Title :
Effect of Layers on Simulation of Wireless Sensor Networks
Author :
Islam, Obidul ; Hussain, Sajid
Author_Institution :
Acadia Univ., Wolfville
Abstract :
This paper investigates the effect of simulation of lower layers on performance evaluation of energy-efficient multi- hop routing techniques designed to maximize network lifetime. A customized simulator is used to show the simulation results where the effect of lower layers, packet collisions, and overhearing is ignored. Then, an open-source simulator, J-Sim, is used to analyze protocols while considering MAC layer and packet collisions. The simulation results show that customized simulator gives very different performance evaluation as compared to J-Sim that provides the complete protocol stack.
Keywords :
routing protocols; telecommunication network reliability; wireless sensor networks; energy-efficient multihop routing technique; network lifetime maximization; protocol analysis; wireless sensor network simulation; Base stations; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Media Access Protocol; Open source software; Power supplies; Routing; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless and Mobile Communications, 2007. ICWMC '07. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Guadeloupe
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2796-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7695-2796-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICWMC.2007.36
