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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53 users commented in " To all Wireless Sensor Networks researchers:What is the best WSN Simulator? "
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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sherly says:
July 15th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
hey yaar … I ‘m doin my M.Tech Project in WSN in data aggregation , could u plz help me in choosin de best simulator i can work on other than Ns-2
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priyank says:
December 10th, 2010 at 4:41 am
I’m also doing MTech project on secure data aggregtaion in WSN using mobile agent nd found that omnet++ can work with mobile agent…can u share ur knowledge on this idea…
thanks in advance
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vishal bhame says:
March 10th, 2011 at 5:17 am
Hello sir,
i m vishal from sinhgad collg.of engg…PUNE.
from branch BE E&TC last year.I m working on “cognitive radio system” using OMNet++.From ur disscution on this site i come to know that u r very expert in Omnet++.If U r also from pune,then i m eager to meet u…!
in my project i want to make project in Omnet++ in which there will be 2 sender and one receiver.out of 2 sender , one will start to send packets to receiver.suppose he have to send 50 packets.now say after packet no 27,2nd sender comes and he have highest priority.so 1st sender will pAUSE his communication.2nd sender will transmitt all his packets..then 1st will send his reaming packets(i.e28-50).
….so will u please help me to do this simulation.I AM READY TO PAY FOR UR VALUABLE TIME. but please respond me…i will b very happy by getting ur +ve responce or contact number…if possible, then can we meet?
……
…..WAITING FOR UR RESPONCE….
If somthing is wrong in this , then Plzz forgive me…..
Yours (want to be)Student
Vishal Bhame
9503232427
Vishalbhame09etc@gmail.com
Hadapsar,Pune-28
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Ahmed Amer says:
March 11th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Dear Vishal Bhame,
I am Egyptian, so we couldn’t meet. By the way, your work in cognitive radio is not familiar to me, but the scenario you described about senders and receiver is simple. You should be familiar with Omnet++ and its communication model. Modules communicate through messages. These messages are handled in the handle_message function. You can be familiar with this method by trying the tictoc tutorial bundled with Omnet++. Please, try this tutorial and let me know your feelings.After that I could guide you in the interaction scenario.
Best regards,
Ahmed Amer
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vishal bhame says:
March 12th, 2011 at 6:01 pm
Respected sir,
Thank You sir…God is great….i m very happy that u responded me…Thanks again to you (and GOD also)…
Sir,
I had worked already on Tic Toc tutorial…I also have MIXIM frame work.The point is that..I can make a scenario in which there is one server,one passive queue,2 senders and one receiver(giving “queueinglib”as refrance project folder(it is there in Omnet++))..but in my Scenario both the senders sends packets alternately i.e if both have to send 20 packets then 1st seend 1 then oher send 1 then again 1st send packet2 then second send packet2…so on…In “.ini”file there is ‘Priority’ parameter but it doesn’t work…
And i want to make scenario in such way that”-there r 2 senders,one receiver.Say sender1 want to send 30 packets and sender2 wants to send 30 packets…Now at time T=20s sender1 starts sending…to send 1 packet say 2sec required…let he sent 15 packets…Now at this interval (T=15*2+20 sec)sender2 comes….he had highest priority…So he will acquire chanel…will send all packets…then sender1 will send his remained packets”
So i need your help to just impliment this scenario…”How to assign priority to module or how to use “priority” parameter ?” I have less time left in my hand and I got u very lately..so sad !
Once again Thank you for your respnse !
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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jenorexi says:
September 25th, 2010 at 10:30 am
hi ahmed
could u plz hlp me ..can u tel me which s the best way to learn catalia to do my WSN oriented projects
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Ahmed Amer says:
September 25th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Hi Jeno,
You should be familiar with OMNet++ to be able to work with Castalia.If you are new to OMNet++, you can take the TicToc tutorial which will help you so much to learn more about OMNet++.
Castalia is a framework built on top of OMNet++. You can read its manual to know how to operate it.
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subzero says:
July 4th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Dear Ahmed,
I am interested in your work on Castalia and routing algorithm. Could you please provide some details about your work/
Thank you
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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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Clement says:
September 8th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Here is the link: http://www.cse.msu.edu/~wangbo1/ns2/nshowto3.html
Clement´s last [type] ..The Grid- a South African mobile social network- goes global!
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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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jeno says:
September 25th, 2010 at 10:33 am
mine project also energy consumption in WSN…COuld u help me plz
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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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S/A
Dear all,
I am a WSN researcher in Secure Routing field, now a day I am navigating in WSN simulators. realy I am confused in selecting my simulator NS2, NS3, OPNET, OMNET-Castalia or J-SIM.
if any has any recommendations, please share with me
Thanks in advance,
Mariam
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nabil says:
January 25th, 2011 at 4:48 am
Hello Miss Mariam, I m working also on security for WSN, I will be very happy if you can help me Sir, here is my email: wa-lo@hotmail.fr, plz Sir if you can send me any useful code I ll be very very happy and very thankful.
Best regards
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Modi says:
March 8th, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Hi Mariam,
I am working on secure routing for WSN. Can you please tell me what you find as the best simulator?
here is my email: modi9@msn.com
I will be very grateful if you share with me you experince.
Thanks a lot
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Hi,
I have just started doing research on WSN. I am comfortable with ns2. I am confused on selecting the WSN simulator. please help me which is best WSN simulator. At present lot of simulators are on the net like ns2, J-sim, Castalia, etc.
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Hey,
I am a final year student doing my project in WSN routing. Currently am working on simulating spin in ns2 though dont have any lead as of now.
I would be very grateful if anyone could guide me on it.
regards
Vinay
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Hello sir,
I am doing my research work for M.Tech in WSN. I am using ns2+mannasim for my work. I have script for design of WSN which is available on mannasim website. But it is not executing in nam. If it can it be really of great use to me. If you know, plz reply to me. Thanks.
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hi, i’m working on my final project using wsn – energy efficiency in colecting data at volcano site using WSN … anyone can suggest to me the best simulator that i can use?…
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hi. i’m working on optimizing WSN lifetime with learning Automata, i do not know how to simulate it in ns-2 or J-sim. i do not know wich one is simplest!
another question is can i use matlab? can i equipe sensor nodes with learning automata in matlab?
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Ola Sayed says:
October 1st, 2010 at 6:36 am
hi Aida…i my self do the same simulator as u do WSN with cellular Automata and we can exchange experience…if u r intrested contact me back
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I have just started doing research on WSN in data gathering and data aggeagation. . I am confused on selecting the WSN simulator. please help me which is best WSN simulator. At present lot of simulators are on the net like matlab,ns2, J-sim, Castalia,ns3 etc.
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atoz says:
February 8th, 2011 at 1:19 am
Hi Ramana,
My research is similar to yours and I think I am now in the same situation you were.Hope you have reached the end of the road. Can you give me some advice?
which simulator you have used.
thanks in advance
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I’d also be interested to know the best wireless networks simulator… I’ve tried doing a bit of research on WSN but it seems hard to find any clear advice. Anyone have any suggestions>
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my email id is jenorexi@gmail.com…..plz help me anyone
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hi, i’m working on my final year project using wsn – wsn as a tool for precision agriculture using WSN … anyone can suggest to me the best simulator that i can use?…
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hi..we are doing our final year project on wsn .(for the precision agriculture)…so can u anyone suggest me to which simulator should i use for this …..It would be greatly appreciated if you give me some tips.
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shah jainam says:
January 11th, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Actually my Dissertation work is on Wireless Sensor Network Application in Precision Agriculture.
I have implemented Wireless Sensor Nodes based on ZigBee
whats abt ur Protocol
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dave says:
March 30th, 2011 at 2:26 am
Dear Shah Jainam,
Is your dissertatiom work a Ph.D , because I am also interested in the same please write back
davidisaacs2001@gmail.com
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hi…..i have just started my thesis work………My problem is that I know my tool—MATLAB—-and my topic related to WSN….but where should i go …i mean where to start from don’t know….could sumbody plz help me…my email ID pluthra13@gmail.com…….
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hi..
am doing my final year project in WSN using ns2 simulator.. anyone can help me to do this project..just give a guidance to refer books & sites regarding this
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Hi all, I start my research in real-time routing in WSN. But I am confused in selecting the correct simulator. i try to learn about OMNET but hard to understand it. I have some experience of NS-2.
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milos says:
January 4th, 2012 at 6:02 am
Hi,
I´m doing the project about WSN and simulating in ns2. Do you reaches some results. How to simulate there WSN ? I need some scripts about effective communication in WSN.
Thanx a lot.
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hi,
am a WSN researcher in key distribution. I have chosen Omnet++ simulator. Is it a correct simulator?
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Tapan says:
February 21st, 2012 at 10:10 pm
Kaavitha,
I am also working on WSN. Sp can u compare OMNET++ and MATLAB simulation. I know only MATLAB. How much time to learn OMNET.
Please reply.
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Deal all,
I am Muhsin I have just started my PhD in WSN for the healthcare related applications. I need to select simulator to simulate the performance of my MAC protocols. Please any one knows how to find out the results of Castalia simulator (*.vec) for simulation WSN. I am using Castalia over OMNET++ and I prefer to use GUI in Castalia which is called Tnev.
Any kind of help is appreciated .
Regards,
Muhsin
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Dear all,
I have just started my thesis work. The title of my thesis is “WSN for Environment Monitoring”. I aim at increasing network lifetime base on IDEALS/RMR ideas proposed by by Geoff V. Merrett. The desired network nodes feature energy harvesting. Now I have some problems as follow:
Firstly, I have to submit a paper related to my thesis, but I found that it is quite difficult to do this basing on IDEALS/RMR.
Secondly, I have no chance to approach the latest and best research on this field.
At present, I have only one idea that I try to simulate the Merrett’s proposes combining with a real using situation.
Thus, I hope to receive deeply-felt words from all of you. Furthermore, it’s absolutely wonderful if i can co-research with someone on this field.
RGs
Thai Vu
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