Sensor Network

Unit 1

Basics of wireless sensor networks Some Foundational Information of WSN, Next-Generation Sensor Networked Tiny Devices Sensor Network Software, Unique Characteristics of Programming Environments for Sensor Network Future Demands on Sensor-Based Software Sensor Network Applications Characteristics of Sensor Networks, Nature of Data in Sensor Networks Overview of IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee.

Unit 2

Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks Introduction, Background Fundamentals of MAC Protocols MAC Protocols for WSNs:

Schedule-Based Protocols and Random Access-Based Protocols Sensor-MAC: Protocol Overview, Periodic Listen and Sleep Operations, Schedule Selection and Coordination, Schedule Synchronization, Adaptive Listening, Access Control and Data Exchange ( B-MAC,H-MAC, I- MAC, O-MAC, S-MAC. Ri-MAC, T-MAC, Q-MAC (Query MAC), Q-MAC ( QoS MAC), X- MAC)

Unit 3

Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks Introduction, Data Dissemination and Gathering Routing Challenges and Design Issues in Wireless Sensor Networks, Network Scale and Time-Varying Characteristics, Resource Constraints Sensor Applications Data Models Routing Strategies in Wireless Sensor Networks:

WSN Routing Techniques Flooding and Its Variants Sensor Protocols for Information via Negotiation Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy Power-Efficient Gathering in Sensor Information Systems Directed Diffusion, Geographical Routing

Unit 4

Transport Control Protocols and Operating Systems for WSN Traditional Transport Control Protocols: TCP (RFC 793), UDP (RFC 768), Mobile IP Feasibility of Using TCP or UDP for WSNs Introduction of Operating Systems Examples of Operating Systems: Tiny OS, Mate, Magnet OS

Unit 5

Network Management for Wireless Sensor Networks Introduction, Network Management Requirements Traditional Network Management Models Simple Network Management Protocol Telecom Operation Map Network Management Design Issues Example of Management Architecture: MANNA Other Issues Related to Network Management, Naming, Localization, Sensor Network Application Case Studies.