DEVS-WSN : A discrete event approach for Wireless Sensor Network simulation

Thierry Antoine-Santoni (1) , Jean-François Santucci (1) , Emmanuelle de Gentili (1) , Bernadette Costa (1)

1 SPE - Sciences pour l'environnement

Zeigler in the 70 's introduced Discrete Event system Specification (DEVS) formalism. This formalism is able to describe the asynchronous nature of the events occuring in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). In this paper we introduce a DEVS application oriented components for WSN : DEVS-WSN. Based on pyDEVS, it wants to provide a simulation tool based on a discrete event approach. Our model uses a detailled definition of all node components and is independent of operating system. DEVS-WSN provides a framework to build quickly and easily a complex Wireless Sensor Network and to analyze several parameters at various levels of abstraction : hardware components, node, network.

Mots clés: DEVS; Wireless Sensor Network; modeling; simulation

Domaines: Modélisation et simulation

Thierry Antoine-Santoni, Jean-François Santucci, Emmanuelle de Gentili, Bernadette Costa. DEVS-WSN : A discrete event approach for Wireless Sensor Network simulation. IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications 2008., 2008, Doha, Qatar. pp. 895-898, ⟨10.1109/AICCSA.2008.4493637⟩. ⟨hal-00280786⟩