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This document contains a previous years' question paper for an Electronics and Communication Engineering exam on Ad Hoc and Wireless Sensor Networks. It includes questions in three parts - Part A contains 10 short answer questions, Part B contains 5 long answer questions requiring explanations or outlines, and Part C contains 1 question requiring a design proposal. The questions cover topics like routing protocols, wireless sensor network architectures, energy efficient routing, security issues and protocols, node-level simulators, and potential applications of ad hoc and wireless sensor networks.

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Nov Dec 2021 QP

This document contains a previous years' question paper for an Electronics and Communication Engineering exam on Ad Hoc and Wireless Sensor Networks. It includes questions in three parts - Part A contains 10 short answer questions, Part B contains 5 long answer questions requiring explanations or outlines, and Part C contains 1 question requiring a design proposal. The questions cover topics like routing protocols, wireless sensor network architectures, energy efficient routing, security issues and protocols, node-level simulators, and potential applications of ad hoc and wireless sensor networks.

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Anna University Previous Years Question Paper

Question Paper Code : 40456

B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021.


Seventh Semester
Electronics and Communication Engineering
EC 8702 – AD HOC AND WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
(Regulations 2017)
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

Answer ALL questions.


PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 marks)

1. Outline the hidden vs. exposed terminal problem in ad hoc networks.


2. State any two applications of ad hoc networks.
3. Name the basic components of a sensor node.
4. State any two applications of wireless sensor networks.
5. What is data dissemination in a wireless sensor network?
6. Why wireless sensor networks need localization protocols?
7. What is security provisioning?
8. Define a black hole attack.
9. Present an outline of berkeley motes.
10. Name any two node-level simulators for wireless sensor networks

PART B — (5 × 13 = 65 marks)
11. (a) What is a routing protocol? Outline the issues in designing a routing
protocol for ad hoc wireless networks. (13)
Or
(b) Classify routing protocols for ad hoc wireless networks and present an outline of
the same. (13)

12. (a) What is a wireless sensor network? Elaborate the wireless sensor network
architecture with a diagram. (13)
Or
(b) Present an elaborate note on the energy consumption rate for sensors in a
wireless sensor network. (13)

13. (a) Outline the low energy adaptive clustering hierarchy (LEACH) protocol for
wireless sensor networks. (13)
Or
(b) What is energy efficient routing? Present an outline of energy efficient routing in
wireless sensor networks. (13)

14. (a) Outline the issues and challenges in security provisioning for wireless
sensor networks.
Or
(b) Present an outline of SPINS, security protocol for sensor networks. (13)

15. (a) Outline the features of node-level simulators for wireless sensor networks.
(13)
Or
(b) Outline the features of TinyOS and CONTIKI OS for wireless sensor networks.
(13)
PART C — (1 × 15 = 15 marks)
16. (a) Present an ad hoc network design that can be used in a geographic location
affected by cyclone. State the functional requirements you are considering. (15)
Or
(b) Present a wireless sensor network design that can be used for surveillance and
environment monitoring in a zoo. A zoo is a facility in which animals are confined
within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred.
State the functional requirements you are considering. (15)

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