SCAD Group of Institutions

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Detailed Lesson Plan
Name of the Subject & Code: CS6003&Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Text Book
1. 1. C. Siva Ram Murthy, and B. S. Manoj, Ad Hoc Wireless Networks:
Architectures and Protocols , Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference, 2008.
References
Hours
Sl.no Unit Topic/Portions to be Covered
Required/ Cumm Books
Planned
ulative Referred
Hrs
UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION
1
1
Fundamentals of Wireless Communication 1
1
TB1
Technology
2
1
The Electromagnetic Spectrum- Spectrum 1
TB1
Allocation
3
1
Radio Propagation Mechanisms
1
TB1
1
Characteristics of the Wireless Channel-Path 2
TB1
4
loss, Fading, Interfaces, Doppler Shift,
Transmission Rate Constraints
5
1
Mobile and ad hoc networks(MANETS) and 1
TB1
wireless sensor networks(WSNs): concepts
and architectures
6
1
Applications of Ad Hoc Wireless Networks- 1
TB1
Military Applications, Collaborative and
Distributed
Computing,
Emergency
Operations, Wireless Mesh Networks,
Wireless Sensor Networks,
Hybrid Wireless Networks
7
1
Design Challenges in Ad hoc and Sensor 2
TB1
Networks-Medium Access Scheme, Routing,
Multicasting, Transport Layer Protocols,
Pricing Scheme ,Quality of Service,
Provisioning, Addressing and Service
Discovery, Energy Management, Scalability
Deployment Considerations
UNIT II: MAC PRTOCOLS FOR AD HOC WIRELESS NETWORKS
8
2
Issues in designing a MAC protocol for ad 1
TB1
hoc wireless networks- Bandwidth Efficiency,
Quality of Service Support, Synchronization,
Hidden and Exposed Terminal Problems,
Error-Prone Shared Broadcast Channel,
Distributed
Nature/Lack
of
Central
Coordination, Mobility of Nodes
9
2
Classifications of MAC protocols
1
TB1

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18

Contention-based protocols2
TB1
MACAW: A Media Access Protocol for
Wireless LANs,
MACA-By Invitation
2
Contention-based protocols with Reservation 2
TB1
Mechanisms- Distributed Packet Reservation
Multiple
Access
Protocol,
Collision
Avoidance Time Allocation Protocol, Hop
Reservation Multiple Access Protocol, Soft
Reservation Multiple Access with Priority
Assignment,Five-Phase Reservation Protocol,
Real-Time Medium Access Control Protocol
2
Contention-based MAC protocols with 2
TB1
Scheduling Mechanisms-Distributed Priority
Scheduling and Medium Access in Ad Hoc
Networks, Distributed Wireless Ordering
Protocol, Distributed Laxity-Based Priority
Scheduling Scheme
2
Multi channel MAC
1
TB1
2
IEEE 802.11
1
TB1
UNIT III : ROUTING PROTOCOLS AND TRANSPORT LAYER IN ADHOC
WIRELESS NETWORKS
3
Issues in designing a routing protocol for ad 1
hoc wireless networks- Mobility, Bandwidth
Constraint, Error-Prone Shared Broadcast
Radio Channel, Hidden and Exposed
Terminal Problems, Resource Constraints,
Characteristics of an Ideal Routing Protocol
for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks
3
Table-driven routing protocols-Destination 2
Sequenced Distance-Vector Routing Protocol,
Wireless Routing Protocol, Cluster-Head
Gateway Switch Routing Protocol, SourceTree Adaptive Routing Protocol
3
On-demand routing protocols- Dynamic 2
Source Routing Protocol, Ad Hoc OnDemand Distance-Vector Routing Protocol,
Temporally Ordered Routing Algorithm,
Location-Aided Routing, Associativity-Based
Routing, Signal Stability-Based Adaptive
Routing Protocol, Flow-Oriented Routing
Protocol
3
Hybrid routing protocols- Core Extraction 1
Distributed Ad Hoc Routing Protocol, Zone
Routing Protocol, Zone-Based Hierarchical
Link State Routing Protocol

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28
29
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31
32
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34
35

Transport layer and security protocols for ad 1

hoc wireless networks- Issues in designing a
transport layer protocol for ad hoc
wireless networks
3
Classification of Transport layer solutions
1
3
TCP over Ad hoc wireless networks 2
A Brief Revisit to Traditional TCP, Why Does
TCP Not Perform Well in Ad Hoc Wireless
Networks?, Feedback-Based TCP, TCP with
Explicit Link Failure Notification
TCP-BuS, Ad Hoc TCP, Split TCP, A
Comparison of TCP Solutions for Ad Hoc
Wireless Networks
UNIT IV: WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS(WSNS) AND MAC PROTOCOLS
4
Single node architecture: hardware and 2
software components of a sensor node
4
WSN Network architecture: typical network 2
architecture
4
Data relaying and aggregation strategies
1
4
MAC layer protocols: self organizing, Hybrid 2
TDMA/FDMA and CSMA based MAC
4
IEEE 802.15.4
2
UNIT V: WSN ROUTING, LOCALIZATION & QOS
5
Issues in WSN routing
1
5
OLSR
1
5
Localization
1
5
Indoor and Sensor Network Localization
1
5
Absolute
and
relative
localization, 1
triangulation
5
QOS in WSN
1
5
Energy Efficient Design
1
5
Synchronization
1
5
Transport layer issues
1