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Simulators for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Review

by Rakesh Sharma, Pinki Sharma, V. A. Athavale, Sunil Kaushik
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 75 - Number 6
Year of Publication: 2013
Authors: Rakesh Sharma, Pinki Sharma, V. A. Athavale, Sunil Kaushik
10.5120/13119-0469

Rakesh Sharma, Pinki Sharma, V. A. Athavale, Sunil Kaushik . Simulators for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Review. International Journal of Computer Applications. 75, 6 ( August 2013), 39-46. DOI=10.5120/13119-0469

@article{ 10.5120/13119-0469,
author = { Rakesh Sharma, Pinki Sharma, V. A. Athavale, Sunil Kaushik },
title = { Simulators for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Review },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { August 2013 },
volume = { 75 },
number = { 6 },
month = { August },
year = { 2013 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 39-46 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume75/number6/13119-0469/ },
doi = { 10.5120/13119-0469 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
%0 Journal Article
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%A Rakesh Sharma
%A Pinki Sharma
%A V. A. Athavale
%A Sunil Kaushik
%T Simulators for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Review
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 75
%N 6
%P 39-46
%D 2013
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is made by an oversized variety of networked sensing nodes. It's rather advanced, or perhaps unworkable, to model analytically a WSN and it always results in simple analysis with restricted confidence. Besides, deploying test-beds supposes a large effort. Therefore, simulation is important to check WSN. However, it needs acceptable model supported solid assumptions and an appropriate framework to ease implementation. Additionally, simulation results admit the actual state of affairs below study (environment), hardware and physical layer assumptions, that aren't typically correct enough to capture the behavior of a WSN, thus, make vulnerable the quality of results. However, a careful model yields to measurability and performance problems, attributable to the massive variety of nodes, that betting on application, got to be simulated. Therefore, the exchange between measurability and accuracy becomes a serious issue once simulating WSN. During this survey an acceptable model for WSN simulation is introduced, at the side of tips for choosing an acceptable framework. Additionally, a comparative description of obtainable tools is provided

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

wireless sensor networks simulators ns2 omnet j-sim