Authors:
Hanene Rouainia
1
;
Hanen Grichi
2
;
3
;
Laid Kahloul
4
and
Mohamed Khalgui
5
;
3
Affiliations:
1
Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, El-Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia
;
2
Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte (FSB), University of Carthage, Bizerte, Tunisia
;
3
School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jinan University, Zhuhai, China
;
4
LINFI Laboratory, Computer Science Department, Biskra University, Biskra, Algeria
;
5
INSAT Institute, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
Keyword(s):
Wireless Sensor Network, Reconfigurable Wireless Sensor Network, RWSNSim, Simulator, Sensor Node, Sink Node, Agent.
Abstract:
Reconfigurable wireless sensor networks become an important area in research and industrial communities. With their development and spread, many problems and solutions have emerged. Network simulators have become an essential necessity to study the impact of these solutions on networks in order to avoid huge costs in terms of money, time, and effort if applied on the ground. In this paper, we propose a new discrete-event simulator for WSNs and RWSNs called RWSNSim. We present its description, modeling, and provided services. Finally, to demonstrate the efficiency of RWSNSim, we simulate a case study and detail the simulator functioning steps.