Title
Comparison of simulators for assessing the ability to sustain wireless sensor networks using dynamic network reconfiguration
Abstract
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) can be used for a variety of tasks. The goal is to sustain such networks for as long as possible while still maintaining acceptable performance on the task. Evaluating WSNs for such diverse tasks precludes actual deployment and thus requires simulation. In this work, we compare simulators that can model power consumption and allow dynamic reconfiguration of network parameters based on feedback from the end application. The simulation results demonstrate some fundamental differences in out-of-the-box performance in terms of the way the simulators behave and calculate power consumption. With modifications to parameters and behavior, however the simulators' outputs become more closely aligned. Overall, based on our selection criteria, ns-3 was the best WSN simulator of those evaluated for assessing the sustainability of a WSN in a variety of settings. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.suscom.2016.01.003
Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
Wireless sensor networks,Network simulation,Power consumption
Dynamic network analysis,Key distribution in wireless sensor networks,Software deployment,Computer science,Network simulation,Real-time computing,Wireless sensor network,Control reconfiguration,Power consumption
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
9
2210-5379
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.38
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Joel Helkey12917.47
Lawrence B. Holder21448259.29
Behrooz Shirazi31155102.79