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Wireless Sensor Networks

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Course Unit Code440-2319/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
SEB74Ing. Roman Šebesta, Ph.D.
Summary
In this course, students are introduced to the basic principles and features of wireless sensor networks used in various technical fields. The course is focused on the area of distributed sensor networks, their architecture and communication with sensors. The main goal is to enhance student’s skills with theory and practice about communication technologies for transmitting small amounts of data and methods of wireless sensor network design in the Internet of Things (IoT). The graduate will be able to theoretically and practically integrate the sensors into the existing IoT network and independently design the WSN communication infrastructure.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Understand how to plan wireless sensor networks. Learning outcomes are set so that the students are able to identify and apply tasks in the field of wireless sensor networks.
Course Contents
Lectures:
1. Introduction to WSN, principles and technologies
2. WSN Architecture
3. Sensors for WSN
4. Security of WSN
5. Media access and routing in WSN
6. WSN protocols
7. Data storage, monitoring, and visualization
8. Mobile and multimedia WSN, sensor networks on the human body
9. Localization and tracking
10. WSN and Internet of Things

Labs:
1. Training about safety, labs, credits, laboratory environment and elements of the wireless sensor network. Introduction to simulation software and its advance for WSN.
2. Network Simulator practice and design of different structures of WSN.
3. Project 1
4. Peripheral devices - connection of input / output devices of various types; test 1.
5. Wireless technologies - connection and configuration of various wireless technologies.
6. Multiple sensor interconnection - connection and configuration of multiple sensor units.
7. Server for WSN - cloud platform for collecting, analyzing and displaying data from the sensor network.
8. Process automation - control of output devices based on input values. Assignment of semestral project - Project 2.
9. Semestral project labs; test 2.
10. Semestral project labs and its submission, semestral credits check.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
OBAIDAT, Mohammad S. a Sudip. MISRA. Principles of wireless sensor networks. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0521192477.
Rastko R. Selmic, Vir V. Phoha, Abdul Serwadda. Wireless sensor networks. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016. ISBN 978-3319467672.
Shuang-Hua Yang. Wireless sensor networks: Principles, Design and Application. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. ISBN 978-1447155041.
OBAIDAT, Mohammad S. a Sudip. MISRA. Principles of wireless sensor networks. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0521192477.
Rastko R. Selmic, Vir V. Phoha, Abdul Serwadda. Wireless sensor networks. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016. ISBN 978-3319467672.
Shuang-Hua Yang. Wireless sensor networks: Principles, Design and Application. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. ISBN 978-1447155041.
SELECKÝ, Matúš. Arduino: uživatelská příručka. Přeložil Martin HERODEK. Brno: Computer Press, 2016. ISBN 9788025148402
Recommended Reading:
EL EMARY, Ibrahiem M. M. Wireless sensor networks: from theory to applications. Boca Raton: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2014. ISBN 978-1466518100.
KOOIJMAN, Matthijs. Building Wireless Sensor Networks Using Arduino. Packt Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-1-78439-558-2.
EL EMARY, Ibrahiem M. M. Wireless sensor networks: from theory to applications. Boca Raton: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2014. ISBN 978-1466518100.
KOOIJMAN, Matthijs. Building Wireless Sensor Networks Using Arduino. Packt Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-1-78439-558-2.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit44 (44)22
                ZápočetOther task type44 0
        ExaminationExamination56 (56)24
                Písemná část - testWritten examination40 20
                Ústní částOral examination16 4