ViTool-BC: Visualization Tool Based on Cooja Simulator for WSN
Evaluation and monitoring of wireless sensor networks (WSN) and the parameters defining their operations and design, such as energy consumption, latency, and stability, is a complex task due to interaction with real devices. For greater control of these variables, the use of simulators arises as an...
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| description | Evaluation and monitoring of wireless sensor networks (WSN) and the parameters defining their operations and design, such as energy consumption, latency, and stability, is a complex task due to interaction with real devices. For greater control of these variables, the use of simulators arises as an alternative. Cooja is a WSN simulator/emulator which handles the devices’ controllers and multiple communication protocol implementations, such as RPL (RPL is one of the most used protocol in IoT). However, Cooja does not consider either the implementation of an energy model (it has infinite energy consumption) nor the visual behavior of the topology construction, although these aspects are crucial for effective network analysis and decision taking. This paper presents the design and the implementation of ViTool-BC, a software built on top of Cooja, which allows the creation of different energy estimation models and also to visualize in real time the behavior of WSN topology construction. In addition, ViTool-BC offers a heat map of energy consumption traces. Therefore, this tool helps researchers to monitor in real time the topology construction, node disconnection, and battery depletion, aspects to be considered in the analysis of the available routing protocols in Cooja. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b2d75e75ccfe4f57a23fd1436c6961b32023-11-22T06:45:05ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-08-011116766510.3390/app11167665ViTool-BC: Visualization Tool Based on Cooja Simulator for WSNDaladier Jabba0Pedro Acevedo1System and Computer Engineering Department, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla 080001, ColombiaSystem and Computer Engineering Department, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla 080001, ColombiaEvaluation and monitoring of wireless sensor networks (WSN) and the parameters defining their operations and design, such as energy consumption, latency, and stability, is a complex task due to interaction with real devices. For greater control of these variables, the use of simulators arises as an alternative. Cooja is a WSN simulator/emulator which handles the devices’ controllers and multiple communication protocol implementations, such as RPL (RPL is one of the most used protocol in IoT). However, Cooja does not consider either the implementation of an energy model (it has infinite energy consumption) nor the visual behavior of the topology construction, although these aspects are crucial for effective network analysis and decision taking. This paper presents the design and the implementation of ViTool-BC, a software built on top of Cooja, which allows the creation of different energy estimation models and also to visualize in real time the behavior of WSN topology construction. In addition, ViTool-BC offers a heat map of energy consumption traces. Therefore, this tool helps researchers to monitor in real time the topology construction, node disconnection, and battery depletion, aspects to be considered in the analysis of the available routing protocols in Cooja.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/16/7665wireless sensor networksenergy consumptionCooja simulator |
| spellingShingle | Daladier Jabba Pedro Acevedo ViTool-BC: Visualization Tool Based on Cooja Simulator for WSN Applied Sciences wireless sensor networks energy consumption Cooja simulator |
| title | ViTool-BC: Visualization Tool Based on Cooja Simulator for WSN |
| title_full | ViTool-BC: Visualization Tool Based on Cooja Simulator for WSN |
| title_fullStr | ViTool-BC: Visualization Tool Based on Cooja Simulator for WSN |
| title_full_unstemmed | ViTool-BC: Visualization Tool Based on Cooja Simulator for WSN |
| title_short | ViTool-BC: Visualization Tool Based on Cooja Simulator for WSN |
| title_sort | vitool bc visualization tool based on cooja simulator for wsn |
| topic | wireless sensor networks energy consumption Cooja simulator |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/16/7665 |
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