Wireless sensor network simulator to study routing protocols

Wireless sensor networks are applied in many applications. The routing protocols that are developed for sensor networks must be energy efficient and scalable. It is necessary to perform a detailed analysis of sensor networks for understanding of the performance of them. Network simulators can inform us about the performance and behavior of these protocols on various network topologies. This research considers simulation of routing protocols at Sensor Networks Research Laboratory. Sensor Simulator is a discrete event simulation framework for sensor networks built over OMNeT++. This framework allows the user to debug and test software for distributed sensor networks. This research implements a comparative study on Directed Diffusion Routing Protocol on both ns2 and Sensor Simulator