- Docente: Chiara Buratti
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-INF/03
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Electrical Energy Engineering (cod. 9066)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Electronic Engineering (cod. 0934)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Electric Vehicle Engineering (cod. 5699)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Automation Engineering (cod. 8891)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Telecommunications Engineering (cod. 9205)
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from Sep 20, 2023 to Dec 20, 2023
Learning outcomes
This course shortly introduces to wireless communications and the main applications of WSNs. It aims at describing those wireless technologies enabling the deployment of WSNs. Students use wireless devices and realize and test the performance of WSNs in realistic environments after being provided with a theoretical part discussing the impact of the radio environment, energy constraints and the basic elements of data aggregation techniques, laboratory activities.. At the end of the course students have a good knowledge about wireless sensor networks with a practical experience on how networks can be used in realistic environments.
Course contents
The course is divided into three parts: 1) Theoretical part; 2) Laboratory sessions; 3) Seminars on case studies.
In the first part (approx. 25 hours) lectures will be dedicated to present the WSN protocols to be used at the different layers, which are physical, medium access control (MAC), network and application layers. Main focus will be on MAC and network layer protocols, where some guidelines for the design will be given.
In the laboratory sessions (approx. 25 hours, starting from middle Oct.) is concerned students will have possibility to program MC1322 Freescale 802.15.4-compliant devices in order to setup a real WSN. On one hand, the laboratory activities will consist in the observation of the network behavior (e.g., network formation, data transmission, etc.) and measurement of some performance metrics (e.g., throughput and delays). On the other hand, students will have the opportunity to implement their own applications and measure performance metrics when considering different parameter settings.
The third part (approx. 10 hours) seminars, dealing with some research hot topics and applications, like smart city, smart buildings and smart manufacturing, will be presented.
Prerequisites: it is requested students have knowledge of basic aspects of Telecommunications. In particular, basics concepts on spectrum analysis, modulations, thermal noise, performance of pass-band systems, basics of antennas and propagations in wireless medium.
Readings/Bibliography
The following textbooks are highly recommended:
Textbook 1: Josè A. Gutierrez, Edgar H. Callaway, Raymond L. Barrett, "Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks - Enabling Wireless Sensors with IEEE 802.15.4", Ed. IEEE. Send an email to Prof. Buratti to requested the book.
Testbook 2: Shahin Farahani, "ZigBee Wireless Networks and Transceivers", 2008, Elsevier Ltd. Send an email to Prof. Buratti to requested the book.
The following textbooks could be useful to deepen:
Textbook 3: R. Verdone, D. Dardari, G. Mazzini, A. Conti, "Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks - Technologies, Analysis, Design", Ed. Elsevier. Send an email to Prof. Buratti to requested the book.
Textbook 4: C. Buratti, M. Martalò, R. Verdone, G. Ferrari, "Distributed Processing, MAC, and Connectivity in Sensor Networks with Application to IEEE 802.15.4 Systems". Ed. Springer, Germania, 2011. Send an email to Prof. Buratti to requested the book.
Suggested book for students without background on telecommunications signal and systems: A. Bruce Carlson, "Communication Systems: An Introduction to Signals and Noise in Electrical Communication", ed. by Mcraw-Hill International Editions. The following Sections are those useful to follow the course: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3. Send an email to Prof. Buratti to requested the book.
Slides of the course will be available on VIRTUALE.
Teaching methods
Chalk and Talk - approx. 25 hours
Lab sessions (performed in groups of maximum 3 people) - approx. 25 hours
Problem and Enquiry sessions - approx. 10 hours
Assessment methods
“On line” Mode. This is for students following the course and coming to the exam before end of February 2021. The exam will be composed of: 1) one open book (notes available) intermediate test, including exercises on PHY and MAC layers (result: passed/borderline/not passed); 2) oral exam. In case the result of the intermidiate test is borderline, the oral is composed of: i) one question on the intermidiate test (PHY and MAC layers); ii) one question on the second part of the course, that is network and application layers; iii) 10 minutes presentation (with power point slides) on the laboratory activity. In case the result of the intermediate test is passed, question i) above is skipped.
“Off line” Mode. This is for the following students: 1) students not following the course; 2) students not giving the exam before end of February 2021; 3) students who will not pass the intermidiate test of the "On line" Mode. The exam will be composed of the same parts of the "On line" Mode, with the exception that the written exam will be NOT open book (notes not available).
The presentation of the lab activity could be based on: i) one of the activity performed in Lab1 during the course and the related measurement results OR ii) a project invented, devised and implemented by the students. The latter project could be performed in group of maximum 3 people.
The final mark will be based on the performance achieved during the oral exam. The mark at the oral is derived as follows: starting from 30 and decreasing at each wrong reply. Laude is considered only for students presenting projects (option ii above) for the lab activity.
Teaching tools
Laboratory: Freescale 802.15.4-compliant devices, sniffers, PCs.
Theoretical part tools: Slides, books, scientific papers.
Office hours
See the website of Chiara Buratti