Modelling and simulation frameworks for wireless sensor networks: a comparative study

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IET Wireless Sensor Systems Pub Date : 2020-05-11 DOI:10.1049/iet-wss.2020.0046

Richa Sharma, Vasudha Vashisht, Umang Singh

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Abstract

In real-time scenarios, wireless sensor network (WSN) suffers from severe constraints such as restricted power supply, short communication range, less bandwidth availability, and small memory storage. Owing to these severe constraints, the time complexity, space complexity, and cost complexity of these networks are very high. Hence, deploying a real sensor network environment for the testing of a newly designed protocol is a Herculean task. To overcome this issue, instead of doing live implementation of such networks, simulation modelling is accepted as an alternative approach. This study provides a comprehensive study about existing network simulators along with their advantages and weaknesses. This study also presented a case study for a preferable simulation methodology, i.e. MATLAB/Simulink. Firstly, this case study highlights prominent features of MATLAB/Simulink. Secondly, simulation results of implementing AODV (Adhoc on Demand Vector Protocol) in terms of simulation runtime using four simulators net simulator-2 (NS-2), NS-3, OMNet++, and MATLAB is presented. Thirdly, survey of few very well-known clustering protocols in WSNs is done. This study will prove to be beneficial for researchers of this domain as it surveys the literature over the period 2008–2020 focusing on simulation tools and simulation metrics used by researchers to simulate WSNs.

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无线传感器网络的建模与仿真框架:比较研究

在实时场景下，无线传感器网络(WSN)面临着供电受限、通信距离短、带宽可用性差、存储空间小等严重的限制。由于这些严格的约束，这些网络的时间复杂度、空间复杂度和成本复杂度都非常高。因此，为测试新设计的协议部署真实的传感器网络环境是一项艰巨的任务。为了克服这个问题，而不是做这样的网络的实时实现，仿真建模被接受为一种替代方法。本研究对现有的网络模拟器及其优缺点进行了全面的研究。本研究还介绍了一个较好的仿真方法的案例研究，即MATLAB/Simulink。首先，本案例研究突出了MATLAB/Simulink的突出特点。其次，给出了利用网络模拟器-2 (NS-2)、NS-3、omnet++和MATLAB实现AODV (Adhoc on Demand Vector Protocol)的仿真结果。第三，综述了几种比较知名的无线传感器网络聚类协议。这项研究将证明对该领域的研究人员是有益的，因为它调查了2008-2020年期间的文献，重点是研究人员用于模拟wsn的仿真工具和仿真指标。

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IET Wireless Sensor Systems TELECOMMUNICATIONS-

CiteScore

4.90

自引率

5.30%

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审稿时长

33 weeks

期刊介绍： IET Wireless Sensor Systems is aimed at the growing field of wireless sensor networks and distributed systems, which has been expanding rapidly in recent years and is evolving into a multi-billion dollar industry. The Journal has been launched to give a platform to researchers and academics in the field and is intended to cover the research, engineering, technological developments, innovative deployment of distributed sensor and actuator systems. Topics covered include, but are not limited to theoretical developments of: Innovative Architectures for Smart Sensors;Nano Sensors and Actuators Unstructured Networking; Cooperative and Clustering Distributed Sensors; Data Fusion for Distributed Sensors; Distributed Intelligence in Distributed Sensors; Energy Harvesting for and Lifetime of Smart Sensors and Actuators; Cross-Layer Design and Layer Optimisation in Distributed Sensors; Security, Trust and Dependability of Distributed Sensors. The Journal also covers; Innovative Services and Applications for: Monitoring: Health, Traffic, Weather and Toxins; Surveillance: Target Tracking and Localization; Observation: Global Resources and Geological Activities (Earth, Forest, Mines, Underwater); Industrial Applications of Distributed Sensors in Green and Agile Manufacturing; Sensor and RFID Applications of the Internet-of-Things ("IoT"); Smart Metering; Machine-to-Machine Communications.