Barrier synchronization simulator for Wireless Sensor Networks

Author

Salustiano, Rogerio Esteves ; Filho, Carlos Alberto dos Reis

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of Campinas, Campinas

fYear

2008

fDate

28-30 April 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper presents a simulator for Wireless Sensor Networks, whose novel feature is the capability of evaluating the consumption of energy, taking into account the operating hardware as well as the embedded software. The simulator was developed with basis on barrier synchronization, which is an appropriate technique to implement an accurate management of signal propagation timing as well as a detailed description and of each one of the involved hardware component, software protocol and environmental behavior. Preliminary tests have shown that the resulting software is a valuable aid to design and evaluate energy efficient WSN.

Keywords

energy consumption; synchronisation; wireless sensor networks; barrier synchronization simulator; embedded software; environmental behavior; hardware component; signal propagation timing; software protocol; wireless sensor networks; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Costs; Discrete event simulation; Hardware; Java; Object oriented modeling; Protocols; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Devices, Circuits and Systems, 2008. ICCDCS 2008. 7th International Caribbean Conference on

Conference_Location

Cancun

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1956-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1957-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCDCS.2008.4542667

Filename

4542667