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Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology ME CSE SCSA5202 Wireless Sensor Networks Syllabus

SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF COMPUTING

SCSA5202 WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
L T P Credits Total Marks
3 0 0 3 100

UNIT 1 NETWORK ARCHITECTURE 9 Hrs.
Concept of sensor network – Introduction, Applications, Sensors. Single Node Architecture: Hardware and software
component of a sensor node-Tiny OS operating system-C language. Wireless Sensor Network architecture: Typical network
architectures-Data relaying strategies Aggregation-Role of energy in routing decisions.

UNIT 2 MAC LAYER 9 Hrs.
MAC Layer Strategies: MAC Layer Protocols-Scheduling Sleep Cycles-Energy Management-Contention Based Protocols-
Schedule Based Protocols, 802.15.4 Standard. Naming and Addressing: Addressing Services - Publish-Subscribe
Topologies. Clock Synchronization: Clustering For Synchronization-Sender-Receiver-Receiver Synchronization-Error
Analysis. Power Management – Per Node -System-Wide-Sentry Services-Sensing Coverage.

UNIT 3 NODE LOCALIZATION AND DATA GATHERING 9 Hrs.
Node Localization: Absolute and Relative Localization-Triangulation-Multi-Hop Localization and Error Analysis-Anchoring -
Geographic Localization-Target Tracking - Localization and Identity Management-Walking GPS-Range Free Solutions. Data
Gathering - Tree Construction Algorithms and Analysis - Asymptotic Capacity- Lifetime Optimization Formulations- Storage
and Retrieval. Deployment & Configuration - Sensor deployment, scheduling and coverage issues-Self configuration and
topology control.

UNIT 4 ROUTING AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTATION 9 Hrs.
Routing: Agent-Based Routing -Random Walk-Trace Routing Data Centric-Hierarchical - Location-Based – Energy Efficient
Routing Querying-Data Collection And Processing-Collaborative Information Processing And Group Connectivity.
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UNIT 5 SENSOR NETWORK TOOLS 9 Hrs.
Sensor Network Platforms and Tools: Sensor node hardware- Programming challenges-Node level software platform-Node
level simulators-Programming beyond individual nodes-Security-Privacy issues-Attacks and counter measures.
Max. 45 Hrs.

TEXT / REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Feng Zhao and LeonidasJ Guibas, “Wireless Sensor Networks” Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Elsevier, 2004.
2. Raghavendra C.S., Krishna M.Sivalingam, Taieb F.Znati,“Wireless Sensor Networks”, 2nd edition, Springer, 2004.
3. Holger Karl, Andreas Willig, “Protocols and Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks”, John Wiley and Sons, 2005.

END SEMESTER EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max. Marks: 100 Exam Duration: 3 Hrs.
PART A: 5 Questions of 6 Marks each – No choice 30 Marks
PART B: 2 Questions from each unit of internal choice, each carrying 14 Marks 70 Marks