EC 421 WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS L T P C

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UNIT-I OVERVIEW OF WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS 9

Wireless sensor networks: advantages, characteristics features, applications Challenges
for Wireless Sensor Networks, Enabling Technologies for Wireless Sensor Networks.

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 Wireless Sensor
Networks, 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 9

Sensor Node Hardware Berkeley Motes, Programming Challenges, Node-level software
platforms, Node-level Simulators, State-centric programming.
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TEXT BOOKS
1. Holger Karl & Andreas Willig, " Protocols And
Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks" , John
Wiley, 2005.[Unit I-IV]
2. Feng Zhao & Leonidas J. Guibas, Wireless Sensor
Networks- An Information Processing Approach",
Elsevier, 2007.[Unit I-V]

REFERENCES
1. KazemSohraby, Daniel Minoli, &TaiebZnati,
Wireless Sensor Networks- Technology, Protocols and
Applications, John Wiley, 2007[Unit I,II, III].
2. Anna Hac, Wireless Sensor Network Designs, John
Wiley, 2003 .[Unit III].
 COURSE OUTCOMES
At the end of this course students will be able to
CO1 : Realize the significances of sensor network mechanisms
CO2 : Understand the architecture and gateway concepts of WSN
CO3 : Analyze the routing protocols of wireless Sensors.
CO4 : Evaluate the control establishment of sensor networks.
CO5 : Illustrate the performance of WSN using software platform and tools.

COURSE OUTCOMES MAPPING WITH PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

PO-a PO-b PO-c PO-d PO-e PO-f PO-g PO-h PO-i PO-j PO-k PO-l PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 M L
CO2 M
CO3 M M
CO4 H L L
CO5 M M