Course detail

Wireless Sensor Networks

FEKT-MKC-SSYAcad. year: 2020/2021

The course focuses in practice and provides students with knowledge and experience in the field of wireless sensor networks and their applications. Students will learn to work with wireless sensor units equipped with microcontrollers and radio chips during the semester, using the IEEE 802.15.4 communication protocol, protocols using this standard, and the Bluetooth LE protocol. Part of the subject is the design and implementation of their own protocol, implementation of the wireless sensor network and its integration into the Internet of Things network. In the last part of the course the students will be acquainted with the possibilities of sensor unit design, power supply and sensing of physical quantities sensors.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Ondřej Krajsa, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Telecommunications (UTKO)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The students obtain knowledge about the wireless sensors, which are used in the home, building and transport automation- They will work with the Zigbee protocol and Atmel wireless nodes.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Techning methods include lectures and practical laboratories. Course is taking advantage of e-learning (Moodle) system. Students have to write a single project/assignment during the course.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every year.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction to the course. WSN technology, wireless sensor architecture, AVR microcontrollers and their I / O peripherals, registry work
2. Timers. Timer in comparator mode, interrupt handling, LCD displays
3. The basics of serial communication. USART, SPI, I2C
4. Sensing data from analogue sensors. Principle of A/D converters, analogue comparator, memory handling
5. Basics of wireless data transmission. Physical layer according to IEEE 802.15.4, coexistence of wireless technologies, radio modules
6. Link layer according to IEEE 802.15.4. Network device definition, WPAN provision, Clear Channel Assesment (CA). CSMA / CA access method, the principle of using Superframes
7. Energy consumption of sensing and data transfer
8. Introduction to the Zigbee Protocol. Network layer (mesh and tree routing)
9. Bluetooth LE technology, and other wireless protocols
10. Location of wireless devices
11. Internet of Things
12. Design of the sensor unit, power options
13. Lectures of experts from industry

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

This subject is aimed at making the students familiar with the representative sensor systems, with their components and their practical exploitation. The students will obtain a fundamental theoretical orientation in the area of modern sensor technology and they will acquire some skills in design procedures by way of solving practical examples.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Stojmenovic I., Handbook of Sensor Networks, Wiley,ISBN:13 978-0-471-68472-5, 2005. (EN)
Šimek, M., Bezdrátové senzorové sítě, Vysoké učení technické v Brně, ISBN 978-80-214-4638-0 (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MPC-TIT Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Ondřej Krajsa, Ph.D.

Laboratory exercise

39 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Ondřej Krajsa, Ph.D.