CS 600:647 Advanced Topics in Wireless Networks

Syllabus
1. Instructors
Dr. Baruch Awerbuch 318 New Engineering Building : 410-516-8038 : 410-516-6134 : baruch@cs.jhu.edu Office Hours: TBA

Spring 2008

2. Course Objectives
This is a graduate level course emphasing research in wireless networking area with an emphasis on ad hoc & sensor networks. This course is structured slightly differently. There will be regular lectures throughout the semester except for couple of weeks during which students will be presenting papers chosen from the list of published papers available via course website. The course examines wireless cellular, ad hoc and sensor networks, covering topics such as wireless communication fundamentals, medium access control, network and transport protocols, unicast and multicast routing algorithms, mobility and its impact on routing protocols, application performance, quality of service guarantees, and security. Energy efficiency and the role of hardware and software architectures may also be presented for sensor networks. Upon completion of this course, it is envisaged that the students will be able to: a) explain the constraints of the wireless physical layer that affect the design and performance of ad hoc and sensor networks, protocols, and applications; b) explain the performance of various unicast and multicast routing protocols that have been proposed for ad hoc networks; c) explain the operation of several media access protocols that have been proposed for ad hoc and sensor networks; d) describe the platform architectures that are suitable for mobile computing and communications, e.g. personal digital assistants (PDAs), handsets, etc.; e) Explain the energy issues in sensor networks and how they can be addressed using scheduling, media access control, and special hardware; f) Explain various security threats to ad hoc networks and describe proposed solutions.

3. Prerequisites
There are no mandatory prerequisites. But it will be very helpful if you have a good understanding of networks, including Ethernet and other multiple access networks, routing and network protocols, including the TCP/IP suite, and computer algorithms. If you are not familiar with these topics, please consult the instructors.

4. Course Credit
This is a 3-credit hour graduate course in the computer science area.

5. Resources
There is no required text. Several texts have appeared such as (1) Ad hoc Networks Theory and Applications, C. DeMorais and D. P. Agrawal, World Scentific Publishing, New Jersey (ISBN 978-981-256-682-9): (2), Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks, C. K. Toh, Prentice Hall, 2002 and (3) Ad Hoc Wireless Networks -

Architectures and Protocols, C.Siva Ram Murthy and B.S.Manoj., Prentice Hall, 2004 and several others. Buying of any textbook is not mandatory as most of the material will come from papers and other resources etc.
Additional books, papers and documents, such as IETF RFCs, will be used to cover other topics. Some of these will be available via the class web site.

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All students are required to have email and World Wide Web access. Lecture notes, assignments, etc. will be available at the class web site: http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~cs647/ There will be a class listserv for sending announcements.

6. Grading
Grades will be based on the following weights. Three Research paper presentation Interactions and Attendance 80% 20%

7. Assignments
Homeworks - None Mid-term Examination - None Fianl Examination - None Research Paper Presentation. You will be making three presentations to the class during the regular class hours in the semester. For each presenetaion you need to choose one to two papers from the class website or from any other valid source such as IEEE/ ACM journals and/or conference proceedings. The first presented needs to take place during 6th or 7h week of classes. The dates for the scond/third presentations will be announced later in the class or on class website. It is required that you inform the instructors which papers you have chosen for the presentation and seek their approval. The guidelines describing the format of the paper presentation and its duration will be available later in the semester via class website. It is expected that every student will choose different set of papers. Same paper cannot be chosen by two students. Grades will be based on clarity of presentation, understanding of the key concepts, describing the research contained in the papers, and answering the questions from the audience. There will no teaming opportunities in this course.

8. Special Needs or Circumstances

Please feel free to meet with or otherwise contact the instructor if you have any special needs.

9. Course Topics
Basics of wireless networks and mobile computing (10%) Media access control in ad hoc and sensor networks (10%) Network and transport layer issues for ad hoc and sensor networks (5%) Routing protocols unicat and multicast (20%) Transport layer protocols (10%) QoS for ad hoc networks (5%) Security issues for ad hoc networks (10%) Energy issues (10%) Sensor networks (10%) Others (10%)

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10. Schedule Including Critical Dates

See the class web site for additional details, updates, and other requirements. This is just a tentative time table and the dates are subject to change. Date Topic 01/28 Introduction and Motivation 01/30 General/Physical Layer 02/04 MAC for Ad hoc 02/06 MAC for Ad hoc 02/11 Routing Protocols - DSDV 02/13 Routing Protocols - AODV 02/18 Routing Protocols - DSR 02/20 Other Routing Protocols 02/25 Multicast 02/27 Ad hoc Security 03/03 TCP for Ad hoc 03/05 Introduction to Sensor Networks 03/10 Sensor MAC 03/12 Firsrt Paper Presentation 03/24 First Paper Presentation 03/26 First Paper Presetation 03/31 Sensor Platforms & Tiny OS 04/02 Energy Issues in Ad hoc & Sensor Nets 04/07 04/09 04/14 04/16 04/21 04/23 Paper Presentation 04/28 Presentation 04/30 Presentation Reading Instructor TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Due

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