A Proposal for Modeling Real Hardware, Weather and Marine Conditions for Underwater Sensor Networks

Network simulators are useful for researching protocol performance, appraising new hardware capabilities and evaluating real application scenarios. However, these tasks can only be achieved when using accurate models and real parameters that enable the extraction of trustworthy results and conclusio...

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Main Authors: Juan José Serrano, Angel Perles, Sara Blanc, Juan Vicente Capella, Salvador Climent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-06-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/13/6/7454
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Summary:Network simulators are useful for researching protocol performance, appraising new hardware capabilities and evaluating real application scenarios. However, these tasks can only be achieved when using accurate models and real parameters that enable the extraction of trustworthy results and conclusions. This paper presents an underwater wireless sensor network ecosystem for the ns-3 simulator. This ecosystem is composed of a new energy-harvesting model and a low-cost, low-power underwater wake-up modem model that, alongside existing models, enables the performance of accurate simulations by providing real weather and marine conditions from the location where the real application is to be deployed.
ISSN:1424-8220