G7100 Wireless Sensor Networks

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HW 2
1. Choose an Information Technology and investigate it weather it develops over
H= pi log 2 p
time in the direction to increase the entropy defined by
i
where pi is the probability of event i. Show the source of the data that you used.
2. Find from the Internet search an interesting wireless sensor network application.
3. Explain the following terms with your own words.
Cogntive Radio
Spatial Reuse
Cooperative Communications
4. Read Chapter 1 of the text and answer the following.
a. List and explain at least three definitions of network life time of WSN`.
b. Explain the need of in-network processing in WSN.
c. Difference between data-centric and address-centric in WSN.
d. List at least two metrics of quality of services (QoS) and for each QoS metric find an
application that can be measured by it.
e. Explain Ambient Intelligence.
5. Read Chapter 2 in advance.