ECE 659 - Spring 2017

ECE 659 - Intelligent Sensors and Wireless Sensor Network

Instructor

Professor Behzad Moshiri

Course Outline

  1. Smart Sensing Systems (Elements and Standards);
    • Smart Sensor Definition and Features
    • Smart Sensing Elements (Smart Sensing Node, Bus Structure, Host Computer)
    • Different Standards including IEEE1451.x Standards
  2. Networking and Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI model)
    • Definitions and Features
    • LAN & WAN
    • Different Types of Network, Topology and Transfer Architecture
  3. Synchronization, Routing, and Localization
    • Definitions and Features
    • Approaches and methods
    • Examples and protocols in sensor network
  4. Sensor Data Fusion (Different Models and Methods);
    • Definition and Background
    • Different Models and Levels
    • Conventional Approaches
    • Intelligent Approaches
    • Sensor/Data Fusion Vs. Information Fusion
    • Applications and Examples
  5. Applications of Data Fusion in Distributed Sensing Network
    • Energy Efficient
    • Lifetime optimization
    • Reliability
    • Distributed Computing

Marking Scheme

  1. Home Assignments (4 assignments]: 20%
  2. Course project: 40%
  3. Final Exam: 40%

Books and References

Smart sensing systems

  1. Randy Frank, “Understanding Smart Sensors”, Artech House, 1996.
  2. Lin, Y.-L., Kyung, C.-M., Yasuura, H., Liu, Y., “Smart Sensors and Systems”, Springer International Publishing, 2015.

Wireless sensor networks

  1. Waltenegus Dargie and Christian Poellabauer , ”Fundamentals of wireless sensor networks”, Wiley, 2010.
  2. Mohammad Ilyas, Imad Mahgoub, “Handbook of Sensor Networks: Compact Wireless and Wired Sensing Systems”, Taylor & Francis, 2004.
  3. B. S. Manoj, “Ad Hoc wireless networks: architectures and protocols”, Prentice Hall PTR, 2004.
  4. Feng Zhao, Leonidas Guibas, Jie Liu, “Wireless Sensor Networks: An Information Processing Approach”, Newnes, 2016.
  5. Holger Karl Andreas Willig , “Protocols and Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks”, John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
  6. Bulusu, “WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS: A SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE”, Artech House Publishers, 2005.
  7. Jie Wu, “Handbook on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-Peer Networks”, CRC Press, 2005.

Sensor data fusion

  1. Belur V. Dasarathy, “Decision Fusion”, IEEE Computer Society Press 1994.
  2. Xavier Gros , “NDT Data Fusion”, Butterworth-Heinemann 1996.
  3. Martin Liggins II, David Hall, James Llinas, “Handbook of Multisensor Data Fusion: Theory and Practice”, Second Edition, CRC press, 2008.
  4. Lawrence Klein, “Sensor and Data Fusion: A Tool for Information Assessment and Decision Making”, SPIE Press, 2004.
  5. Mitchell, H.B., “Multi-Sensor Data Fusion”, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
  6. Mongi A. Abidi, Rafael C. Gonzalez, “Data fusion in robotics and machine intelligence", Academic Press Professional, Inc. 1992
  7. Ludmila I. Kuncheva , “Combining Pattern Classifiers: Methods and Algorithms”, Wiley, 2004.