Open AccessBusting myths of energy models for wireless sensor networks
Author(s) -
Harrison D.C.,
Burmester D.,
Seah W.K.G.,
Rayudu R.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2016.1591
Subject(s) - wireless sensor network , computer science , energy (signal processing) , wireless , key distribution in wireless sensor networks , wireless network , distributed computing , computer network , telecommunications , physics , quantum mechanics
When developing and validating algorithms and protocols for wireless sensor networks, simulations provide valuable insights that would be impractical to gather from real world experimental deployments. For these simulations to be meaningful, realistic models of the way energy is consumed in the targeted sensor devices need to be produced. A number of inaccuracies are identified to avoid when constructing simulation energy models and in doing so draw attention to a device specific behaviour with the potential to invalidate research assumptions.