A Reusable Component-Based Model for WSN Storage Simulation

Abstract

Sensor networks are a fast-evolving technology used for a variety of applications, ranging from environmental monitoring to cyber-physical systems (CPS) and IoT, including applications designed to support smart cities. The widespread use of sensor networks rises new challenges to data management and storage. The development of data storage systems is a hard task due to the specific nature of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and the lack of a common general purpose development framework. Software component models provide an appropriate level of system abstraction, reducing the development complexity and improving productivity. In this paper we propose RCBM, a Reusable Component-based Model for wireless sensor network storage simulation. RCBM promotes software reuse from existing components to improve the efficiency of system development and evaluation. RCBM has been implemented on the NS2 simulator and experimental results show that RCBM is more flexible than previous component-based models for WSNs. Due to its general-purpose approach, RCBM can be applied to develop simulation code for a wide range of WSN storage models, reducing the development effort.