Citation
Phillip Baldwin, Sanjeev Kohli, Edward A. Lee, Xiaojun Liu, Yang Zhao. "VisualSense: Visual Modeling for Wireless and Sensor Network Systems". Technical report, EECS Dept., UC Berkeley, 25, July, 2005.

Abstract
VisualSense is a modeling and simulation framework for wireless and sensor networks that builds on and leverages Ptolemy II. Modeling of wireless networks requires sophisticated representation and analysis of communication channels, sensors, ad-hoc networking protocols, localization strategies, media access control protocols, energy consumption in sensor nodes, etc. This modeling framework is designed to support a component-based construction of such models. It supports actor-oriented definition of network nodes, wireless communication channels, physical media such as acoustic channels, and wired subsystems. The software architecture consists of a set of base classes for defining channels and sensor nodes, a library of subclasses that provide certain specific channel models and node models, and an extensible visualization framework. Custom nodes can be defined by subclassing the base classes and defining the behavior in Java or by creating composite models using any of several Ptolemy II modeling environments. Custom channels can be defined by subclassing the WirelessChannel base class and by attaching functionality defined in Ptolemy II models. It is intended to enable the research community to share models of disjoint aspects of the sensor nets problem and to build models that include sophisticated elements from several aspects.

Electronic downloads

• http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/papers/05/visualsense/

• HTML

  Phillip Baldwin, Sanjeev Kohli, Edward A. Lee, Xiaojun Liu,
  Yang Zhao. <a
  href="http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/65.html"
  ><i>VisualSense:  Visual Modeling for Wireless and
  Sensor Network Systems</i></a>, Technical
  report,  EECS Dept., UC Berkeley, 25, July, 2005.

• Plain text

  Phillip Baldwin, Sanjeev Kohli, Edward A. Lee, Xiaojun Liu,
  Yang Zhao. "VisualSense:  Visual Modeling for Wireless
  and Sensor Network Systems". Technical report,  EECS
  Dept., UC Berkeley, 25, July, 2005.

• BibTeX

  @techreport{BaldwinKohliLeeLiuZhao05_VisualSenseVisualModelingForWirelessSensorNetworkSystems,
      author = {Phillip Baldwin and Sanjeev Kohli and Edward A.
                Lee and Xiaojun Liu and Yang Zhao},
      title = {VisualSense:  Visual Modeling for Wireless and
                Sensor Network Systems},
      institution = {EECS Dept., UC Berkeley},
      number = {25},
      month = {July},
      year = {2005},
      abstract = {VisualSense is a modeling and simulation framework
                for wireless and sensor networks that builds on
                and leverages Ptolemy II. Modeling of wireless
                networks requires sophisticated representation and
                analysis of communication channels, sensors,
                ad-hoc networking protocols, localization
                strategies, media access control protocols, energy
                consumption in sensor nodes, etc. This modeling
                framework is designed to support a component-based
                construction of such models. It supports
                actor-oriented definition of network nodes,
                wireless communication channels, physical media
                such as acoustic channels, and wired subsystems.
                The software architecture consists of a set of
                base classes for defining channels and sensor
                nodes, a library of subclasses that provide
                certain specific channel models and node models,
                and an extensible visualization framework. Custom
                nodes can be defined by subclassing the base
                classes and defining the behavior in Java or by
                creating composite models using any of several
                Ptolemy II modeling environments. Custom channels
                can be defined by subclassing the WirelessChannel
                base class and by attaching functionality defined
                in Ptolemy II models. It is intended to enable the
                research community to share models of disjoint
                aspects of the sensor nets problem and to build
                models that include sophisticated elements from
                several aspects.},
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/65.html}
  }
  

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