protocol in NS2 for DSR protocol.
7.Implementation of routing protocol in NS2 for TORA protocol
8.Study other wireless sensor network simulators (Mannasim. Contiki.).
9. Communication: Write code to send & receive data over wireless radio
10.Localisation: Centroid method using signal strength for weights
11.Power Management : Explore functionality on SPOTs to take current and voltage measurements.
12.Security: Experiment with Eschenauer-Gligor key management scheme
13.Contour tracking: Implement a lightweight distributed algorithm where nodes compute the contours using purely local information
14.Alternative Platforms & Tools :
• Introduce TinyOS and NesC;
• Build and deploy Blink, CntToRfmAndLeds, RfmToLeds.
• Learn to use the TOSSIM simulator.

OUTCOMES:

Upon Completion of the course, the students should be able to:
 Identify different issues in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks.
 To analyze protocols developed for ad hoc and sensor networks.
 To identify and address the security threats in ad hoc and sensor networks.
 Establish a Sensor network environment for different type of applications.

REFERENCES:

1. Adrian Perrig, J. D. Tygar, “Secure Broadcast Communication: In Wired and Wireless Networks”, Springer, 2006.
2. Carlos De Morais Cordeiro, Dharma Prakash Agrawal “Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: Theory and Applications (2nd Edition), World Scientific Publishing, 2011.
3. C.K.Toh, “Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks”, Pearson Education, 2002.
4. C.Siva Ram Murthy and B.S.Manoj, “Ad Hoc Wireless Networks – Architectures and Protocols”, Pearson Education, 2004.
5. Erdal Çayırcı , Chunming Rong, “Security in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks”, John Wiley and Sons, 2009.
6. Holger Karl, Andreas willig, Protocols and Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks, John Wiley & Sons, Inc .2005.
7. Subir Kumar Sarkar, T G Basavaraju, C Puttamadappa, “Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks”, Auerbach Publications, 2008.
8. Waltenegus Dargie, Christian Poellabauer, “Fundamentals of Wireless Sensor Networks Theory and Practice”, John Wiley and Sons, 2010