SenseSim: An agent-based and discrete event simulator for Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of Things

This paper presents the concept and the main design aspects of the new sensor network simulator called SenseSim. It is also a tool which can be used for researches on the Internet of Things. In contrast to most of existing simulators in this area, SenseSim does not mainly focus on the wireless communication issues. It has been designed to simulate heterogeneous sensor network as an autonomous system which observes changing phenomena. Moreover, the behavior of the devices can be modified by macroporgramming the network. Both sensors and phenomena can be easily configured. SenseSim uses efficient simulation engine called DisSim and its modular design allows to expand its functionality and interoperate with real devices.

[1]  Dominic W. Massaro,et al.  Observer Mechanics: A Formal Theory of Perception , 1989 .

[2]  Jens Palsberg,et al.  Avrora: scalable sensor network simulation with precise timing , 2005, IPSN 2005. Fourth International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, 2005..

[3]  Roger Wattenhofer,et al.  Modeling Sensor Networks , 2008, Algorithms and Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks.

[4]  Adam Dunkels,et al.  Cross-Level Sensor Network Simulation with COOJA , 2006, Proceedings. 2006 31st IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks.

[5]  Hyuk Lim,et al.  J-Sim: a simulation and emulation environment for wireless sensor networks , 2006, IEEE Wireless Communications.

[6]  Miguel A. Labrador,et al.  Atarraya: a simulation tool to teach and research topology control algorithms for wireless sensor networks , 2009, SimuTools.

[7]  Mikko Sallinen,et al.  Survey of Wireless Sensor Networks Simulation Tools for Demanding Applications , 2009, 2009 Fifth International Conference on Networking and Services.

[8]  Jiming Chen,et al.  NetTopo: Beyond Simulator and Visualizer for Wireless Sensor Networks , 2008, 2008 Second International Conference on Future Generation Communication and Networking.

[9]  G. Simon,et al.  Simulation-based optimization of communication protocols for large-scale wireless sensor networks , 2003, 2003 IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.03TH8652).

[10]  E. Fleury,et al.  Worldsens: Development and Prototyping Tools for Application Specific Wireless Sensors Networks , 2007, 2007 6th International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks.

[11]  Charles J. Colbourn,et al.  Unit disk graphs , 1991, Discret. Math..

[12]  David E. Culler,et al.  TOSSIM: accurate and scalable simulation of entire TinyOS applications , 2003, SenSys '03.

[13]  Andrzej Najgebauer,et al.  Augmented perception using Internet of Things , 2014 .

[14]  Jaydip Sen,et al.  Internet of Things - Applications and Challenges in Technology and Standardization , 2011 .

[15]  M. Tahar Kechadi,et al.  CupCarbon: a multi-agent and discrete event wireless sensor network design and simulation tool , 2014, SimuTools.