Simulator-to-Emulator: Analysis and Design of Experiment Platform for Underwater Sensor Networks

Abstract:

Researchers have proposed many protocols for underwater sensor networks (UWSN) in recent years. How to test the designed protocols accurately and effectively in a lab controlled environment has become an important problem. The existing simulators and emulators for UWSN are analyzed and how to design an experimental platform from simulator to emulator in a laboratory environment is proposed. It can accurately simulate the complex environment in water just using a computer, and test the algorithms and protocols for UWSN; it can also do the test in a real environment by the combination of hardware and software. Finally, a set of evaluation indexes for physical layer, MAC layer and network layer of the experimental platform are presented.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 473)
• Pages: 219-225
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.473.219
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Ying Wang, Zhi Gang Jin, Yi Shan Su
• Keywords: Emulator, Evaluation Index, Simulator, Underwater Sensor Network

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