JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Prerequisites

• 1. A course on “Computer Networks”
• 2. A course on “Mobile Computing”

Course Objectives:

• To understand the concepts of sensor networks
• To understand the MAC and transport protocols for ad hoc networks
• To understand the security of sensor networks
• To understand the applications of adhoc and sensor networks

Course Outcomes:

• Ability to understand the state-of-the-art research in the emerging subject of Ad Hoc and Wireless Sensor Networks
• Ability to solve the issues in real-time application development based on ASN.
• Ability to conduct further research in the domain of ASN

UNIT - I

Introduction to Ad Hoc Networks - Characteristics of MANETs, Applications of MANETs and Challenges of MANETs. Routing in MANETs - Criteria for classification, Taxonomy of MANET routing algorithms, Topology- based routing algorithms-Proactive: DSDV; Reactive: DSR, AODV; Hybrid: ZRP; Position-based routing algorithms-Location Services-DREAM, Quorum-based; Forwarding Strategies: Greedy Packet, Restricted Directional Flooding-DREAM, LAR.

UNIT - II

Data Transmission - Broadcast Storm Problem, Rebroadcasting Schemes-Simple-flooding, Probability-based Methods, Area-based Methods, Neighbor Knowledge-based: SBA, Multipoint Relaying, AHBP. Multicasting: Tree-based: AMRIS, MAODV; Mesh-based: ODMRP, CAMP; Hybrid: AMRoute, MCEDAR.

UNIT - III

Geocasting: Data-transmission Oriented-LBM; Route Creation Oriented-GeoTORA, MGR. TCP over Ad Hoc TCP protocol overview, TCP and MANETs, Solutions for TCP over Ad hoc

UNIT - IV

Basics of Wireless, Sensors and Lower Layer Issues: Applications, Classification of sensor networks, Architecture of sensor network, Physical layer, MAC layer, Link layer, Routing Layer.

UNIT - V

Upper Layer Issues of WSN: Transport layer, High-level application layer support, Adapting to the inherent dynamic nature of WSNs, Sensor Networks and mobile robots.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks – Theory and Applications, Carlos Corderio Dharma P. Aggarwal, World Scientific Publications, March 2006, ISBN – 981–256–681–3.
• 2. Wireless Sensor Networks: An Information Processing Approach, Feng Zhao, Leonidas Guibas, Elsevier Science, ISBN – 978-1-55860-914-3 (Morgan Kauffman).