BCT4209 Wireless Sensor Networks

The course introduces to the students’ various aspects of wireless sensor networks. The various issues that will be looked at include; Challenges for Wireless Sensor Networks, Enabling Technologies for Wireless Sensor Networks, Architectures, Infrastructure establishment, and Sensor network platforms and tools.

Course Objectives
After completing the course, students should be able to:

• adapt the wireless sensor network with sensor nodes which have limitations in power consumption, processing power and bandwidth
• specify the requirements for the hardware and software solutions for energy-efficient sensor network for new applications
• apply appropriate algorithms to improve existing or to develop new wireless sensor network applications.

Learning Outcomes

• To learn about topology control and clustering in networks with timing synchronization for localization services with sensor tasking and control
• To study about sensor node hardware and software platforms and understand the simulation and programming techniques
• To understand the concepts of communication, MAC, routing protocols and also study about the naming and addressing in WSN
• To study about sensor node hardware and software platforms and understand the simulation and programming techniques.