CSCE 5540: Introduction to Sensor Networks

Fall 2008

 

Course Description:

 

3 hours. Fundamentals of wireless sensor networks. Topics include: design implications of energy (hardware and software), and otherwise resource-constrained nodes; network self-configuration; services such as routing under network dynamics, localization, time-synchronization and calibration; distributed data management, in-network aggregation and collaborative signal processing, programming tools and language support.

http://www.cse.unt.edu/~rakl/class5540/csce5540.html

 

 Instructor:

 

Dr. Rob Akl, NTRP F229, 940 565-2804, rakl@cse.unt.edu.

 

TA:

 

None.

 

Class Hours:

 

Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30 – 4:50 pm, NTRP B140.

 

Office Hours:

                 

Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:00 – 2:00 pm, or by appointment.

 

Text:

 

REFERENCE: Wireless Sensor Networks, Feng Zhao and Leonidas Guibas, Morgan Kaufmann, 2004. ISBN 1-55860-914-8

 

Grading:

 

Attendance and Participation

25 %

Homework                        

25 %

Presentation

25 %

Project

25 %

 

Homework

 

Homework will be turned in at the start of class on the due date.

 

Syllabus CSCE 5540: Introduction to Sensor Networks 

 

Introduction (Chapter 1), Intro,

            Hardware Platforms and Trends

            Resource Constraints and Tradeoffs

            System Layer Design Issues

 

Platforms and Tools (Chapter7) TinyOS, Em*

            TinyOs

            EmStar

            Reading Assignment: Levis03, Girod04

 

Wireless Channel, Channel

            Reading Assignment: Woo03, Ganesan02, Cerpa03

 

Infrastructure Establishment (Chapter 4) TimeSync, Topology

            Time Synchronization

            Reading Assignment: Elson02, Ganeriwal03, Maroti04

            Topology Control

            Reading Assignment: Ascent02, Span01

 

Localization and Tracking (Chapter 2) Tracking

            Centralized versus Distributed

            Detection and Tracking

            Reading Assignment: Sayeed02, Simon04, FZhao03

 

Networking Sensors (Chapter 3) 802.11, MAC, Placement

            Medium Access Control

            Energy-Aware Routing

            Reading Assignment: Wei04, TMAC

 

Sensor Tasking and Control (Chapter 5) Diffusion, Info

            Information-Based

            Information Aggregation

            Reading Assignment: Intanago00, Heidemann01

 

Sensor Network Databases (Chapter 6) Management, Storage

            Querying

            Database Organization

            Distributed Aggregation

            Reading Assignment: Bonnet00, Ratnasamy02, Ganesan03