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http://dx.doi.org/10.9709/JKSS.2016.25.4.043

Design and Implementation of a Multi-level Simulation Environment for WSN: Interoperation between an FPGA-based Sensor Node and a NS3  

Seok, Moon Gi (한국과학기술원 전기 및 전자공학과)
Kim, Tag Gon (한국과학기술원 전기 및 전자공학과)
Park, Daejin (경북대학교 IT대학 전자공학부)
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Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation / v.25, no.4, 2016 , pp. 43-52 More about this Journal
Abstract
Wireless sensor network (WSN) technology has been implemented using commercial off-the-shelf microcontrollers (MCUs), In this paper, we propose a simulation environment to realize the physical evaluation of FPGA-based node by considering vertically cross-layered WSN in terms of physical node device and network interconnection perspective. The proposed simulation framework emulates the physical FPGA-based sensor nodes to interoperate with the NS3 through the runtime infrastructure (RTI). For the emulation and interoperation of FPGA-based nodes, we extend a vendor-providing FPGA design tool from the host computer and a script to execute the interoperation procedures. The standalone NS-3 is also revised to perform interoperation through the RTI. To resolve the different time-advance mechanisms between the FPGA emulation and event-driven NS3 simulation, the pre-simulation technique is applied to the proposed environment. The proposed environment is applied to IEEE 802.15.4-based low-rate, wireless personal area network communication.
Keywords
WSN; FPGA; NS3; Interoperation; HLA/RTI;
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