FAITH UNIVERSITY

Course Unit Title: Wireless Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks

Course Unit Code: CENG 568
Type of Course Unit: Technical Elective (Optional)
Level of Course Unit: Graduate (Second Cycle)
Year of Study: 1
Semester/Trimester: Fall, Spring
Number of ECTS
Credits Allocated: 7,5
Fatih University
Credits: 3
Course Coordinator: Taner EVK
Name of Lecturer(s): Taner EVK EA-101 ( tcevik@fatih.edu.tr )
Objectives of the This course covers topics in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks.
Course: Some of the topics covered will include: wireless communication
fundamentals; wireless local area, personal area, and wide area
technologies; wireless ad hoc networks: link layer issues and medium
access control, ad hoc routing, transport layer problems; wireless
sensor networks: architectures, medium access control, routing, and
energy efficiency.
Course Description: Ad-hoc mobile networks: MAC, routing, and transport protocols,
energy management. Sensor networks: applications and issues, MAC
and routing protocols. Infrastructure for sensors, sensor tracking and
control, sensor network platforms and tools. Security issues.
Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Describe sensor networks
2. Compare wireless and sensor network security
3. Apply different security protocols to sensor networks
4. Establish sensor netwoks
5. Analyze the throughput of the sensor netwoks
6. Examine security flow of wireless network protocols
7. Criticize the advantage of sensor networks
Mode of Delivery: Face-to-Face
Prerequisites and Prerequisites: None
Co-requisites: Co-requisites: None
Recommended
Optional Programme
Components: N/A

Course Contents: Week Topics

( Weekly Lecture
1 Introduction / Orientation
Plan )
2 Course Overview.
3 Wireless Communication Fundamentals and Basic Networking
Concepts.
4 Wireless LANs and PANs: Bluetooth, 802.11, and HiperLAN.
5 Wireless Internet, Mobile IP.
6 Overview Ad Hoc Wireless Networks
7 MAC Protocols for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks.
8 Midterm Exam
9 Routing Protocols for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks.
10 Transport Protocols for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks.
11 Energy Management in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks.
12 Wireless Sensor Networks - Introduction, Applications and
Issues.
13 Networking Sensors, MAC and Routing.
14 Infrastructure Establishment.
15 Sensor Tasking and Control.
16 Sensor Network Platforms and Tools.
17 Final Exam
Recommended or Ad Hoc Wireless Networks : Architectures and Protocols.
Required Reading: C. Siva Ram Murthy (Author).
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR, May 28, 2004.
Wireless Sensor Networks: An Information Processing Approach.
Feng Zhao and Leonidas Guibas.
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann, 2004.
Planned Learning
Activities and
Teaching Methods: Lectures, Presentation, Project, Assignments
Assessment Methods Method
Quantity (%)
and Criteria: Midterm
1
40
Exam(s)
Final Exam
1
60
Language of
English
Instruction:
Work Placement(s): N/A

Course Contribution
to Program Outcomes:

LEVEL of
CONTRIBUTION
*
KNOWLEDGE

0 1 2 3 4 5

THEORETICAL
Be able to identify, formulate and solve computer
engineering related problems by using state-ofthe-art methods, techniques and equipment
PRACTICAL
Be able to use techniques and tools for analyzing
and designing hardware and software components
of an information processing system with a
commitment to quality
SKILLS
0 1 2 3 4 5
CONCEPTUAL / COGNITIVE
Have a good knowledge of companies, corporate
culture and their economic, management and
organizational components
PRACTICAL
Be able to communicate effectively both in
written and oral form in English in a global level
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
COMPETENCIES

0 1 2 3 4 5

Ability to Work Independently and Take

Responsibility
Have an appropriate knowledge of
methodological and practical elements of
mathematics and of the other basic sciences and
be able to apply this knowledge in order to
describe engineering related problems.
Learning Competence
Be able to carry out tests and analyze and
interpret the subsequent results
Communication and Social Competence
Possess decision making skills on information
systems
Field-based and Professional Competence
Have the lifelong learning skill
(*) LEVEL OF CONTRIBUTION: [0] No Contribution [1] Lowest
[2] Low [3] Average [4] High [5] Highest

ECTS Workload
Calculation Table:
Activity

Total
Time Period Workload
Quantity (Hours/Unit) Hours

Class Participation
Course Period (15 Weeks for
Classes + 2 Weeks for Final
Exams)
17
3
Preparation for EACH Assignment, Exam and Activity
Midterm Exam(s)
1
30
Final Exam
1
30
Class Preparation
Weekly Time Spent Outside
Classroom for Reading, Review,
Research and Other Activities
17
5
Total Workload

51
30
30

85
196