title: A proposal for modeling real hardware, weather and marine conditions for underwater sensor networks.
abstract: Network simulators are useful for researching protocol performance, appraising new hardware capabilities and evaluating real application scenarios. However, these tasks can only be achieved when using accurate models and real parameters that enable the extraction of trustworthy results and conclusions. This paper presents an underwater wireless sensor network ecosystem for the ns-3 simulator. This ecosystem is composed of a new energy-harvesting model and a low-cost, low-power underwater wake-up modem model that, alongside existing models, enables the performance of accurate simulations by providing real weather and marine conditions from the location where the real application is to be deployed.
authors.affiliation: Institut ITACA, Universitat Politècnica de València, Edifici 8G, 46022 València, Spain. scliment@itaca.upv.es
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Climent
authors.forename: Juan Vicente
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Capella
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blanc
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perles
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Serrano