title: Efficient evaluation of wireless real-time control networks.
abstract: In this paper, we present a system simulation framework for the design and performance evaluation of complex wireless cyber-physical systems. We describe the simulator architecture and the specific developments that are required to simulate cyber-physical systems relying on multi-channel, multihop mesh networks. We introduce realistic and efficient physical layer models and a system simulation methodology, which provides statistically significant performance evaluation results with low computational complexity. The capabilities of the proposed framework are illustrated in the example of WirelessHART, a centralized, real-time, multi-hop mesh network designed for industrial control and monitor applications.
authors: Department of Broadband Infocommunication and Electromagnetic Theory, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Egry J. u. 18., Budapest H-1111, Hungary. hp@mht.bme.hu.
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Horvath
authors: University of South Alabama, 150 Jaguar Drive, Mobile, AL 36688, USA. yampolskiy@southalabama.edu.
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Yampolskiy
authors: Institute for Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University, 1025 16th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. xenofon.koutsoukos@vanderbilt.edu.
authors: Xenofon
authors: X
authors: Koutsoukos
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D058998:Remote Sensing Technology; D059015:Wireless Technology