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Iv Year - Ii Semester T P C 4 0 3 Mobile Adhoc & Sensor Networks

This document outlines a course on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Networks. The course objectives are to understand the concepts, applications, challenges of MANETs and WSNs, and examine issues and solutions at various network layers. The course outcomes are to develop new applications, solve technical issues, and design algorithms/protocols for these networks. The syllabus covers topics like routing, data transmission, TCP over ad hoc networks, sensor network architectures, data retrieval, security, and sensor network platforms/tools.

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Iv Year - Ii Semester T P C 4 0 3 Mobile Adhoc & Sensor Networks

This document outlines a course on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Networks. The course objectives are to understand the concepts, applications, challenges of MANETs and WSNs, and examine issues and solutions at various network layers. The course outcomes are to develop new applications, solve technical issues, and design algorithms/protocols for these networks. The syllabus covers topics like routing, data transmission, TCP over ad hoc networks, sensor network architectures, data retrieval, security, and sensor network platforms/tools.

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IV Year II SEMESTER

T P C
4 0 3
Mobile Adhoc & Sensor Networks

Course Objectives:
1) To make the student understand the concepts of MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS (Manets)
as well as Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), their characteristics, novel applications, and
technical challenges.
2) To understand the issues and solutions of various layers of Manets, namely MAC layer,
Network Layer & Transport Layer in Manets and WSN.
3) To understand the platforms and protocols used in Manets and WSN.
4) To make the student take up further research as part of his higher studies

Course Outcomes:
1) Able to think and develop new applications in Manets and WSN.
2) Able to take any new technical issue related to these new thrust areas and come up with a
solution(s).
3) Able to develop algorithms/protocols for Manets and WSN.

Syllabus:

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, Position based routing algorithms,

UNIT II:
Data Transmission: Broadcast storm problem, Broadcasting, Multicasting and Geocasting

UNIT III:

TCP over Ad Hoc: TCP protocol overview, TCP and MANETs, and Solutions for TCP over Ad
hoc

UNIT IV:
Basics of Wireless Sensors and Applications: Applications, Classification of sensor networks,
Architecture of sensor networks, Physical layer, MAC layer, Link layer

UNIT V :
Data Retrieval in Sensor Networks: Routing layer, Transport layer, High-level application layer
support, Adapting to the inherent dynamic nature of WSNs, and Sensor Networks and mobile
robots.

UNIT VI :
Security: Security in ad hoc networks, Key management, Secure routing, Cooperation in
MANETs, and Intrusion detection systems.
Sensor Network Platforms and Tools: Sensor Network Hardware, Berkeley motes, Sensor
Network Programming Challenges, Node-Level Software Platforms, TinyOS, NS-2 and
TOSSIM.

Textbook:
1. Ad hoc and Sensor Networks - Theory and Applications, by Carlos Cordeiro and Dharma P.
Agrawal, 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,

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