Week |
Tentative Topics |
Assignment/Exam |
1 |
Wireless Network Challenges (pdf)
Networking Basics, Protocol Layering (pdf) |
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2 |
Summary of Link Layer Concepts (pdf)
Summary of Network Layer Concepts (pdf)
Summary of Physical Layer Concepts (pdf) |
Networking Assignment |
3 |
Radio Basics, Antennas, Spread Spectrum (pdf) |
Project Assignment |
4 |
Wireless Networks Types (pdf)
MAC Protocols for Wireless Networks (pdf)
MACAW (pdf) IEEE 802.11 (pdf) Bluetooth (pdf) |
Paper Reading Assignment |
5 |
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), Applications (pdf)
WSN Hardware (pdf) |
Midterm Exam |
6 |
MAC Protocols for WSNs (Energy awareness, S-MAC) (pdf) IEEE 802.15.4 (pdf) |
Paper Reading Assignment |
7 |
Lab-1: TinyOs Installation - Motes Hardware, Sample Application - Blink |
Group Work |
8 |
Mobile IP-1 (pdf), Mobile IP-2 (pdf) |
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9 |
Routing Protocols for MANETs-DSR (pdf), AODV (pdf), |
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10 |
DSDV-ZRP (pdf), QoS and Multicast Routing (pdf) |
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11 |
Routing Protocols for WSNs-I (Data Centric Routing) (pdf) |
Paper Reading Assignment |
12 |
Routing Protocols for WSNs-II (Hierarchical & Location-based) (pdf)
Lab-2: Radio Testing and Routing Application |
Group Work |
13 |
Zigbee Standard (pdf), Data Aggregation, Misc. |
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14 |
Student Presentations |
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