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Flexible experimentation in wireless sensor networks

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Virtual testbeds model them by seamlessly integrating physical, simulated, and emulated sensor nodes and radios in real time.

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                Communications of the ACM  Volume 55, Issue 1
                January 2012
                119 pages
                ISSN:0001-0782
                EISSN:1557-7317
                DOI:10.1145/2063176
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