Checking date: 16/05/2022


Course: 2022/2023

Wireless sensor networks
(19128)
Bachelor in Robotics Engineering (Plan: 478 - Estudio: 381)


Coordinating teacher: VAZQUEZ LOPEZ, MANUEL ALBERTO

Department assigned to the subject: Signal and Communications Theory Department

Type: Electives
ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS

Course:
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Skills and learning outcomes
Description of contents: programme
1. Introduction 2. Types of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and their applications a. Types of sensors b. Types of data c. Main applications 3. Communications in WSNs a. Network architectures b. Transmission links and media access protocols c. Routing d. Performance and energy efficiency. 4. Data & signal processing in WSNs a. Detection b. Estimation c. Filtering and prediction d. Application examples of processing
Learning activities and methodology
THEORETICAL PRACTICAL CLASSES. Knowledge and concepts students must acquire. Receive course notes and will have basic reference texts. Students partake in exercises to resolve practical problems. TUTORING SESSIONS. Individualized attendance (individual tutoring) or in-group (group tutoring) for students with a teacher. Subjects with 6 credits have 4 hours of tutoring/ 100% on- site attendance. STUDENT INDIVIDUAL WORK OR GROUP WORK. Subjects with 6 credits have 98 hours/0% on-site. WORKSHOPS AND LABORATORY SESSIONS. Subjects with 3 credits have 4 hours with 100% on-site instruction. Subjects with 6 credits have 8 hours/100% on-site instruction.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 60
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.