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Wireless sensor networks consists of spatially
distributed autonomous sensors to cooperatively monitor physical or
environmental conditions, such as temperature, sound, vibration,
pressure, motion or pollutants. There are various applications for wireless sensor networks
including monitoring, tracking or controlling (e.g. habitat monitoring,
object tracking, nuclear reactor control, fire detection, traffic
monitoring,...).
An
add-on to the WinProp suite
allows the simulation of the the reliability and connectivity in
wireless MESH and sensor networks, The system
simulator included in this add-on allows the modeling of arbitrary wireless sensor network
topologies in different scenarios (rural, urban, indoor, tunnels,...).
Typical mesh network
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In the frame of
the PLATON project, a three step concept has been developed.
The so called DPC concept is based on the following
steps:
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STEP D: Distribution
of sensor nodes (either stochastic or deterministic,
depending on scenario and application)
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STEP P: Path
loss computation between sensor nodes
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STEP C: Connectivity
analysis
Step D
Distribution
Distribution
of nodes
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Step P
Propagation
Path loss
computation
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Step C
Connectivity
Analysis of
connectivity
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Please click on
the images to obtain further information about the steps of
the DPC concept.
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