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A Comparative Study of Simulation Tools for WSNs and UWSNs Research

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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• Network Modeling and Simulation

Abstract

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs), which use radio waves to transmit data from individual sensors, have found widespread application in many disciplines. Coordinated sensing allows continuous tracking of environmental conditions like temperature, humidity, light levels, and gas concentrations at each node. The WSN area is continuously researched and developed. However, many researchers in the academic community and industry are working on WSNs that do not have live sensors to test, creating a need for simulation. Simulation tools reduce deployment costs and time. System simulation tools are often required during the pre-run system configuration phase. Nodes in an Underwater Sensor Network (UWSN) can either operate independently or collect and transmit data to other nodes or mobile stations, depending on their depth. UWSN has several research directions. Deploying complete testbeds with complex network structures, topologies, protocols, and data links to validate new network protocols or algorithms is expensive. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a simulation environment that can depict real underwater scenarios. Many simulation tools are proposed for UWSNs, but selecting the proper one due to the research requirements is very important to validate and interpret the research results. Furthermore, it is essential to see that the test systems' outcomes are sound and meet standard benchmarks. This paper presents a detailed comparison of different WSNs simulators to reduce the time and effort of researchers and application developers.

DOI

10.21608/njccs.2024.268550.1029

Keywords

WSN, sensor networks, Simulation, Simulators, Underwater

Authors

First Name

nesma

Last Name

abdelmawla

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Comm. & Electronics Dept., Nile Higher Institute for engineering & Technology

Email

nesma.abdelmawla@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0003-2232-1035

First Name

Hegazi

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

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Affiliation

2Communication and Electronics Department, Nile Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology, Mansoura, Egypt,

Email

hegaziibrahim@nilehi.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-9437-8367

Volume

7

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

48462

Issue Date

2024-06-01

Receive Date

2024-02-07

Publish Date

2024-06-01

Page Start

30

Page End

46

Print ISSN

2805-2366

Online ISSN

2805-2374

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2,134

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Publication Title

Nile Journal of Communication and Computer Science

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https://njccs.journals.ekb.eg/

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A Comparative Study of Simulation Tools for WSNs and UWSNs Research

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Created At

28 Dec 2024