TikTak: A Scalable Simulator of Wireless Sensor Networks Including Hardware/Software Interaction

• 作者: Francesco Menichelli Mauro Olivieri
• 来源期刊: 无线传感网络(英文)
• 学科: 工学
• 关键词: WSN Simulation Hardware-Software Co-Emulation
• 年，卷（期）: 2010,（11）
• 页码范围: 815-822
• 页数: 8页
• 分类号: TP39

摘要

We present a simulation framework for wireless sensor networks developed to allow the design exploration and the complete microprocessor-instruction-level debug of network formation, data congestion, nodes interaction, all in one simulation environment. A specifically innovative feature is the co-emulation of selected nodes at clock-cycle-accurate hardware processing level, allowing code debug and exact execution latency evaluation (considering both protocol stack and application), together with other nodes at abstract protocol level, meeting a designer’s needs of simulation speed, scalability and reliability. The simulator is centered on the Zigbee protocol and can be retargeted for different node micro-architectures.