WIRELESS AD HOC & SENSOR NETWORK TECHNOLOGY

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Course Information:

Course Objective

This course helps graduate students learn the fundamental knowledge and research issues of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. The course topics will cover wireless communications & networks, wireless ad hoc networks, IEEE 802.11 standard & security, VANETs, wireless sensor networks, Bluetooth, ZigBee, and RFID systems. Students will be asked to read academic papers related to wireless ad hoc & sensor networks and give oral presentations in class.
 

Instructor

• Prof. You-Chiun Wang (王友群)

• Office: 工EC5019

• Office hour:
  10:00~12:00 on Wednesday
  10:00~12:00 on Thursday

Teaching Assistant

• 周孟佑

• Office: 工EC9022

• TEL: 07-5254323

• E-mail: taylorchou6609@gmail.com

Class Information

• Class time: 14:10~ 17:00 on Thursday

• Classroom: 工EC5025

• Course materials:
  (1) Research papers & standards related to wireless ad hoc and sensor networks
  (2) Reference: 無線網路：通訊協定、感測網路、射頻技術與應用服務 (曾煜棋等著/碁峰出版社, 2011)

Grading Policy

• 30%   Homework (paper-reading assignment)

• 10%   Oral presentation

• 10%   Quizzes in class

• 25%   Midterm examination

• 25%   Final examination
   

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Lecture Notes:

Topic 1: Wireless Communication

• Chapter 1. Ad Hoc and Sensor Technology: Distributed & Short-range Networking [ slide ]

• Chapter 2. Signals and Spectrum: Information Representation & Carriers  [ slide ]

• Chapter 3. Transmission Issues: From Physical to Network Layers [ slide ]

Topic 2: Ad Hoc Networking Technology

• Chapter 4. Ad Hoc Communication: Networking & Broadcasting [ slide ]

• Chapter 5. IEEE 802.11 (Part I): MAC Design for Wi-Fi Network [ slide ]

• Chapter 6. IEEE 802.11 (Part II): Secure Wi-Fi Transmission [ slide ]

• Chapter 7. MANET Routing (Part I): Protocols to Contact Destinations [ slide ]

• Chapter 8. MANET Routing (Part II): Ways to Protect Protocols & Data [ slide ]

• Chapter 9. Vehicular Ad Hoc Network: Car-to-car Communication [ slide ]

Topic 3: Sensor Networking Technology

• Chapter 10. Sensor and Actuator Network: Easy Way to Monitor Environments [ slide ]

• Chapter 11. Mobile Sensor Network: Sensor Deployment & Dispatch [ slide ]

• Chapter 12. IEEE 802.15.1 (Part I): Bluetooth Network Formation [ slide ]

• Chapter 13. IEEE 802.15.1 (Part II): Bluetooth Transport Protocols [ slide ]

• Chapter 14. IEEE 802.15.4 (Part I): ZigBee Operating Mechanisms [ slide ]

• Chapter 15. IEEE 802.15.4 (Part II): ZigBee Research Problems [ slide ]

• Chapter 16. RFID Technology: Hardware, Application, and Positioning [ slide ]

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Homework:

• Homework 1: (Due day: 2025/03/13)
  (1) X. Liu and J. Xie, "A practical self-adaptive rendezvous protocol in cognitive radio ad hoc networks", IEEE INFOCOM, 2014, pp. 2085-2093.
  (2) X. Xie and X. Zhang, "Does full-duplex double the capacity of wireless networks?", IEEE INFOCOM, 2014, pp. 253-261.
  (3) J. Zhang, W. Zhang, M. Chen, and Z. Wang, "WINET: Indoor white space network design," IEEE INFOCOM, 2015, pp. 630-638.
   
• Homework 2: (Due day: 2025/03/27)
  (1) D. Hora, K. Doorselaer, K. Oost, and R. Teixeira, "Predicting the effect of home Wi-Fi quality on QoE," IEEE INFOCOM, 2018, pp. 944-952.
  (2) F. Lyu, J. Ren, P. Yang, N. Cheng, Y. Zhang, and X. Shen, "SoSA: Socializing static APs for edge resource pooling in large-scale WiFi system," IEEE INFOCOM, 2020, pp. 1181-1190.
  (3) G. Chen, W. Dong, and J. Lv, "LoFi: Enabling 2.4GHz LoRa and WiFi coexistence by detecting extremely weak signals," IEEE INFOCOM, 2021, pp. 1-10.
   
• Homework 3: (Due day: 2025/05/08)
  (1) W. Sun, Z. Yang, K. Wang, and Y. Liu, "Hello: A generic flexible protocol for neighbor discovery", IEEE INFOCOM, 2014, pp. 540-548.
  (2) H. Han, J. Yu, H. Zhu, Y. Chen, J. Yang, Y. Zhu, G. Xue, and M. Li, "SenSpeed: sensing driving conditions to estimate vehicle speed in urban environments", IEEE INFOCOM, 2014, pp. 727-735.
  (3) H. Ma, M. Yang, D. Li, Y. Hong, and W. Chen, "Minimum camera barrier coverage in wireless camera sensor networks", IEEE INFOCOM, 2012, pp. 217-225.
   

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