[Tinyos-alliance] simulation WG proposal

[Philip Levis]

Simulation Working Group

Charter:

To define simulation and emulation approaches, reusable simulation  
models, interoperability requirements for shared components, and  
develop reference implementations as needed.

Members:
Chad Metcalf - Colorado School of Mines (chair)
Dr. Phil Levis - Stanford
Elaine Cheong - Berkeley
Junzhao Du - Xidian University
HyungJune Lee - Stanford
Konrad Iwanicki - Vrije University

Membership policy:
The working group follows an Apache-style voting policy. Someone who  
wants to join emails the chair. The applicant should describe their  
reason for applying, what they plan to contribute, and their  
experience in simulation. Each member will review the application,  
with special emphasize on the applicant's experience in simulation  
(i.e., writing new simulators, extending existing, and using  
simulators).  The chair will then call a vote. Each member can vote  
-1, 0, or +1. For someone to join, they must have a positive vote  
total and at least 3 members must have voted.

Timeline:

     * March 2007: Define a standard file format for simple RSSI- 
based and packet error-based propagation topologies.
     * April 2007: Define sample models for RSSI and packet error  
based simulations and develop a test suite to verify a simulator  
follows them.
     * May 2007: Define a protocol for toscomm libraries to interact  
with a simulator as if it had real nodes and develop an sample  
implementation for TOSSIM.
     * May 2007: Define a standard file format for noise simulation  
(correlated losses).
     * June 2007: Develop a framework for network emulation by having  
simulated nodes use real nodes for radio traffic.
     * July 2007: Develop a framework for running multiple  
applications within a single simulation.

Overlap and Interactions:
The simulation working group plans to work closely with core in  
regards to simulation versions of HILs.