A simulation platform for sensor networks with interest in energy

Abstract

Recently, sensor networks have been studied, applied and deployed widely in industrial as well as civil systems.
Simulation software is an important tool to support researchers in the design, development and application of
sensor networks. However, there is currently not many software solutions that allow the simulation that takes
energy-related activities into consideration. This paper introduces a simulation platform that helps users to
simulate the energy transformation process of the components as well as the nodes and the entire network,
thereby allowing definition, investigation of the energy transformation in each node, hence laying the foundation
of energy solutions for the entire network.