A hardware/software simulation environment for energy harvesting wireless sensor networks

Authors:
Leander B. Hörmann;Philipp M. Glatz;Karima B. Hein;Christian Steger;Reinhold Weiss
Affiliations:
Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria;Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands;Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria;Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria;Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Venue:
Proceedings of the 9th ACM symposium on Performance evaluation of wireless ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) consist of wirelessly communicating nodes with an autarkic power supply for each node. Typically, the consumable energy of these nodes is very limited. Energy harvesting systems (EHSs) can be used to extend the lifetime or even enable perpetual operation of the sensor nodes. Applicable energy-aware WSN protocols and applications usually raise the complexity such that rough calculations are not sufficient any more. Simulation-based analysis is needed to cope with the complexity of hardware/software interaction and its implications. This work presents a simulation environment which enables combined simulation and performance evaluation of complete WSNs including the sensor nodes' application software, the energy harvesting enhanced hardware, the wireless network communication, and the environment of the sensor nodes.