Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic discipline
ING-INF/06 (ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION BIOENGINEERING)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Curriculum
Sensoristica e strumentazione biomedica
Period
1st semester (28/09/2020 - 22/01/2021)
Lesson hours
53 lesson hours
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of statistics and signal processing, usually acquired from the course on biosignal and bioimage processing.
Learning outcomes
Basic knowledge of telecommunication networks and systems, with a deeper analysis of the main transmission standards for wireless sensor networks. Ability to choose the best wireless system for applications devoted to monitoring, processing, and transmission of biomedical data and signals collected by sensor networks, describing the rationale behind the selected options.
Course contents
Elements of Wireless sensor network architectures: sensors, communication nodes or motes, data gateways and processing elements. How they are deployed: main network topologies. Radio communication standards for sensor networks: physical layer, MAC protocols, routing and node labeling. Techniques for network synchronization and node localization. Biomedical applications of sensor networks: localization and tracking, people and environment monitoring, intrabody networks. Laboratory activities exploiting design platforms for wireless communication systems and sensors, focused on biomedical applications.
Teaching methods
Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 40
Workshops (hours/year in a lab): 16
The lectures are given using slides, providing additional explanations and examples at the blackboard. Laboratory activities are based on “hands on” experience with real sensors and wireless networks.
Reccomended or required readings
H. Karl, A. Willig, “Protocols and Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks,” Wiley, 2005.
Assessment methods
The final exam is an oral test, starting from the presentation and discussion of the results of the projects developed during the lab activities. The minimum score to pass the exam is 18, the top one is 30 cum laude.
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