International Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications
Parsim: A parametric simulation application for wireless sensor networks based on NS2 simulator
Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
Department of Computer Engineering, Quchan University of Technology, Quchan, Iran
Abstract
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are attractive technologies that have been highly regarded by researchers in recent years due to their wide applications in various fields. Due to the high cost of implementing wireless sensor networks, one of the most important issues in their use is simulation and extraction of the results to achieve maximum efficiency before implementing them. Therefore, simulation is essential to studying WSN. A large number of WSN simulators available nowadays differ in their design, goals, and characteristics. Of course, there are still challenges in simulating wireless sensor networks, the most important of which are the lack of ease of use and lack of full access to the relevant parameters in the existing cases. In this article, we first introduce the various available simulators for WSNs, together with guidelines for selecting an appropriate simulator. In the following, we present our proposed simulator based on NS2 with the aim of achieving an effective and efficient simulation by considering the ease of use and providing a complete list of relevant parameters.
Keywords
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Volume 14, Issue 1
January 2023Pages 2603-2616
- Receive Date: 07 November 2021
- Revise Date: 07 July 2022
- Accept Date: 10 July 2022