Simulation of power-aware wireless sensor network architectures

ABSTRACT

Power consumption is recognized to be one of the key design parameters towards the deployment of effective and fully operational wireless sensor networks. Many studies and efforts are currently under way for developing better power management strategies. Towards this end, various simulation tools are being developed for enabling the analysis of the impact of various system parameters over the energy required by the various system elements of a wireless sensor network. In this paper, we focus on the simulation of power consumption management based on the principles of cross-layer protocol engineering. We start by reviewing the most relevant work on the area of simulators of wireless sensor networks focusing mainly on those tools offering capabilities for evaluating the power consumption. Thereafter, based on the principles of cross-layer protocol engineering, we study the interaction between the various layers by focusing on the study of power-aware network architectures. Throughout an exhaustive campaign of simulations, we compare various protocol architecture configurations in terms of their power saving capabilities

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.1 Network Architecture and Design
          Subjects: Network topology

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.3 Network Operations
          Subjects: Network monitoring; Network management

General Terms:
Design, Experimentation, Management, Measurement, Performance

Keywords:
Avrora, power-save, simulation, wireless sensor network