JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives

• 1. To acquire the knowledge about various architectures and applications of Sensor Networks
• 2. To understand issues, challenges and emerging technologies for wireless sensor networks
• 3. To learn about various routing protocols and MAC Protocols
• 4. To understand various data gathering and data dissemination methods
• 5. To Study about design principals, node architectures, hardware and software required for implementation of wireless sensor networks.

Course Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• 1. Analyze and compare various architectures of Wireless Sensor Networks
• 2. Understand Design issues and challenges in wireless sensor networks
• 3. Analyze and compare various data gathering and data dissemination methods.
• 4. Design, Simulate and Compare the performance of various routing and MAC protocol

UNIT - I

Introduction to Sensor Networks, unique constraints and challenges, Advantage of Sensor Networks, Applications of Sensor Networks, Types of wireless sensor networks

UNIT - II

Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) and Wireless Sensor Networks, Enabling technologies for Wireless Sensor Networks. Issues and challenges in wireless sensor networks

UNIT - III

Routing protocols, MAC protocols: Classification of MAC Protocols, S-MAC Protocol, B-MAC protocol, IEEE 802.15.4 standard and ZigBee

UNIT - IV

Dissemination protocol for large sensor network. Data dissemination, data gathering, and data fusion; Quality of a sensor network; Real-time traffic support and security protocols.

UNIT - V

Design Principles for WSNs, Gateway Concepts Need for gateway, WSN to Internet Communication, and Internet to WSN Communication. Single-node architecture, Hardware components & design constraints, Operating systems and execution environments, introduction to TinyOS and nesC.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Ad-Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks- C. Siva Ram Murthy,B. S. Manoj, Pearson
• 2. Principles of Wireless Networks – Kaveh Pah Laven and P. Krishna Murthy, 2002, PE

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. Wireless Digital Communications – Kamilo Feher, 1999, PHI.
• 2. Wireless Communications-Andrea Goldsmith, 2005 Cambridge University Press.
• 3. Mobile Cellular Communication – Gottapu Sasibhushana Rao, Pearson Education, 2012.
• 4. Wireless Communication and Networking – William Stallings, 2003, PHI. M.TECH.- I YEAR- I SEMESTER EMBEDDED SYSTEMS