An extended framework for WSN applications

Understanding the real behavior of a Wireless Sensor Network application before the implementation enables engineers to reduce development time and cost because it makes possible the optimization of system resource utilization. In this context, this paper present an extension to an existing reference framework in which the designer can build network components, consider details about physical layer and communication medium, easily exchange the WSN configuration, simulate it by analyzing several parameters and finally generate code for different target hw/sw platforms.