Research Article
Towards Realistic and Credible Wireless Sensor Network Evaluation
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-29096-1_4, author={Kamini Garg and Anna F\o{}rster and Daniele Puccinelli and Silvia Giordano}, title={Towards Realistic and Credible Wireless Sensor Network Evaluation}, proceedings={Ad Hoc Networks. Third International ICST Conference, ADHOCNETS 2011, Paris, France, September 21-23, 2011, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={ADHOCNETS}, year={2012}, month={5}, keywords={WSN Simulation Models Real Deployment Wireless Propagation}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-29096-1_4} }- Kamini Garg
Anna Förster
Daniele Puccinelli
Silvia Giordano
Year: 2012
Towards Realistic and Credible Wireless Sensor Network Evaluation
ADHOCNETS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29096-1_4
Abstract
This position paper explores the problem of realistically evaluating wireless sensor network (WSN) applications, algorithms and protocols. It surveys the currently available techniques, such as simulators, testbeds and real world deployments and compares their properties and challenges. While we underline the significance of simulation tools, we also observe that the state of the art simulation models at all levels (from physical to application) still lack realistic behavior. To demonstrate this gap we performed a broad study of simulation models and real world behavior of wireless links and compared those in various settings, including outdoor environments and battery-based deployments. Based on the provided survey and wireless link case study, we outline a strategy of how to enable realistic, efficient, low-cost and repeatable WSN evaluation scenarios.