Research Assignment:

The main objective of this research project is to allow students to review the
major topics in detail of this course and learn basic research skills.

The assignment includes the followings:

1. Understanding the basic concepts related to the topic

2. Searching the literature, research proposals, research products associated to the
assigned topic
3. Review the related literature, challenges and research methods proposed related to
the topic
4. Draft a brief survey paper ( 5 to 6 pages) in the given format in your own words.
5. Draft should include an introduction, background, research challenges, proposed
research methods (you searched & reviewed) and summarize in the end.
6. Reference the papers and literature according the given IEEE format.

Note:
The assignment consists of 20 % of the total marks. You are required to submit assignment
as a soft copy electronically in .doc format (name of the file should be the name of the
student). The assignment will be checked through the software for plagiarism (similarity
index of more than 25% will be rejected and consider as failed).

Important dates:
Assignment of the research topic: 15
th
May 2013
Submission date 15
th
June 2013












Assignment Topic
1. Threshold based cryptographic techniques for MANETs
2. Ensuring integrity of data in MANETs
3. Privacy in MANETs
4. Extrusion detection systems
5. Authentication of nodes in MANETs
6. Trust establishment among nodes in MANETs
7. Privacy issues in Wireless Sensor Networks
8. Reliable routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
9. Policies based security management in MANET
10. Detection of lying nodes in MANETs
11. Worm hole attack in MANETs
12. Misbehaviors in MANETS