Contemporary Topics in ECE 55:195, Spring 2005
Introduction to Wireless Sensor Networks

Lecture Summaries

Lect. 1 20 Jan Wireless Sensor Network Overview (2.2 MB PPT)
Lect. 2 24 Jan Telemetry and WSNs (1.4 MB PPT)
Lect. 3 27 Jan Some Wireless Terms.  Radio propagation. (288 KB PPT)
  Supplementary material: “Summary of path loss in propagation”(168 KB, PPT)
Lect. 4 3 Feb Energy Considerations in WSNs I (2 MB, PPT)
Lect. 5 7 Feb Energy Considerations in WSNs II (21 MB, PPT)
Solution to problem in lecture (200 KB, PDF)
Lect. 6 10 Feb TinyOS Overview (200 KB PPT)
Lect. 7 14 Feb Visit Sensors Lab in IIHR's WTA
Lect. 8 17 Feb MAC Protocols I (300 KB, PPT)
Lect. 9 21 Feb MAC Protocols II (500 KB, PPT)
Lect 10 24 Feb Spread Spectrum and CDMA (300 KB, PPT)
Lect 11 1 Mar Routing I (1.7 MB, PPT)
Lect 12 7 Mar *Soil Moisture Sensors (3 MB, PPT)
  10 Mar

Midterm Exam (Exam + Solution)

Spring Break
Lect 13 21 Mar Routing II (250 KB, PPT)
Lect 14 24 Mar *ZigBee Overview (500 KB, PPT)
Lect 15 28 Mar *Directed Diffusion & Rumor Routing (1 MB, PPT)
Lect 16 31 Mar Engineering Issues I (700 KB, PPT)
Lect 17 4 Apr *Smart Dust (600 KB, PPT)

*  Student contributions to lectures

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Last updated: 04/07/2005