Module 1: Introduction to Wireless Networks, Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: Issues in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, Ad Hoc Wireless Internet MAC Protocols for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: Issues in Designing a MAC Protocol for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, Classifications of MAC Protocols Routing Protocols for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks

Module 2. Routing Protocol for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, Classifications of Routing Protocols, Power Aware Routing Protocols, Multi cast routing in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: Issues in Designing a Multicast Routing Protocol, Classifications of Multicast Routing Protocols, Energy Efficient Multicasting, Multicasting with Quality of Service Guarantees,

Module 3: Security challenges, Application Dependent Multicast Routing Security Protocols for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: Security in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks. Network Security Requirements. Issues and Challenges in Security Provisioning. Network, Security Attacks. Key Management. Secure Routing in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks

Module 4: Energy model and Energy Management in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: Classification of Energy Management Schemes, Transmission Power Management Schemes, System Power Management Schemes.

Module 5: Special topics in Ad-hoc and wireless networks, Open research issues. Introduction to Clustering and Localization in adhoc and wireless networks, Evaluation methods

To understand adhoc and wireless networks

To understand the protocols and standards for both infrastructure and adhoc networks

To understand the node and network architecture for adhoc networks

To understand the ATM networks in wired cum wireless environment.

To design and develop wireless networks for various applications

To identify the policy and mechanisms for designing robust adhoc and wireless distributed systems.

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