Ad-hoc Wireless Networks
Introduction, Issues in Ad-hoc Wireless Networks, Ad-hoc Wireless Internet; MAC Protocols for Ad-hoc Wireless Networks: Introduction, Issues in Designing a MAC Protocol, Design Goals of MAC Protocols, Classification of MAC protocols, Contention-Based Protocols, Contention-Based Protocols with Reservation Mechanisms, Contention-Based Protocols with Scheduling Mechanisms, MAC Protocols that Use Directional Antennas.
Routing Protocols for Ad-hoc Wireless Networks
Introduction, Issues in Designing a Routing Protocol for Ad-hoc Wireless Networks; Classification of Routing Protocols; Table Driven Routing Protocols; OnDemand Routing Protocols, Hybrid Routing Protocols, Hierarchical Routing Protocols and Power-Aware Routing Protocols.
Multicast Routing in Ad-hoc Wireless Networks
Introduction, Issues in Designing a Multicast Routing Protocol, Operation of Multicast Routing Protocols, An Architecture Reference Model for Multicast Routing Protocols, Classifications of Multicast Routing Protocols, Tree-Based Multicast Routing Protocols and Mesh-Based Multicast Routing Protocols.
Transport Layer and Security Protocols for Ad-hoc Networks:
Introduction, Issues in Designing a Transport Layer Protocol; Design Goals of a Transport Layer Protocol; Classification of Transport Layer Solutions; TCP over Transport Layer Solutions; Other Transport Layer Protocols for Ad-hoc Networks; Security in Ad-hoc Wireless Networks, Issues and Challenges in Security Provisioning, Network Security Attacks, Key Management and Secure Touting Ad-hoc Wireless Networks.
Quality of Service and Energy Management in Ad-hoc Wireless Networks:
Introduction, Issues and Challenges in Providing QoS in Ad-hoc Wireless Networks, Classification of QoS Solutions, MAC Layer Solutions, Network Layer Solutions; Energy Management in Ad-hoc Wireless Networks: Introduction, Need for Energy Management in Ad-hoc Wireless Networks, Classification of Energy Management Schemes, Battery Management Schemes, Transmission Management Schemes, System Power Management Schemes.
Course outcomes:
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
Question paper pattern:
The SEE question paper will be set for 100 marks and the marks scored will be proportionately reduced to 60.
Textbook/ Textbooks
1 Ad-hoc Wireless Networks C. Siva Ram Murthy & B. S. Manoj Pearson Education 2 nd Edition, 2011
Reference Books
1 Ad-hoc Wireless Networks, Ozan K. Tonguz and Gianguigi Ferrari John Wiley 2007
2 Ad-hoc Wireless Networking Xiuzhen Cheng, Xiao Hung, DingZhu Du Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004
3 Ad-hoc Mobile Wireless Networks- Protocols and Systems C.K. Toh Pearson Education 2002