Course Catalog 2009-2010 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Person responsible

Marko Hännikäinen

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 4, 5 : Friday 14 - 16, TB224

Requirements

Active participation, seminar work, exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

Introduce the Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) as a new technology area in research and industry. Define and explain the essential challenges of resource constrained Wireless Sensor Network design and implementation. Give both theoretical and practical tools for WSN design and utilization. Concentrate on selected topics of energy-efficient protocol and platform functionalities. Evaluate the potential application scenarios and building blocks for WSNs.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Essential challenges of resource constrained Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) design and implementation.	Building blocks for WSNs (low-power transceivers, sensors, micro controllers, operating systems)
2.	Standardization and industry specifications on WSNs.	Specific standards and university proposals.
3.	Energy-efficient WSN protocols and embedded implementations (low-power medium access control, cost-aware routing, cross-layer design)	Standard MAC and routing protocols (IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee, TinyOS)
4.	Current state of research, prototypes, platforms, and deployments and platform functionalities	Current and potential application scenarios in WSNs.
5.	Energy models for WSN communications, theoretical and practical tools for WSN design and utilization.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Passing the course requires active participation, successful completion of seminar work, and passed exam.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Ultra Low Power Wireless Sensor Networks in Practice	Mauri Kuorilehto et. al.	978-0-470-05786-5				English
Lecture slides	Lecture notes	Lecturers			Course web pages		English
Other literature	Selected publications						English

Correspondence of content

Additional information

Course is in English.

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1	Define and explain the essential challenges of resource constrained Wireless Sensor Network design and implementation. Give both theoretical and practical tools for WSN design and utilization.	Lectures Seminar work	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	29.04.2009
Modifier	Marko Hännikäinen