Evaluation of CupCarbon Network Simulator for Wireless Sensor Networks

Abstract

Wireless sensor networks are a technology in full evolution with great future and a huge quantity of applications. This document lists some of the limitations existing in WSN networks. In addition, several existing techniques are collected to maximize the network's lifetime, demonstrating that efficient use of energy is very important to achieve this goal. Due to the importance of knowing the behaviour of this type of network before its launch, a comparative is established for the options offered by the WSN network simulators available in the market, compared to those offered by CupCarbon. The objective of this project is the evaluation of the CupCarbon simulator through the implementation of an algorithm that aims to maximize the life time of the network, as well as collecting the results offered by this algorithm. In this way, a Dijkstra routing algorithm is developed whose selection of routes depends on the battery level contained in the nodes that constitute the network. This algorithm is referred as dynamic Dijkstra in the present document. To achieve the objectives described, we pretend to simulate the dynamic Dijkstra in CupCarbon, for this aim, the source code is modified, since it is a free code tool. As a result, it is possible to create the original Dijkstra, but certain problems are presented, to develop the part that depends on the energy, related to the functionalities offered by CupCarbon. As an alternative to determine the results associated to the created algorithm, theoretical analyses are accomplished. Consequently, it is concluded that the evaluation of CupCarbon is not satisfactory enough, while the algorithm created maximizes the network's lifetime.

Survey and Comparative Study of LoRa-Enabled Simulators for Internet of Things and Wireless Sensor Networks

“…This group of papers focused on evaluating WSN simulation tools. These papers include [ 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 ]. The authors in [ 88 ] present evaluation approaches and requirements for sensor networks to enable credible, realistic and convenient WSN evaluation.…”

“…The proposed scheme ensures an energy consumption gain that considers time constraints. In [ 90 ], CupCarbon, a new WSN simulator, is presented. To evaluate the ease of use of the simulator, the authors proposed a modified version of the Dijkstra algorithm that includes the battery level of the nodes as an additional parameter for calculating the best route.…”

An Overview on LoRaWAN Technology Simulation Tools

“…Such functionality permits clarification of network structure and realistic implementation before real deployments. It integrates propagation visibility with interference models and supports different communication interfaces, including, LoRa, Wi-Fi and ZigBee protocols [34]. CupCarbon is the fundamental kernel of the PERSEPTEUR ANR project aimed at developing algorithms for the accurate simulation of signal transmission in a 3D city area.…”

Simulation of an Early Warning Fire System

“…Moreover, this software is able to simulate IEEE 802.15.4 (Zigbee) [22], WiFi and LoRA, and each node has data processing capabilities through SenScript commands. It is an open source Java programmed tool, source code is available and may be altered to include custom code, functions or algorithms, e. g. an improved Dijsktra algorithm [25] or data mining techniques for fire detection [26].…”