DeVise: A tool for visualizing and validating desynchronization protocols for multi-hop wireless sensor networks

Abstract

In recent years, there are several studies on desynchronization for wireless sensor networks. In order to propose new desynchronization protocols, unavoidably, researchers have to implement previous desynchronization works to compare with their own protocols. However, validating the implementations takes time and effort. In this paper, we propose DeVise, a visualizer for validating desynchronization protocols on multi-hop wireless sensor networks. DeVise reads configuration and trace files, and visualizes the protocol behavior. DeVise provides sufficient and useful information to help researchers reduce time and effort in the protocol validation process. We have evaluated DeVise with several desynchronization protocols. The result shows that DeVise helps researchers validate the implementations and effectively helps explore advantages and drawbacks when comparing different desynchronization protocols.