Simulating Wireless Sensor Network Protocols and Energy Consumption on a Hades Tool Extension

Abstract

I.INTRODUCTION The advances on mobile technology have permitted a larger use of sensor networks to allow the monitoring of an area aiming the occurrence detection of one or more event kinds and the sending of data referring to these observed events. These data are transported across the network towards a central station, where they can be processed. The data transport is done through an ad-hoc network containing numerous tiny, intelligent and wireless sensor nodes and due to the large number of sensor nodes required, and the type of applications sensor networks are expected to support, sensor nodes should be small and low cost. In order to achieve these requirements, sensor nodes have important characteristics like the use of small batteries, with low charge capacity, and limited communication power. To get along with these limitations, the development of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) specific protocols is necessary. Thus, the use of simulators, allowing a previous evaluation of the developing protocols, becomes essential, since its real world implementation aiming test realizations is