Fwd: [Tinyos-help] error while incorporating interface CC2420Packet;

[Chad Metcalf]

Greg is correct TOSSIM doesn't support any of the CC2420 interfaces.

TOSSIM doesn't support changing the power levels. However you can simulate
networks with varying densities, link qualities, etc. This is done via
altering the link gain model you feed into TOSSIM. Determining what link
gain models to use is an exercise left to the reader.

Greg, also mentioned Avrora which has preliminary MicaZ support. Your
mileage may vary, it looks like a fairly early beta.

Chad

On Dec 2, 2007 4:58 PM, Vijayant Bhatnagar <vijayant.rutgers at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
> I would like to thank Greg for his quick reply. Right now, we don't have
> real motes. Our plan is to get things working on TOSSIM (i.e. some kind of
> simulation environment) for testing our protocol. We have already developed
> Neighbor Discovery protocol and Routing protocols. We just need to give it a
> final touch by analyzing how our protocols behave on different energy
> levels.
>
> We would be getting motes next month. By that time, we are planning to
> come up with meaningful results and analysis.
>
> Is there any software/simulation tool that can help us do this ?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks again to Tinyos-help group!
>
> Regards,
> Vijayant
>
>
>
> On Dec 2, 2007 7:40 PM, Greg Hackmann <gwh2 at cse.wustl.edu> wrote:
>
> > Kevin Klues wrote:
> > > I don't think getting the latest code will help you any.  I haven't
> > > dug into how the inner workings of the cc2420 are simulated by TOSSIM,
> > > but my guess is that they probably aren't.  I'm sure the radio
> > > communication model is probably followed pretty closely, but trying to
> >
> > > call radio specific interface commands probably isn't supported.  I
> > > might be wrong though....
> >
> > >From what I can tell, TOSSIM doesn't really emulate any radio hardware
> > in particular.  It uses a noise model based on empirical data to decide
> > if packets can be heard, but the "radio" itself is fairly simplistic
> > (e.g., turning the radio hardware on and off is instantaneous).  None of
> > the CC2420-specific interfaces are supported, so you can't use
> > CC2420Packet to adjust the power level.
> >
> > If you want to simulate an application running on hardware with a CC2420
> > chip, take a look at Avrora (http://compilers.cs.ucla.edu/avrora/ ).  As
> > of last month, Avrora has "preliminary" emulation of MicaZ motes, which
> > use CC2420 radio hardware.
> >
> > Greg Hackmann
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