Colleagues, I am kinda confused here. I am trying to find out the de facto Wireless Sensor Network Simulator. I have done a lot of searching on the Internet with very limited success. The more I search, the greater the number of new simulators that pop up. At some point, I landed on Tranh Minh Tam’s research blog and I felt that long at last, I was going to be helped.But alas! Poor me.The more I looked at Tam’s list of Wireless Sensor Network Simulators, the more I got confused.
Previously, I used to do research on Active Queue Management (AQM) Systems. I have a good working knowledge of NS-2. Then I did not have any problems because NS-2 was the de facto open source simulator for things to do with AQM. Now as I embark on Wireless Sensor Network research, I have discovered that NS-2 on its own does not support WSNs. Some extensions are needed for it to support WSNs. But I have read a number of papers that say that NS-2 is not a good simulator for WSNs even when some extensions have been added. In light of this development, I want someone to let me know the best and most frequently used WSN simulator out there before I commit my precious time to anyone of these simulators. For any simulator that you point out to me, please give some reasons as to why you think it is the best. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated!
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackbacki search in internet for WSN tcl code . do you have any link for WSN tcl codes
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Clement Nyirenda says:
December 22nd, 2008 at 2:00 am
@mohamad: I am just in the initial stages of my WSN research. As such, I do not have any WSN tcl code at the moment.
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I am working in a master thesis in WSN. I searched the net for along period to capture the best simulator and now I have found one that is suitable for may case (Routing Algorithm). The simulator is called Castalia and it is built on top of the popular OMENT++ simulation kernel. What encouraged me to use this sim are: it is an open source simulation composed of many modules that I can replace and plug another , also it is written in C++ and is very easy (for me at least) to understand.
Now, I have replaced the routing module with mine’s algorithm and it working very well.
check this URL http://www.omnetpp.org/article.php?story=20070606150844533
With my best wishes
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Clement Nyirenda says:
December 22nd, 2008 at 2:03 am
@Ahmed Amer: I was thinking of using NS-2 + Mannasim because I already have a working knowledge of NS-2. I feel that it will be easy for me to get to speed with NS-2 + Mannasim. Before deciding on OMNET++ with Castalia, did u try NS-2+Mannasim? If you did, how was your experience and how do you compare the two?
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Hi..
I m using ns2 for simulation of WSN routing.Can anyone tell me where to find script for any routing protocol.
I really need that one.
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hi all
Gaurav i am want to simulate wsn secure routing but till now i have’t any ideas about simulators i study something about ns-2, so if you can help me plz.
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hi…..
i m doing training on simulators for wireless sensor networks so i m not getting information about MATLAB n NS-2.So if u know any website please intimate me.
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Clement Nyirenda says:
July 20th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
@Nandini:Some few years ago, I stumbled on a site which had codes which one can use to link MATLAB with NS-2. I will try to get the link for you.
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hi…
i’m into wsn in intial stages will anyone guide me how to improve over time and energy consumption in wsns over the already existing ones. what are the main areas to be targetted?
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hi
i’m doing my final network project in university.i’m doing research on humidity and temperature wsn. how can i use simulator tool with out any hardware used since the cost of buying the sensor node like mica is too expensive.i don’t have any budget for that.can i just simulate the result by using simulator without the use of hardware?
please!! anyone help me!!
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haluk says:
December 31st, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Hi,
I have also same problem as you have. My project is based on humidity and temperature too. Have you got any progress so far? It would be greatly appreciated if you give me some tips.
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hi
i m new in Castalia and doing a project on WSN.
Can any one tell me how can i get the .vec files that r deleted to generate Castalia-Debug & Primaryoutput.txt?
can ne body tell me how to generate graphs from the out files?
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hi sir this is javed shaikh from pune . i will be completing my B.E (electronics) this year from pune university. so for the final year project i am working on wireless sensor networks so would you please forward me some information on it and we are using zig bee modules as a RF device
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saidmorocco says:
January 12th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Hi
svp I am a new researcher in the WSN I will want a simulator of localization and positionement. can indicate me a better simulator. thank you
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I am currently working on my own research on WSN and I have ended up writing one up to suit my needs. You may try it out if you like…
http://wsnpedia.net
Details on the sim are on the website.
Cheers.
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Sir i’m doing my M.S research program from IIT Delhi in routing algorithm for wireless sensor network and i am interested in Self Organising protocol for wsn using castalia.Con u suggest me How should i proceed? Or can u give me some code related to it.
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Hi All
svp I am a new researcher in the WSN I will want a simulator of localization and positionement. can indicate me a better simulator. thank you
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Hello all,
I am also new researcher in secure WSN and am working on security and privacy for WSN. Please can anyone guide me on which simulator I should use on this issue and how.
Thank you!
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