Cellular and ad hoc wireless networks, Applications of ad hoc wireless networks. Issues in ad hoc wireless networks-medium access scheme, routing, transport layer protocols, security and energy management. Adhoc wireless internet.
Design goals of a MAC protocol, Contention based protocols; Contention based protocols with reservation mechanisms and scheduling mechanisms, MAC protocols using directional antennas.
Table driven routing protocols, On demand routing protocols, hybrid routing protocols, Hierarchical routing protocols, Power aware routing protocols, Tree based and mesh based multicast routing protocols
Network security requirements-Issues and challenges, network security attacks, key management, secure routing protocols
Energy management schemes-Battery management, transmission power management, system power management schemes. Quality of service solutions in ad hoc wireless networks.
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Education, 2005
2. Stefano Basagni, Marco Conti, “Mobile ad hoc networking”, Wielyinterscience 2004
3. Charles E.Perkins ,”Ad hoc networking”, Addison Wesley,2001
Xiuzhen Cheng, Xiao Huang ,Ding Zhu DU ,”Ad hoc wireless networking”, Kluwer Academic Publishers,2004
COURSE OUTCOMES
Students are able to
CO1: compare the differences between cellular and ad hoc networks and the analyse the challenges at various layers and applications
CO2: summarize the protocols used at the MAC layer and scheduling mechanisms
CO3: compare and analyse types of routing protocols used for unicast and multicast routing
CO4: examine the network security solution and routing mechanism
CO5: evaluate the energy management schemes and Quality of service solution in ad hoc networks
