Course Catalog 2011-2012
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Course Catalog 2011-2012

TKT-2456 Wireless Sensor Networks, 5 cr

Additional information

Course is in English. Accepted as a post-graduate course.
Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

Marko Hännikäinen

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Assignment


 


 
 2 h/week

+2 h/week
 25 h/per


 
TKT-2456 2011-01 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

-

Learning outcomes

After passing the course, a student comprehends the Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) as a new technology area in research and industry. A student is familiar with the main standards and specifications of WSNs and identifies the key building blocks for them. A student can define and explain the essential challenges of resource constrained WSN design and implementation, including applications, interfaces, energy-efficient protocols and platform functionalities. A student can apply both theoretical and practical tools for WSN design and utilization and design potential application scenarios for WSNs.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Paradigms and essential challenges of resource constrained Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN).   History of WSN development. Early designs and implementations.   
2. Key standards and industry specifications for WSNs.  Specific standards and university proposals (ISA.100, WirelessHart, TUTWSN, etc.). Standard MAC and routing protocols (IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee, TinyOS, Contiki)   
3. Energy-efficiency is WSN protocols and implementations (low-power medium access control, cost-aware routing, cross-layer design)  Energy models for WSN communications, theoretical and practical tools for WSN design and utilization.   
4. Current state of research; proposed prototypes, platforms, deployments and application functionalities   Example products and installations of WSNs.   
5. Building blocks for WSNs (low-power transceivers, sensors, micro controllers, operating systems)  Standard operating systems in WSNs (TinyOS, Contiki)   

Evaluation criteria for the course

The passing the course requires active participation, successful completion of seminar work, and passed exam. The grade depends on exam and seminar work. Grade 3 is achieved when a student knows the core content of the course and grade 5 when also the supplementary content is known. Grades 1 and 2 are achieved with minor problems with the core content.

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  

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
TKT-2456 Wireless Sensor Networks, 5 cr TKT-2450 Wireless sensor networks, 5 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
TKT-2456 2011-01 After passing the course, a student comprehends the Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) as a new technology area in research and industry. A student is familiar with the main standards and specifications of WSNs and identifies the key building blocks for them. A student can define and explain the essential challenges of resource constrained WSN design and implementation, including applications, interfaces, energy-efficient protocols and platform functionalities. A student can apply both theoretical and practical tools for WSN design and utilization and design potential application scenarios for WSNs.   Lectures
Seminar work
   
Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified19.01.2012