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CP19P02 WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS Category L T P C
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Objectives:
⚫ To provide an overview about sensor networks and emerging technologies.
⚫ To study about the node and network architecture of sensor nodes and its execution environment
⚫ To understand the concepts of communication, MAC, routing protocols
⚫ To learn about topology control and clustering in networks with timing synchronization
⚫ To study about sensor node platforms and understand the simulation and programming techniques

UNIT-I OVERVIEW OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS 9
Characteristic requirements –Tos, Qos, Fault tolerance, Lifetime, scalability, wide range densities, programmability,
maintainability. Required mechanisms – multichip, energy efficient, auto configuration, collaboration, data centric,
locality, exploit trade-off. Unique constraints and challenges of sensor networks. Emerging technologies for wireless
sensor networks. Advantages of sensor networks – energy advantage – detection advantage. Sensor network
applications – Habitat Monitoring- Tracking chemical plumes- Smart transportation.

UNIT-II ARCHITECTURES 9
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.

UNIT-III NETWORKING SENSORS 9
Physical Layer and Transceiver Design Considerations, MAC Protocols for WSN, 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 9
Topology Control, Clustering, Time Synchronization, Localization and Positioning, Sensor Tasking and Control.

UNIT-V SENSOR NETWORK PLATFORMS AND TOOLS
Sensor Node Hardware – Berkeley Motes, Programming Challenges, Node-level software platforms, Node-level
Simulators, State-centric programming.

Total Contact Hours : 45

Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the students should be able to
⚫ An overview about sensor networks and emerging technologies.
⚫ Understand node and network architecture of sensor nodes and its execution environment
⚫ Learned concepts of MAC, routing protocols and also study about the naming and addressing in WSN
Understand about topology control and clustering in networks with timing synchronization for localization
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services with sensor tasking and control.
⚫ Analyze sensor node hardware and software platforms

Reference Books(s):
1 Holger Karl & Andreas Willig, “Protocols And Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks”, John Wiley, 2005.
2 Feng Zhao & Leonidas J. G., “Wireless Sensor Networks- An Information Processing Approach", Elsevier, 2007.
Kazem Sohraby, Daniel Minoli, & Taieb Znati, “Wireless Sensor Networks- Technology, Protocols, And
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Applications”, John Wiley, 2007
4 Anna Hac, “Wireless Sensor Network Designs”, John Wiley, 2003.