Seventh International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

Research Article

Simulation of Unidirectional Links in Wireless Sensor Networks

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.simutools.2014.254791,
        author={Reinhardt Karnapke and Stefan Lohs and J\o{}rg Nolte and Andreas Lagemann},
        title={Simulation of Unidirectional Links in Wireless Sensor Networks},
        proceedings={Seventh International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques},
        publisher={ICST},
        proceedings_a={SIMUTOOLS},
        year={2014},
        month={8},
        keywords={simulation wireless sensor networks unidirectional links routing},
        doi={10.4108/icst.simutools.2014.254791}
    }
    
  • Reinhardt Karnapke
    Stefan Lohs
    Jörg Nolte
    Andreas Lagemann
    Year: 2014
    Simulation of Unidirectional Links in Wireless Sensor Networks
    SIMUTOOLS
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.simutools.2014.254791
Reinhardt Karnapke1,*, Stefan Lohs1, Jörg Nolte1, Andreas Lagemann2
  • 1: BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg
  • 2: Nanotron Technologies GmbH
*Contact email: karnapke@informatik.tu-cottbus.de

Abstract

Experiments with wireless sensor networks have shown that asymmetric and unidirectional links are common. For this reason, we developed different routing protocols that can use unidirectional links, either implicitly or explicitly.

However, developing protocols that use unidirectional links is difficult, not least because of inadequate simulation support.

In this paper we present a simulation model based on OMNeT++ and MiXiM that we developed to simulate networks with unidirectional links and frequent link changes. We evaluate the developed simulation approach by comparison of results achieved by different routing protocols in simulation and in experiments with real sensor network hardware.