CS8088 - WIRELESS ADHOC AND SENSOR NETWORKS (Syllabus) 2017-regulation Anna University

CS8088	WIRELESS ADHOC AND SENSOR NETWORKS	LPTC

3003

OBJECTIVES:

• To learn about the issues and challenges in the design of wireless ad hoc networks.
• To understand the working of MAC and Routing Protocols for ad hoc and sensor networks
• To learn about the Transport Layer protocols and their QoS for ad hoc and sensor networks.
• To understand various security issues in ad hoc and sensor networks and the corresponding solutions.

UNIT I	MAC & ROUTING IN AD HOC NETWORKS	9

Introduction – Issues and challenges in ad hoc networks – MAC Layer Protocols for wireless ad hoc networks – Contention-Based MAC protocols – MAC Protocols Using Directional Antennas – Multiple-Channel MAC Protocols – Power-Aware MAC Protocols – Routing in Ad hoc Networks – Design Issues – Proactive, Reactive and Hybrid Routing Protocols

UNIT II	TRANSPORT & QOS IN AD HOC NETWORKS	9

TCP‟s challenges and Design Issues in Ad Hoc Networks – Transport protocols for ad hoc networks – Issues and Challenges in providing QoS – MAC Layer QoS solutions – Network Layer QoS solutions – QoS Model

UNIT III	MAC & ROUTING IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS	9

Introduction – Applications – Challenges – Sensor network architecture – MAC Protocols for wireless sensor networks – Low duty cycle protocols and wakeup concepts – Contention- Based protocols – Schedule-Based protocols – IEEE 802.15.4 Zigbee – Topology Control – Routing Protocols

UNIT IV	TRANSPORT & QOS IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS	9

Data-Centric and Contention-Based Networking – Transport Layer and QoS in Wireless Sensor Networks – Congestion Control in network processing – Operating systems for wireless sensor networks – Examples

UNIT V	SECURITY IN AD HOC AND SENSOR NETWORKS	9

Security Attacks – Key Distribution and Management – Intrusion Detection – Software based Anti-tamper techniques – Water marking techniques – Defense against routing attacks - Secure Ad hoc routing protocols – Broadcast authentication WSN protocols – TESLA – Biba – Sensor Network Security Protocols – SPINS

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES: Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to:

• Identify different issues in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks .
• To analyze protocols developed for ad hoc and sensor networks .
• To identify and understand security issues in ad hoc and sensor networks.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. C.Siva Ram Murthy and B.S.Manoj, ―Ad Hoc Wireless Networks – Architectures and 2 Protocols‖, Pearson Education, 2006.
2. Holger Karl, Andreas Willing, ―Protocols and Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks‖, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.

REFERENCES:

1. Subir Kumar Sarkar, T G Basavaraju, C Puttamadappa, ―Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks‖, Auerbach Publications, 2008.
2. Carlos De Morais Cordeiro, Dharma Prakash Agrawal, ―Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: Theory and Applications (2nd Edition)‖, World Scientific Publishing, 2011.
3. Waltenegus Dargie, Christian Poellabauer, ―Fundamentals of Wireless Sensor Networks Theory and Practice‖, John Wiley and Sons, 2010
4. Xiang-Yang Li , “Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: Theory and Applications‖, 1227 th edition, Cambridge university Press,2008.