Use of wireless sensor network on CS/CE curriculum

Wireless sensor network (WSN) has been a hot research topic and widely deployed in many settings that require data acquisition, processing and communication on sensor devices equipped with a simple low powered microcontroller. This computing paradigm on long lasting operations of battery powered devices is resulted from state-of-the-art research efforts of computer science (CS) and computer engineering (CE) disciplines. This technology covers a variety of core CS and CE concepts ranging from computer architecture, operating systems, computer network, embedded systems, to software engineering. Its low cost and highly portable natures serve as a high cost effective learning lab platform for CS/CE undergraduate curricula.