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A modular simulator for wireless sensor networks

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As wireless sensor network platforms become increasingly more complex to design and optimize due to the multitude of interdependent parameters that must be considered, computer simulations have emerged as the primary solution to feasibly analyze the long-term effects of design changes within a deployed system. Although several successful wireless sensor network simulators have already been developed, to our knowledge, none provide the modularity necessary to model sensor nodes and/or environmental components at differing levels of abstraction. In this paper, we present the Arizona Transaction-Level Simulator for Sensor Networks (ATLeS-SN), which by virtue of its implementation language—SystemC—allows application developers to easily specify interchangeable component models in order to achieve the desired simulation correctness, performance, and scalability. We provide an overview of our proposed simulation framework and highlight its benefits using a sound ranging application.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Adrian Lizarraga, Lu Ding, Jeff Hiner, Roman Lysecky & Susan Lysecky

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Ann Gordon-Ross

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Correspondence to Adrian Lizarraga.

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This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (CNS 0834102, CNS 0834080).

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Lizarraga, A., Ding, L., Hiner, J. et al. ATLeS-SN. Des Autom Embed Syst 16, 265–291 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10617-013-9109-2

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