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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 |
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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
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:
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
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More precise information per implementation
| Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
| 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 % |