M.Tech I Year I Semester (R17)
Wireless Local Area Networks: Introduction, wireless LAN Topologies, Wireless LAN Requirements, Physical Layer- Infrared Physical Layer, Microwave based Physical Layer Alternatives, Medium Access Control Layer- HIPERLAN 1 Sublayer, IEEE 802.11 MAC Sublayer and Latest Developments- 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g Personal Area Networks: Introduction to PAN technology and Applications, Bluetooth - specifications, Radio Channel, Piconets and Scatternets, Inquiry, Paging and Link Establishment, Packet Format, Link Types, Power Management, Security, Home RF -Physical and MAC Layer
Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks: Introduction; Cellular and Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks; Issues in Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks: Medium Access Scheme, Routing, Multicasting, Transport Layer Protocols, Quality of Service Provisioning, Energy Management, Scalability
Medium Access Control Protocols: Introduction; Issues in Designing a MAC protocol: Bandwidth efficiency, Quality of Service support, Synchronization, Hidden and exposed terminal problems, Error prone shared broadcast channel, mobility nodes; Design goals of a MAC protocol; Classification of MAC protocols; Contention-based protocols: MACAW, Floor acquisition multiple access protocol, Busy tone multiple access protocols, MACA by invitation, Media access with reduced handshake; Contention-based protocols with reservation mechanisms; Contention-based MAC protocols with scheduling mechanisms; MAC protocols that use directional antennas
Routing and Transport Layer Protocols: Introduction, issues in designing a routing protocol, Classification of routing protocols, Table-driven protocols, On-demand routing protocols, Hybrid routing protocols, Routing with efficient flooding mechanisms, Hierarchical routing protocols, Power- aware routing protocols; Introduction to transport layer protocols, design issues and goals of transport layer protocol, Classification of transport layer solutions
Wireless Sensor Networks: Introduction, Sensor Network Architecture, Data Dissemination, Data gathering, MAC protocols for Sensor Networks, Location Discovery, Quality of a Sensor Network
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