A Testbed for Visualizing Sensornet Behavior

Abstract

We present a testbed for visualizing the behavior of sensor network applications constructed using TinyOS 2.0. The testbed enables network designers to capture node-level runtime behaviors and to link the captured behaviors to form a network-level snapshot. A multi-resolution approach based on static selectors and dynamic filters helps to achieve manageable visualizations by including only those network nodes and program actions relevant to a global behavior of interest. We demonstrate the system's utility using a standard network example and summarize its resource usage and performance characteristics.