MULANE - A Lightweight Extendable Agent-oriented LoRaWAN Simulator with GUI

Abstract

As one of the LPWAN categories, LoRaWAN attracts great attention on IoT and M2M communication. It offers a comprehensive area communication network solution with a low data rate and low power consumption. Many research works on medium scheduling or resource allocation have been proposed to improve network performance. However, with many devices in the network, it is sometimes too difficult to deploy a test-bed to evaluate the network performance in the industry. However, different studies often use different simulators. Thus, it is also challenging to study the impact of different algorithms on the network by simulation. Thus, an extendable simulator becomes necessary for both industrial networks deploying and academic study. In this paper, we developed a lightweight, extendable simulator exclusive to LoRaWAN named MULANE. We also offered a GUI is to simplify the simulation process. Moreover, the simulator is agent-oriented, making the research works implementation easier by creating new agents,