ANDES: An ANalysis-Based DEsign Tool for Wireless Sensor Networks

— We have developed an analysis-based design tool, ANDES, for modeling a wireless sensor network system and analyzing its performance before deployment. ANDES enables designers to systematically develop a model for the system, refine it iteratively by tuning the system parameters based on existing analysis techniques, and resolve key design decisions according to the required system performance. We also present a realtime communication schedulability analysis for sensor networks based on exact characterization which utilizes information regarding network topology and workload characteristics to analyze the schedulability of a set of periodic streams with realtime constraints. We further demonstrate the use of ANDES for the designers through detailed case studies where we design wireless sensor network applications (for target detection and environmental monitoring) using ANDES and validate the results through simulations. Currently, ANDES supports communication schedulability analys...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: RTSS
• Authors: Vibha Prasad, Ting Yan, Praveen Jayachandran, Zengzhong Li, Sang Hyuk Son, John A. Stankovic, Jörgen Hansson, Tarek F. Abdelzaher
• Keywords: ANDES, Applied Computing, RTSS 2007, Sensor Network, Wireless Sensor Networks