TEXTBOOK

This course does not have a required textbook. Readings from the IEEE publications record will be used throughout the quarter. Use this MSOE library tutorial to learn about finding papers through the IEEE Xplore database.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

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WEEK MAJOR TOPIC READING
1 Basic Concepts of Wireless Sensor Networks
  • IEEE Publications Record: Morreale, P.A.; , "Wireless Sensor Network Applications in Urban Telehealth," Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops, AINAW '07. 21st International Conference on, Vol.2, pp.810-814, 2007
2 RFID Basics
  • IEEE Publication Record: Hongtao Liu; Lianglun Cheng; Dapeng Li; , "Design of Smart Nodes for RFID Wireless Sensor Networks," Education Technology and Computer Science, ETCS '09. First International Workshop on , Vol.2, pp.132-136, 2009.
3 RFID Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Lakafosis, V.; Rida, A.; Vyas, R.; Yang, L.; Nikolaou, S.; Tentzeris, M. M.; , "Progress Towards the First Wireless Sensor Networks Consisting of Inkjet-Printed, Paper-Based RFID-Enabled Sensor Tags," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol.98, no.9, pp.1601-1609, Sept. 2010
4 Wireless Sensor Network Topologies
  • IEEE Publications Record: Wen Zhan Song; Shirazi, B.; et.al., "Optimized Autonomous Space In-situ Sensor-Web for Volcano Monitoring," Aerospace Conference, IEEE, pp.1-10, 1-8 March 2008
  • IEEE Publications Record: Shrestha, A.; Liudong Xing; , "A Performance Comparison of Different Topologies for Wireless Sensor Networks," Technologies for Homeland Security, 2007 IEEE Conference on, pp.280-285, 16-17 May 2007
5 Wireless Sensor Protocols
6 ZigBee Basics
  • Evans-Pughe, C.; , "Bzzzz zzz [ZigBee wireless standard]," IEE Review, Vol.49, no.3, pp. 28- 31, March 2003
7 ZigBee Basics
  • Geer, D.; , "Users make a Beeline for ZigBee sensor technology," Computer, Vol.38, No.12, pp. 16-19, Dec. 2005
8 ZigBee Security
  • Adams, J.T.; , "An introduction to IEEE STD 802.15.4," Aerospace Conference, IEEE, pp. 1-8
9 ZigBee Security
  • Conway, P.; Heffernan, D.; O'Mara, B.; Burton, P.; Miao, T.; , "IEEE 1451.2: An interpretation and example implementation," Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, IMTC 2000. Proceedings of the 17th IEEE , Vol.2, pp.535-540, 2000
10 ZigBee Application Layer Concepts
11 FINAL EXAM