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Code No: D6107, D6507, D5507
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
M.Tech II SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, APRIL/MAY-2013
ADHOC WIRELESS AND SENSOR NETWORKS
(COMMON TO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, WIRELESSMOBILE
COMMUNICATIONS, EMBEDDED SYSTEMS)
Time: 3hours Max. Marks: 60
Answer any five questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1.a) Why is back-off used in wireless Local Area Networks? Explain.
b) What are the functions of wireless local area networks?

2.a) What are the features of HIPERLAN/1 MAC sub layer that support QoS?
b) Why is it necessary to adopt different types of optimization strategies with regard to
Mobile IP?

3.a) What are the advantages of the ad-hoc wireless Internet? Explain
b) What are the issues that need to be considered in designing ad-hoc wireless network?

4.a) How does the packet queuing mechanism of MACA differ from that of MACAW?
Which one of them is better? Why?
b) What are the issues in designing a MAC protocol for ad-hoc wireless networks?

5.a) What are the advantages of hierarchical topology-based protocols over protocols that use
flat topologies? Explain with an example.
b) Explain how security provisioning in ad-hoc wireless networks differ from that in
infrastructure-based networks.

6.a) Discuss the issues and challenges in providing QoS in ad-hoc wireless networks.
b) What are the advantages of having transmission opportunities in the IEEE 802.11e MAC
protocol?

7.a) What are the various battery management schemes? Explain.
b) What are the differences between ad-hoc wireless networks and sensor networks?

8. Write short notes on
a) Secure routing in ad-hoc wireless networks
b) Key management
c) MAC protocols for sensor networks

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