1. Wireless Sensor Networks
Gholamhossein Ekbatanifard
Assistant Professor

2. Literature I
Fundamentals of Wireless Sensor Networks: Theory and Practice 
Waltenegus Dargie, Christian Poellabauer
Wiley, 2010
This is the underlying book for this lecture

3. CONTENTS Part One: INTRODUCTION
Motivation for a Network of Wireless Sensor Nodes
Applications
Node Architecture
Operating Systems
Part Two: BASIC ARCHITECTURAL FRAMEWORK
Physical Layer
Medium Access Control
Network Layer
Part Three: NODE AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT
Power Management
Time Synchronization
Localization
Security
Sensor Network Programming

4. Literature II Holger Karl and Andreas Willig
Protocols and Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks
Wiley, 2005
Contents
Architecture and communication protocols
Relationships of different protocol and architectural decisions

5. Literature III Murthy and Manoj
Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, Architectures and Protocols
Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004
Comprehensive Monograph on Wireless Networking
with a chapter dedicated to sensor networks
Recommended as one book covering early all aspects of wireless communication
802.3, , HiperLAN, GSM, ATM, WATM, MobileIP, MANET, MAC for Wireless, Routing and Multicast Routing in MANETs, Transport layer, QoS, Energy Management, Sensor Networks, Hybrid Networks

6. Literature IV Editors: Bulusu and Jha
Wireless Sensor Networks, A Systems Perspective
Artech House, 2005
Short introduction to wireless sensor networks
Enumeration of systems and approaches
Does not show all technical details

7. Literature V Editor: Jie Wu
Handbook on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Networks and Peer-to-Peer Networks
Auerbach, 2005
16 chapters on sensor networks written by the experts in the field
Can also be recommended for the peer-to-peer network section

8. Literature VI Zhao, Guibas
Wireless Sensor Networks - An Information Processing Approach
Morgan Kaufmann, 2004
Algorithmic view at wireless sensor networks
Topics:
Localization
MAC, Infrastructure
Sensor tasking and control
Sensor network databases
Network platforms and tools

9. Literature VII Editors: Ilyas and Mahgoub
Handbook of Sensor Networks: Compact Wireless and Wired Sensing Systems
CRC Press, 2005
Collection of specialized chapters on sensor networks
Hard too read for the beginner
Detailed description of special topics in each chapter written by specialists in the field

10. Course Project
You are supposed to read some state of the art papers in the field of your research project and write a technical report about it.
Your paper should be selected from the prestigious conferences Like Sensys, IPSN
It should be recently published (3 years old at most)
You may need to do a forward and backward search
You should use a simulator (TOSSIM, OPNet, NS2, etc) to perform your projects.

11. Course Evaluation: Grading
Final exam: 60%
Project: 20%
Midterm: 20%
2 Points will be added for accepted paper

12. WSN at some Universities
Harvard:
University of Maryland Baltimore County:
Technische universitat Dresden:
University of Notre Dame:
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad: