Title :
A case study of networked sensors by simulations and experiments
Author :
Guo, Cheng ; Jacobsson, Martin ; Prasad, R. Venkatesha
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. Eng., Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands
Abstract :
In this paper we first introduce sensor networks then we illustrate the problems of performance evaluation in such networks. We compare the two evaluation methods, simulation and experiments. We show how the assumptions and modellings in simulators impact the accuracy of simulation results, with our experience on evaluating flooding protocols in sensor network. We give some suggestions on whether a simulation or an experiment should be carried out while evaluating a sensor network protocol.
Keywords :
wireless sensor networks; flooding protocols; performance evaluation; sensor network protocol; Batteries; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Micromechanical devices; Protocols; Random access memory; Read only memory; Read-write memory; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Thermal, Mechanical & Multi-Physics Simulation, and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE), 2010 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bordeaux
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7026-6
DOI :
10.1109/ESIME.2010.5464517
