[Tinyos-help] Can i simulate MAC protocal in tossim ?

[刘晓杰 ^-^]

hi,	everyone

I am trying to simulate mac protocol in ptossim for its code can be used in the mica mote directly. 
	
The mac protocol i want to simulate is SMAC(http://www.isi.edu/ilense/software/smac/) .However, though the author
did provide the tinyos source code ,it couldn't be directly used for simulation in Ptossim. The reason as its author
said is"because S-MAC has a different implementation of the low-level components in the communication stack than standard TinyOS stack. These components need to support TOSSIM (i.e., the pc platform) in order to run S-MAC in TOSSIM." 
	
I know that in the standard TinyOS stack, we use AM(Active Message) component to send and receive packets. Tossim change the mote
interfaces provided to AM to pc interfaces , so we can simulate the communication process at pc.However, instead of AM,SMAC uses its
own components ,so I can't just use "make pc" to simulate it. Now I have a question ,if i want to use Ptossim to simulate SMAC, is it 
available for me just changing the low-lever mote interfaces to pc interfaces without changing ptossim components, or i have to add some 
extra components to ptossim? 
	
I will be very appreciative of any helpful advice.

ps:the attachment is the graph of SMACTest component.I hope it can give some help.
	 
	
	                                       roy liu
	
	
	 
	
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