Spring 2006

CSE498-11: Wireless Sensor Network Design

http://www.cse.lehigh.edu/~cheng/Teaching/CSE498-
06/syllabus.html

Lecture Schedule (Including links to class notes & slides)

Homework assignments are posted at the Blackboard (due on
Monday 11:55 PM)
Instructor:
Liang Cheng, Ph.D.
Office hours: Tuesdays from 4 PM to 6 PM and Thursdays from 5 PM
to 6 PM
( Appointments other than office hours have to be requested by
email with the subject of appointment explained. )
Packard Lab 326
Phone: (610) 758-5941
URL: http://www.cse.lehigh.edu/~cheng/
Email: cheng AT cse.lehigh.edu

Lectures:
Tuesday and Thursday: 14:35-15:50, Packard Lab 360, January 17 -
April 27, 2006.
Prerequisite:
CSE404 (Computer Networks) or Instructor's permission.
Course Objective:
After you complete this course, you should be able to: list various
applications of wireless sensor networks, describe the concepts,
protocols, and differences underlying the design, implementation,
and use of wireless sensor networks, and propose, implement, and
evaluate new ideas for solving wireless sensor network design
issues.
Course Description:
This course discusses protocols and architectures for wireless sensor
network design. It covers wireless sensor node and network
architectures, and communication protocols in data-link, network,
and transport layers. The course will discusses focused topics for
wireless sensor networks such as time synchronization, localization,
and topology management.

Hands-on group projects on using ns-2 (or other popular network

simulators) to simulate wireless sensor networks or nesC to program
Crossbow wireless sensors will be included.
Textbook:
No textbook. Papers and materials will be handed out.
Grading: (NOTE: Weights are tentative.)
In-class Q&A: 5%
Homework: 10%
Individual Project: Presentations: 10%
Open-book Take-home Exam: 15%
Individual Project: A Survey Paper: 20%
Group Project: Presentations: 10%
Group Project: Demo: 10%
Group Project: Report: 20%
Submitting Work:
You should submit your work through the Blackboard course
website. Your submission should be plain text (ASCII), a Microsoft
Word file, or a PDF file. Any other format will not be accepted, unless
you arrange for
an exception ahead of time due to special circumstances.
Homework assignments will be graded primarily for completeness
and correctness.
No late hand-in homework will be accepted. Exceptions will only be
granted if an extenuating circumstance can be proven to the
instructors satisfaction.
Collaboration / Academic Honesty:
All graded work is expected to be your own, unless the instructor
has authorized collaboration in writing. In particular, you are not
allowed to ask anyone but the instructor or TA for help with your
homework or programming assignments. However, you are free to
discuss the topics and concepts of the course with your classmates,
as long as you do not discuss the specifics of any assignment. Any
violation of this policy could result in failure of the course.
Please visit the following two websites and read all details of the
academic integrity policy: Academic Integrity at Lehigh University:
http://www.lehigh.edu/~indost/integrity.html and Improper
Collaboration Policy: http://www.lehigh.edu/~ejk0/cheating.html.
Another website about Ante-Plagiarism.

Accommodations for Students with Disabilities:

If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting
accommodations, please contact both your instructor and the Office
of Academic Support Services, University Center 212 (610-758-
4152) as early as possible in the semester. You must have
documentation from the Academic Support Services office before
accommodations can be granted.

If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting

accommodations, please contact your professor and the Office of
Academic Services, Room 212, University Center or call (610-758-
4152) as early as possible in the semester. University policy states
that you must notify your professor seven (7) days prior to the
exams.