@inproceedings{BoehmKirsche, author = {B{\"o}hm, Sebastian and Kirsche, Michael}, title = {Unifying Radio-in-the-Loop Channel Emulation and Network Protocol Simulation to Improve Wireless Sensor Network Evaluation}, series = {Simulation Science, First International Workshop, SimScience 2017, G{\"o}ttingen, Germany, April 27-28, 2017}, booktitle = {Simulation Science, First International Workshop, SimScience 2017, G{\"o}ttingen, Germany, April 27-28, 2017}, editor = {Baum, Marcus and Brenner, Gunther and Grabowski, Jens and Hanschke, Thomas and Hartmann, Stefan and Sch{\"o}bel, Anita}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-319-96271-9}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-96271-9_14}, pages = {219 -- 238}, abstract = {Evaluations of Internet of Things (IoT) and Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications demonstrate the significant and still existing gap between examinations with generic simulation environments and real-life (e.g., field test) or controlled (e.g., testbed) sensor network deployments in terms of realistic and accurate results. The separated use of single examination approaches is often not enough to overcome all evaluation challenges. We therefore propose a combination of discrete-event simulation, radio-channel emulation, and real hardware working together on different layers of the protocol stack of the system-under-test. Our combined approach reduces the gap between abstract simulations and network testbed experiments by providing adjustable radio conditions for repeatable evaluations of WSN and IoT networks.}, language = {en} }