Distributed Sensor Networks, 2nd Edition

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Testing and Debugging Sensor Network Applications

Sally K. Wahba

Clemson University

Jason O. Hallstrom

Clemson University

Nigamanth Sridhar

Cleveland State University

34.1    Introduction

34.2    Network Simulators

EmStar • ATEMU • TOSSIM • Avrora • DiSenS • SenQ • COOJA

34.3    Network Testbeds

MoteLab • Kansei • Mobile Emulab • NESTbed

34.4    Debugging Systems

Interactive Debugging • Postmortem Debugging • Static Analysis Techniques

34.5    Conclusion

Glossary

References

34.1    Introduction

Wireless sensor network technology has fundamentally transformed our capacity to monitor the physical world. Perhaps the most significant result of this transformation has been the discovery of a new frontier of application possibilities. Sensor ...