Vishwakarma Institute of Technology B.E. (Electronics)

BRACT’S
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune – 411 037
Department of Electronics Engineering
FF No. : 654
EC 42111 :: WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
Credits: 03
Teaching Scheme: - Theory 3 Hrs/Week
Prerequisites: Students having basic knowledge of electronics.
Objectives:
1. To create awareness about the challenging field of Wireless Sensor Networks.
2. To introduce various basic principles of operation of a WSN.
3. To create a research attitude amongst the students.
4. To install network simulator ns‐2 & simulate different wireless ad‐hoc scenarios.
5. To become aware about the research avenues in WSN.
6. Mapping with PEO : 2,5,6,7,8,9
Unit I
Introduction and WSN Infrastructure
(8 Hrs)
A. Introduction, Sensor Network Concept, WSN constraints and challenges, WSN
applications, WSN development stage – deployment, localization and tracking, data
communication. Design of sensor motes, low power WSN, Clustering, Topology control.
B. WSN applications
Unit II
Localization and Sensor - Medium Access Control
(8 Hrs)
A. Sensor management and Bayesian networks, Time synchronization, Types of
Localization, Key assumptions, Fundamentals of MAC protocols, Energy conservation
MAC protocols like S-MAC, P-MAC, Z-MAC, T-MAC, L-MAC etc, IEEE 802.15.4
standard.
B. Localization algorithms
Unit III
Routing protocols for WSN and Network simulators
Structure & Syllabus of B.E (Electronics) Program – Pattern ‘C11’, Rev01, dt. 2/4/2011
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(8 Hrs)
A. Delaunay triangulation, Prim’s algorithm, Euclidean minimum spanning tree, DSR
algorithm, Network simulators – Introduction to TinyOS, Nes C, TOSSIM, NS-2.
B. Simulations in ns-2