This course presents the basic principles behind a wireless sensor network. It covers the latest research in wireless sensor networks including all aspects of these unique and important systems, from the hardware and radio architecture through protocols and software to applications. It presents the challenges of designing network protocols, services, and applications for WSNs composed of large numbers of constrained devices. Description: The topics covered include will include sensor network architectures, hardware platforms, physical layer techniques, medium access control, routing, topology control, quality of service (QoS) management, localization, time synchronization, security, storage, and other advanced topics