Calibrating and Comparing Simulators for Wireless Sensor Networks

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Authors

STETSKO Andriy STEHLÍK Martin MATYÁŠ Václav

Year of publication 2011
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference 2011 IEEE 8th International Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems (MASS)
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Faculty of Informatics

Citation
Field Informatics
Keywords calibration;comparison;simulator;wireless sensor network
Description In the paper, we consider four open-source simulators -- Castalia, MiXiM, TOSSIM and WSNet. We compare these simulators and run a set of experiments on MICAz sensor nodes in the indoor and outdoor environment. Based on the data gathered from the real experiments, we calibrate the radio propagation and noise models of Castalia, MiXiM, TOSSIM and WSNet. Also, we calibrate the energy consumption model of Castalia, MiXiM and WSNet according to the MICAz datasheet. We present the results from the simulations and compare them between each other. Even though the simulators are set in the same way, their results significantly differ from each other. In the paper, we discuss possible reasons of the differences.
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