WSN Final Topics (Spring 2016)

Single Node Architecture (Chapters 1-2, slides, labs)

o Hardware components
o Energy consumption and sensor nodes
o Node Performance
o C++ interfacing sensors with ATMega 328p
Network Architecture (Chapter 3, slides)
o Sensor network scenarios
o Optimization goals and figures of merit
o Design principles
o Gateway concepts
o Node performance
o Sources of packet delay
o Queuing theory
Physical Layer and Air Interface (Chapter 4, slides)
o Key points influencing physical layer design in WSN
o Modulation and demodulation
o Wave propagation effects and noise
o Channel models
o Spread-spectrum communications
o Packet transmission and synchronization
o Antenna considerations
MAC Layer (Chapter 5, slides)
o Fundamentals of Wireless MAC protocols
Hidden-terminal problem
Exposed-terminal problem
Important classes of MAC protocols
o Low duty cycle protocols
o Contention-based protocols
o Schedule-based protocols
o 802.15.4
Link-layer Protocols (chapter 6, slides )
o Error control
o Framing
Routing Protocols (Ch. 11, slides)
o Everything from slides