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The document discusses the objectives and units of a course on ad hoc and wireless sensor networks. The course covers topics like routing protocols, sensor network architectures, MAC protocols, transport layer protocols, and security issues in ad hoc and sensor networks. It also discusses sensor network platforms and tools.

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Ad Hoc Syllabus

The document discusses the objectives and units of a course on ad hoc and wireless sensor networks. The course covers topics like routing protocols, sensor network architectures, MAC protocols, transport layer protocols, and security issues in ad hoc and sensor networks. It also discusses sensor network platforms and tools.

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EC8702 AD HOC AND WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

OBJECTIVES:
The student should be made to:
• Learn Ad hoc network and Sensor Network fundamentals
• Understand the different routing protocols
• Have an in-depth knowledge on sensor network architecture and design issues
• Understand the transport layer and security issues possible in Ad hoc and Sensor
networks
• Have an exposure to mote programming platforms and tools

UNIT I AD HOC NETWORKS – INTRODUCTION AND ROUTING PROTOCOLS


Elements of Ad hoc Wireless Networks, Issues in Ad hoc wireless networks, Example
commercial applications of Ad hoc networking, Ad hoc wireless Internet, Issues in Designing a
Routing Protocol for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, Classifications of Routing Protocols, Table
Driven Routing Protocols – Destination Sequenced Distance Vector (DSDV), On–Demand
Routing protocols –Ad hoc On–Demand Distance Vector Routing (AODV).

UNIT II SENSOR NETWORKS – INTRODUCTION & ARCHITECTURES


Challenges for Wireless Sensor Networks, Enabling Technologies for Wireless Sensor
Networks, WSN application examples, Single-Node Architecture – Hardware Components,
Energy Consumption of Sensor Nodes, Network Architecture – Sensor Network Scenarios,
Transceiver Design Considerations, Optimization Goals and Figures of Merit.

UNIT III WSN NETWORKING CONCEPTS AND PROTOCOLS


MAC Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks, Low Duty Cycle Protocols And Wakeup
Concepts – S-MAC, The Mediation Device Protocol, Contention based protocols – PAMAS,
Schedule based protocols – LEACH, IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol, Routing Protocols�Energy
Efficient Routing, Challenges and Issues in Transport layer protocol.

UNIT IV SENSOR NETWORK SECURITY


Network Security Requirements, Issues and Challenges in Security Provisioning, Network
Security Attacks, Layer wise attacks in wireless sensor networks, possible solutions for
jamming, tampering, black hole attack, flooding attack. Key Distribution and Management,
Secure Routing – SPINS, reliability requirements in sensor networks.

UNIT V SENSOR NETWORK PLATFORMS AND TOOLS


Sensor Node Hardware – Berkeley Motes, Programming Challenges, Node-level software
platforms – TinyOS, nesC, CONTIKIOS, Node-level Simulators – NS2 and its extension to
sensor networks, COOJA, TOSSIM, Programming beyond individual nodes – State centric
programming.
OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course, the student would be able to:
• Know the basics of Ad hoc networks and Wireless Sensor Networks
• Apply this knowledge to identify the suitable routing algorithm based on the network and
user requirement
• Apply the knowledge to identify appropriate physical and MAC layer protocols
• Understand the transport layer and security issues possible in Ad hoc and sensor
networks
• Be familiar with the OS used in Wireless Sensor Networks and build basic modules

TEXT BOOKS:

1. C. Siva Ram Murthy and B. S. Manoj, ―Ad Hoc Wireless Networks Architectures and
Protocolsǁ, Prentice Hall, PTR, 2004. (UNIT I)

2. Holger Karl , Andreas willig, ―Protocol and Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networksǁ,
John wiley publication, Jan 2006.(UNIT II-V)

REFERENCES:

1. Feng Zhao, Leonidas Guibas, ―Wireless Sensor Networks: an information processing


approachǁ, Elsevier publication, 2004.

2. Charles E. Perkins, ―Ad Hoc Networkingǁ, Addison Wesley, 2000.

3. I.F. Akyildiz, W. Su, Sankarasubramaniam, E. Cayirci, ―Wireless sensor networks: a


surveyǁ, computer networks, Elsevier, 2002, 394 - 422.

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