UNIT 1:
Fundamentals of Wireless Communication Technology – The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Radio propagation Mechanisms – Characteristics of the Wireless Channel
Radio propagation Mechanisms – Characteristics of the Wireless Channel
Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) :concepts and architectures
Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) :concepts and architectures
Applications of Ad Hoc and Sensor networks
Design Challenges in Ad hoc and Sensor Networks
wireless sensor networks (WSNs) :concepts and architectures
wireless sensor networks (WSNs) :concepts and architectures
UNIT 2:
Issues in designing a MAC Protocol- Classification of MAC Protocols
Contention based protocols
Contention based protocols
Contention based protocols with Reservation Mechanisms
Contention based protocols with Reservation Mechanisms
Contention based protocols with Scheduling Mechanisms
Contention based protocols with Scheduling Mechanisms
Multi channel MAC-IEEE 802.11
Multi channel MAC-IEEE 802.11
UNIT 3:
Issues in designing a routing and Transport Layer protocol for Ad hoc networks-
Reactive routing (on-demand)
Reactive routing (on-demand)
Classification of Transport Layer solutions
TCP over Ad hoc wireless Networks.
TCP over Ad hoc wireless Networks.
UNIT 4:
Single node architecture: hardware and software components of a sensor node
WSN Network architecture: typical network architectures-
Data relaying and aggregation strategies
Data relaying and aggregation strategies
MAC layer protocols: self-organizing protocols
CSMA based MAC- IEEE 802.15.4
CSMA based MAC- IEEE 802.15.4
UNIT 5:
Issues in WSN routing – OLSR
Localization – Indoor and Sensor Network Localization
Absolute and relative localization
