TeaCP: A Toolkit for evaluation and analysis of collection protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks

Several collection protocols have been developed to achieve efficient gathering of data in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) including intra-car WSN. Though there exist WSN tools capable of controlling, monitoring, and displaying sensor data, there is still a need for a general benchmarking tool capable of visualizing, evaluating, and comparing the network layer performance of these protocols. In an effort to fill this gap, we present TeaCP, a prototype Toolkit for the evaluation and analysis of Collection Protocols in both simulation and experimental environments. Through simulation of an intra-car WSN and real lab experiments, we demonstrate the functionality of TeaCP for comparing the performance of two prominent collection protocols, the Collection Tree Protocol (CTP) and the Backpressure Collection Protocol (BCP).