Table 2 Features of classical simulators for wireless sensor networks
From: Modeling and simulation of networked low-power embedded systems: a taxonomy
Simulators | Language | WSN | Software | Hardware | Energy | Heterogeneity | Easy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | specifications | modeling | modeling | aware | support | to use |
NS-2 [15] | C++ | IEEE 802.15.4 [44] | No | No | Low | Perfect | Good |
| Â | OTcl | SensorSim [12] | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
OMNet++ [32] | C++ | IEEE 802.15.4 [50] | No | No | Low | Perfect | Good |
| Â | Â | PAWiS [48] | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
WSNet [52] | C | IEEE 802.15.4 | No | No | Low | Good | General |
SENSE [53] | C++ | IEEE 802.11 | No | No | Low | Perfect | General |
GloMoSim [40] | PARSEC | NaN | No | No | Low | Good | General |
Prowler [56] | Matlab | Yes | No | No | Low | Good | General |
TOSSIM [16] | C | TinyOS | Yes | Power-TOSSIM [25] | Perfect | General | Good |
ATEMU [68] | C | Yes | ISS | No | Perfect | Low | General |
WSim [52] | C | Yes | ISS | No | Perfect | Low | General |
COOJA [70] | Java | Contiki | Yes | No | Perfect | General | General |
WISENES [73] | SDL[74] | Yes | Yes | No | Good | Good | General |
ATLeS-SN [77] | SystemC | Yes | Yes | No | Good | Good | General |
SCNSL [33] | SystemC | No | No | No | Low | Good | General |
IDEA1 [80] | Yes | IEEE 802.15.4 | Yes | Yes | Good | Good | Good |
sQualNet [86] | PARSEC | QualNet [55] | Yes | No | Good | Low | General |