JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

UNIT - I

Introduction: Components of a wireless sensor node, Motivation for a Network of Wireless Sensor Nodes, Classification of sensor networks, Characteristics of wireless sensor networks, Challenges of wireless sensor networks, Comparison between wireless sensor networks and wireless mesh networks, Limitations in wireless sensor networks, Design challenges, Hardware architecture, Applications : Structural Health Monitoring, Traffic Control, Health Care, .Pipeline Monitoring, Precision Agriculture, Active Volcano, Underground Mining. Node Architecture: The Sensing Subsystem, The Processor Subsystem , Communication Interfaces, Prototypes. Operating Systems: Functional Aspects, Nonfunctional Aspects, Prototypes, Evaluation

UNIT - II

Basic Architectural Framework: Physical Layer, Basic Components, Source Encoding, Channel Encoding, Modulation. Medium Access Control: Wireless MAC Protocols, Characteristics of MAC Protocols in Sensor Networks, Contention-Free MAC Protocols, Contention-Based MAC Protocols, Hybrid MAC Protocols

UNIT - III

Network Layer: Routing Metrics, Flooding and Gossiping, Data-Centric Routing, Proactive Routing, On-Demand Routing, Hierarchical Routing, Location-Based Routing, QoS-Based Routing Protocols Node and Network Management: Power Management, Local Power Management aspects, Dynamic Power Management, Conceptual Architecture

UNIT - IV

Time Synchronization: Clocks and the Synchronization Problem, Time Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks, Basics of Time Synchronization, Time Synchronization Protocols Localization: Ranging Techniques, Range-Based Localization, Range-Free Localization, Event- Driven Localization

UNIT - V

Security: Fundamentals of Network Security, Challenges of Security in Wireless Sensor Networks , Security Attacks in Sensor Networks, Protocols and Mechanisms for Security, IEEE 802.15.4 and Zig Bee Security

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Waltenegus Dargie, Christian Poellabauer, “ Fundamentals of Wireless Sensor Networks: Theory and Practice”, Wiley 2010
• 2. Mohammad S. Obaidat, Sudip Misra,” Principles of Wireless Sensor Networks”, Cambridge, 2014

REFERENCES:

• 1. Ian F. Akyildiz, Mehmet Can Vuran , “Wireless Sensor Networks”, Wiley 2010
• 2. C S Raghavendra, K M Sivalingam, Taieb Znati, “Wireless Sensor Networks”, Springer, 2010
• 3. C. Sivarm murthy & B.S. Manoj, “ Adhoc Wireless Networks”, PHI-2004
• 4. FEI HU., XIAOJUN CAO, “Wireless Sensor Networks”, CRC Press, 2013
• 5. Feng ZHAO, Leonidas GUIBAS, “Wireless Sensor Networks”, ELSEVIER , 2004 M. TECH. I YEAR II SEMESTER COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING