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This document outlines the objectives and units of a course on ad hoc and wireless sensor networks. The course aims to teach students about ad hoc network and sensor network fundamentals, routing protocols, sensor network architecture and design issues, transport layer and security issues, and mote programming platforms and tools. The course is divided into 5 units covering topics like ad hoc network routing protocols, sensor network architectures, WSN networking concepts and protocols, sensor network security, and sensor network platforms and tools. The overall intended learning outcomes are for students to gain knowledge of ad hoc and sensor networks, apply this to routing algorithms and protocols, understand transport layer and security issues, and become familiar with sensor network operating systems.

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ASN Syllabus

This document outlines the objectives and units of a course on ad hoc and wireless sensor networks. The course aims to teach students about ad hoc network and sensor network fundamentals, routing protocols, sensor network architecture and design issues, transport layer and security issues, and mote programming platforms and tools. The course is divided into 5 units covering topics like ad hoc network routing protocols, sensor network architectures, WSN networking concepts and protocols, sensor network security, and sensor network platforms and tools. The overall intended learning outcomes are for students to gain knowledge of ad hoc and sensor networks, apply this to routing algorithms and protocols, understand transport layer and security issues, and become familiar with sensor network operating systems.

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EC8702 AD HOC AND WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS L T P C

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OBJECTIVES:
The student should be made to:
 Learn Ad hoc network and Sensor Network fundamentals
 Understand the different routing protocols
 Have an in-depth knowledge on sensor network architecture and design issues
 Understand the transport layer and security issues possible in Ad hoc and Sensor
networks
 Have an exposure to mote programming platforms and tools

UNIT I AD HOC NETWORKS – INTRODUCTION AND ROUTING 9


PROTOCOLS
Elements of Ad hoc Wireless Networks, Issues in Ad hoc wireless networks, Example
commercial applications of Ad hoc networking, Ad hoc wireless Internet, Issues in Designing
a Routing Protocol for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, Classifications of Routing Protocols, Table
Driven Routing Protocols - Destination Sequenced Distance Vector (DSDV), On–Demand
Routing protocols –Ad hoc On–Demand Distance Vector Routing (AODV).

UNIT II SENSOR NETWORKS – INTRODUCTION & ARCHITECTURES 9


Challenges for Wireless Sensor Networks, Enabling Technologies for Wireless Sensor
Networks, WSN application examples, Single-Node Architecture - Hardware Components,
Energy Consumption of Sensor Nodes, Network Architecture - Sensor Network Scenarios,
Transceiver Design Considerations, Optimization Goals and Figures of Merit.

UNIT III WSN NETWORKING CONCEPTS AND PROTOCOLS 9


MAC Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks, Low Duty Cycle Protocols And Wakeup
Concepts - S-MAC, The Mediation Device Protocol, Contention based protocols - PAMAS,
Schedule based protocols – LEACH, IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol, Routing Protocols-
Energy Efficient Routing, Challenges and Issues in Transport layer protocol.

UNIT IV SENSOR NETWORK SECURITY 9


Network Security Requirements, Issues and Challenges in Security Provisioning, Network
Security Attacks, Layer wise attacks in wireless sensor networks, possible solutions for
jamming, tampering, black hole attack, flooding attack. Key Distribution and Management,
Secure Routing – SPINS, reliability requirements in sensor networks.

UNIT V SENSOR NETWORK PLATFORMS AND TOOLS 9


Sensor Node Hardware – Berkeley Motes, Programming Challenges, Node-level software
platforms – TinyOS, nesC, CONTIKIOS, Node-level Simulators – NS2 and its extension to
sensor networks, COOJA, TOSSIM, Programming beyond individual nodes – State centric
programming.

TOTAL:45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course, the student would be able to:
 Know the basics of Ad hoc networks and Wireless Sensor Networks
 Apply this knowledge to identify the suitable routing algorithm based on the network and
user requirement
 Apply the knowledge to identify appropriate physical and MAC layer protocols
 Understand the transport layer and security issues possible in Ad hoc and sensor
networks.
 Be familiar with the OS used in Wireless Sensor Networks and build basic modules

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