Syllabus Wireless Sensor Networks
Syllabus Wireless Sensor Networks
Unit 1
Understanding wireless network principles: Wireless channel, propagation, multiple access and
modulation, Wireless technologies and architectures, Significance of sensor networks in the wide subject
of wireless networking; Introducing sensor node:
Unit 2
Sensor network architecture and design principles: Sensor network scenarios, Optimization goals and
figures of merit, Designing sensor Networks, Service interfaces and gateway concept; WSN Programming
and Medium access control (MAC):
Unit 3
Link Layer protocols and Addressing: Fundamentals of Link Layer, Error Control, Framing & Link
Management, Addressing and naming in sensor networks;
Unit 4
ID-Centric Routing protocols and WSN Simulation, Gossiping and energy efficient Uni-casing,
Broadcast, Multicast and Geographic routing,
Unit 5
Transport layer and quality of service: Reliable Delivery, Coverage and Deployment, Congestion and
rate control, QoS; Sensor network security: Network security basics,
Reference
1. Handbook of Sensor Networks: Algorithms and Architectures, I. Stojmenovic, John Wiley &
Sons, 2005.
2. Ad Hoc & Sensor Networks: Theory and Applications, C. De Morais Condeiro and D.Agrawal,
World Scientific Pub, 2006.
3. Networking Wireless Sensors, B. Krishnamachari, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
4. Algorithms for Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks, Ed. Wagner, D., Wattenhofer, R., Springer Verlag,
2007.
5. Wireless Sensor Networks: An Information Processing Approach, Feng Zhao and Leonidas
Guibas, Morgan Kaufman, 2004.
6. Mobile, Wireless, and Sensor Networks: Technology, Applications and Future Directions, Rajeev
Shorey, A. Ananda, Mun Choon Chan, and Wei Tsang Ooi (Eds), IEEE Press, 2006.
7. Handbook of Sensor Networks: Compact Wireless and Wired Sensing Systems, Mohammad
Ilyas, Imad Mahgoub, CRC Press, 2004.
8. Protocols and Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks, by Holger Karl and Andreas Willig
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (May 31, 2005) ISBN: 0470095105