A model-based approach for bridging virtual and physical sensor nodes in a hybrid simulation framework

The Model Based Design (MBD) approach is a popular trend to speed up application development of embedded systems, which uses high-level abstractions to capture functional requirements in an executable manner, and which automates implementation code generation. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are an...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2014-06, Vol.14 (6), p.11070-11096
Main Authors: Mozumdar, Mohammad, Song, Zhen Yu, Lavagno, Luciano, Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Alberto L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Building automation
Computer simulation
Debugging
Design engineering
Embedded systems
hardware-in-the-loop simulation
Interconnections
model based design
Platforms
Radio communications
Remote sensors
Sensors
Simulation
Software
Wireless networks
wireless sensor networks
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Summary:The Model Based Design (MBD) approach is a popular trend to speed up application development of embedded systems, which uses high-level abstractions to capture functional requirements in an executable manner, and which automates implementation code generation. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are an emerging very promising application area for embedded systems. However, there is a lack of tools in this area, which would allow an application developer to model a WSN application by using high level abstractions, simulate it mapped to a multi-node scenario for functional analysis, and finally use the refined model to automatically generate code for different WSN platforms. Motivated by this idea, in this paper we present a hybrid simulation framework that not only follows the MBD approach for WSN application development, but also interconnects a simulated sub-network with a physical sub-network and then allows one to co-simulate them, which is also known as Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) simulation.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s140611070