UNIT I – Mac & Routing in Ad Hoc Networks
Introduction ? Issues and challenges in ad hoc networks ? MAC Layer Protocols for wireless ad hoc networks ? Contention-Based MAC protocols ? MAC Protocols Using Directional Antennas ? Multiple-Channel MAC Protocols ? Power-Aware MAC Protocols ? Routing in Ad hoc Networks ? Design Issues ? Proactive, Reactive and Hybrid Routing Protocols (Chapters – 1, 2, 3)
UNIT II – Transport & QoS in Ad Hoc Networks
TCP?s challenges and Design Issues in Ad Hoc Networks ? Transport protocols for ad hoc networks ? Issues and Challenges in providing QoS ? MAC Layer QoS solutions ? Network Layer QoS solutions ? QoS Model (Chapters – 4, 5)
UNIT III – Mac & Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
Introduction ? Applications ? Challenges ? Sensor network architecture ? MAC Protocols for wireless sensor networks ? Low duty cycle protocols and wakeup concepts ? Contention-Based protocols ? Schedule-Based protocols ? IEEE 802.15.4 Zigbee ? Topology Control ? Routing Protocols (Chapters – 6, 7, 8)
UNIT IV – Transport & QoS in Wireless Sensor Networks
Data-Centric and Contention-Based Networking ? Transport Layer and QoS in Wireless Sensor Networks ? Congestion Control in network processing ? Operating systems for wireless sensor networks ? Examples (Chapters – 9, 10, 11)
UNIT V – Security in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
Security Attacks ? Key Distribution and Management ? Intrusion Detection ? Software based Anti-tamper techniques ? Water marking techniques ? Defense against routing attacks – Secure Ad hoc routing protocols ? Broadcast authentication WSN protocols ? TESLA ? Biba ? Sensor Network Security Protocols ? SPINS (Chapter – 12)