Wireless Sensor Network And Its implementation using ns2

1. Wireless Sensor Network And Its implementation

2. Overview
•Introduction
•Components of WSN
•Wireless Sensor Network
•Communication in Wireless Sensor Network
•Network Architecture
•WSN Protocol Stack
•WSN Operating Systems
•WSN Simulators
•Operational Challenges of WSN
•Wireless Sensor Networks Features
•Applications of WSN

3. Introduction
•A wireless sensor network is a collection of nodes organized into a cooperative network.
•Each node has capability to sense data, process the data. These sensors work with each other to sense some physical phenomenon.
•The nodes in the network are connected via Wireless communication channels.

4. Components of WSN
• sensor
–A transducer
–converts physical phenomenon e.g. heat, light, motion, vibration, and sound into electrical signals
•sensor node
–basic unit in sensor network
– contains on-board sensors, processor, memory, transceiver, and power supply
•sensor network
–consists of a large number of sensor nodes
–nodes deployed either inside or very close to the sensed phenomenon

5. Wireless Sensor Network
Wireless Sensor Network

6. Communication in Wireless Sensor Network
TCP or UDP via Internet
Sensing
UDP type protocol
Communication in Wireless Sensor Network

7. Network Architecture
Flat Network Topology Where sensor nodes also act as routers and transfer data to a sink through multi-hop routing

8. Network Architecture
Hierarchical Network Topology Higher nodes can be used to process and send the information while low energy nodes can be used to perform the sensing in the proximity of the target.

9. Node Architecture
•Hardware components of a sensor node include
–Sensing unit
–Processing unit
–Communication unit
–Power unit.

10. Node Architecture (Components of Node)
sensor
ADC
Memory
Processor
Radio
Battery
Sensing Unit
Processing Unit
Communication Unit
Power Unit
Figure10:- Architecture of Sensor Node
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11. WSN Protocol Stack
Application Layer
Transport Layer
Network Layer
Data-Link Layer
Physical Layer

12. WSN Operating Systems
•TinyOS
•Contiki
•MANTIS
•BTnut
•SOS
•Nano-RK

13. TinyOS
•TinyOS system and its programs written in nesC
•Its having a component-based architecture
•TinyOS programs are composed into event handlers and tasks with run-to-completion semantics.
•free and open-source operating system

14. WSN Simulators
•NS-2
•GloMoSim
•OPNET
•SensorSim
•J-Sim
•OMNeT++

15. Introduction to Network Simulator (NS2)

16. overview
•NS2- Network Simulator
•Basic Requirements: NS-2
•Download and Installation of NS2
•''Ns'' Components
•Basics of using NS2
•Steps to set up the simulation
•Script to start nam
•Simple two node wired network
•Adding traffic to the link
•Record Simulation Trace
•Simulate a simple topology

17. NS2- Network Simulator
•A package of tools that simulates behavior of networks
•One of the most popular simulator among networking researchers
– Open source, free
•Discrete event simulator targeted at networking research and education
–Protocol design, traffic studies, etc
–Wired and wireless networks
•Back end is in C++ and front end is in oTcl

18. Basic Requirements: NS-2
•A computer which is having access to the Internet
•Minimum 512Mb RAM
•Operating system: Linux(Ubuntu 12.04)
•ns-2.34 package(ns-allinone)
•gcc-4.4.3

19. Download and Installation of NS2
•http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/
– For easy installation, download ns-allinone
– Includes Tcl, Otcl, TclCL, ns, nam, etc.
•Select the Operating System
–NS2 is available for both Windows and Linux
–Linux is desirable as C++ compiler is free and easy to debug

20. ''Ns'' Components
•ns, the simulator itself
•nam, the Network AniMator
–visualize ns (or other) output
–GUI input simple ns scenarios
•pre-processing:
–traffic and topology generators
•post-processing:
–simple trace analysis, often in Awk, Perl, or Tcl

21. Basics of using NS2
•Define Network topology in .tcl script
•To run ,
$ ns simple.tcl
•Output is in form of trace files

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Hello World – Batch mode
#simple.tcl
set ns [new Simulator]
$ns at 1 “puts “Hello World!””
$ns at 1.5 “exit”
$ns run
linux21% ns simple.tcl
Hello World!
linux21%

23. Steps to set up the simulation
•Initialize the simulator
•Define files for output (tracing)
•Set up the topology
•Set up the “agents”
•Set up the traffic between the nodes
•Start the simulation
•Analyze the trace files to compute the parameters of interest

24. Script to start nam
#Create a simulator object
set ns [new Simulator]
#Open the NAM trace file
set nf [open out.nam w]
$ns namtrace-all $nf
#Define a 'finish' procedure
proc finish {} {
global ns nf
$ns flush-trace
#Close the NAM trace file
close $nf
#Execute NAM on the trace file
exec nam out.nam &
exit 0
}
#call 'finish' procedure
$ns at 12.0 “finish"

25. Simple two node wired network
#Create a simulator object
set ns [new Simulator]
#Open trace files
set f [open out.tr w]
$ns trace-all $f
#Define a 'finish' procedure
proc finish {} {
global ns
$ns flush-trace
close $f
exit 0
}
#Create two nodes
set n0 [$ns node]
set n1 [$ns node]
#Create a duplex link between the nodes
$ns duplex-link $n0 $n1 1Mb 10ms DropTail
#Call the finish procedure after 5 seconds of simulation time
$ns at 5.0 "finish"
#Run the simulation
$ns run
But we have no traffic !

26. Simple two node wired network
# Create two nodes
set n0 [$ns node]
set n1 [$ns node]
# Create a duplex link between the nodes
$ns duplex-link $n0 $n1 1Mb 10ms DropTail
n0
n1

27. Adding traffic to the link
# Create a UDP agent and attach it to node n0
set udp0 [new Agent/UDP]
$ns attach-agent $n0 $udp0
udp
n0
n1
null
cbr

28. Adding traffic to the link
# Create a CBR traffic source and attach it to udp0
set cbr0 [new Application/Traffic/CBR]
$cbr0 set packetSize_ 500
$cbr0 set interval_ 0.005
$cbr0 attach-agent $udp0
udp
n0
n1
null
cbr

29. Adding traffic to the link
# Create a Null agent (a traffic sink) and attach it to node n1
set null0 [new Agent/Null]
$ns attach-agent $n1 $null0
udp
n0
n1
null
cbr

30. Adding traffic to the link
#Connect the traffic source with the traffic sink
$ns connect $udp0 $null0
#Schedule events for the CBR agent
$ns at 0.5 "$cbr0 start"
$ns at 4.5 "$cbr0 stop”
$ns at 5.0 "finish“
$ns run
udp
n0
n1
null
cbr

31. Record Simulation Trace
+ enqueue
- dequeue r receive d drop
time
Nodes involved
in this event
Packet
type
packet
length
packet
flags
flow
ID
source/dest addresses
seq number
packet
ID

32. 32
Simulate a simple topology

33. 33
Simulate a simple topology – (Contd.)
#Create four nodes
set n0 [$ns node]
set n1 [$ns node]
set n2 [$ns node]
set n3 [$ns node]
#Create links between the nodes
$ns duplex-link $n0 $n2 2Mb 10ms DropTail
$ns duplex-link $n1 $n2 2Mb 10ms DropTail
$ns duplex-link $n2 $n3 1.7Mb 20ms DropTail
#Set Queue Size of link (n2-n3) to 10
$ns queue-limit $n2 $n3 10

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Simulate a simple topology – (Contd.)
#Give node position (for NAM)
$ns duplex-link-op $n0 $n2 orient right-down
$ns duplex-link-op $n1 $n2 orient right-up
$ns duplex-link-op $n2 $n3 orient right
#Monitor the queue for link (n2-n3). (for NAM)
$ns duplex-link-op $n2 $n3 queuePos 0.5
#Setup a TCP connection
set tcp [new Agent/TCP]
$tcp set class_ 2
$ns attach-agent $n0 $tcp
set sink [new Agent/TCPSink]
$ns attach-agent $n3 $sink
$ns connect $tcp $sink
$tcp set fid_ 1

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Simulate a simple topology – (Contd.)
#Setup a FTP over TCP connection
set ftp [new Application/FTP]
$ftp attach-agent $tcp
$ftp set type_ FTP
#Setup a UDP connection
set udp [new Agent/UDP]
$ns attach-agent $n1 $udp
set null [new Agent/Null]
$ns attach-agent $n3 $null
$ns connect $udp $null
$udp set fid_ 2

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Simulate a simple topology – (Contd.)
#Setup a CBR over UDP connection
set cbr [new Application/Traffic/CBR]
$cbr attach-agent $udp
$cbr set type_ CBR
$cbr set packet_size_ 1000
$cbr set rate_ 1mb
$cbr set random_ false
#Schedule events for the CBR and FTP agents
$ns at 0.1 "$cbr start"
$ns at 1.0 "$ftp start"
$ns at 4.0 "$ftp stop"
$ns at 4.5 "$cbr stop"

37. 37
Simulate a simple topology – (Contd.)
#Detach tcp and sink agents (not really necessary)
$ns at 4.5 "$ns detach-agent $n0 $tcp ; $ns detach-agent $n3 $sink"
#Call the finish procedure after 5 seconds of simulation time
$ns at 5.0 "finish"
#Print CBR packet size and interval
puts "CBR packet size = [$cbr set packet_size_]"
puts "CBR interval = [$cbr set interval_]"
#Run the simulation
$ns run

38. Operational Challenges of WSN
•Heterogeneity
•Distributed Processing
•Low Bandwidth Communication
•Large Scale Coordination
•Utilization of Sensors
•Real Time Computation

39. Wireless Sensor Networks Features
•Much cheaper to deploy than wired sensors
•Sensor nodes can be added or removed easily
•Node location can be changed without rewiring
•Can be configured into different network topologies
•Large Network size
•Self-organized
•All nodes acts as routers
•Potential multihop routes

40. Applications of WSNs
•Intelligent (smart) buildings
•Monitoring of structures
•Monitoring of water quality
•Health care
•Disaster detection
•Environmental monitoring
•Social studiesPrecision agriculture
•Habitat monitoring
•Facility management
•Logistics
•Tracking of containers and boxes
•Military applications

41. Applications of WSN
Military Applications
•Monitoring friendly forces, equipment, and ammunition
•Battlefield surveillance
•Reconnaissance of opposing forces and terrain
•Targeting
•Battle damage assessment
•Nuclear, biological, and chemical attack detection

42. Applications of WSNs
Industrial Sensing
•To monitor the “health” of machines
•To ensure safe operation.
•Monitoring corrosion
•prevent the incidents of contaminating the food supply chain
•Eg.Rohrback Cosasco Systems (RCS) (Rohrback Cosasco Systems, n.d.) is the world leader in corrosion monitoring technology

43. Applications of WSNs
Health Applications
•Tracking and monitoring doctors and patients inside a hospital
•Special kinds of sensors which can measure blood pressure, body temperature and electrocardiograph (ECG) can even be knitted into clothes to provide remote nursing for the elderly.
•Drug administration in hospitals

44. Applications of WSNs
Environmental Applications
•Animal tracking
•Weather forecasting.
•Forest fire detection
•Bio-complexity mapping of environment
•Flood detection
•Air and water pollution
•Eg.University of Southampton have built a glacial environment monitoring system using WSNs in Norway

45. Many WSN Applications

46. Conclusion
•WSNs possible today due to technological advancement in various domains
•Envisioned to become an essential part of our lives
• Design Constraints need to be satisfied for realization of sensor networks
•Tremendous research efforts being made in different layers of WSNs protocol stack
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WSNs possible today due to technological advancement in various domains Envisioned to become an essential part of our lives Design Constraints need to be satisfied for realization of sensor networks .ns2 can be use as one the simulation tool to analyze network behavior. Tremendous research efforts being made in different layers of WSNs protocol stack
Conclusion

47. Conclusion
•WSNs possible today due to technological advancement in various domains
•Envisioned to become an essential part of our lives
• Design Constraints need to be satisfied for realization of sensor networks
•Tremendous research efforts being made in different layers of WSNs protocol stack
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•System Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks by Jason Lester Hill, University of California, Berkeley, 2003.
•Networking Wireless Sensors by Bhaskar Krishnamachari, 2005.
•A Survey of Wireless Sensor Networks Technology by I. Khemapech, I. Duncan and A.
•Fundamentals of Wireless Sensor Networks: Theory and Practice, Waltenegus Dargie
•Wireless Sensor Networks by F. L. LEWIS ,2004
•Wikipedia
•The VINT project, The ns manual
•The network simulator - ns-2,( http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/ )
•ns-2 Tutorial:( http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/tutorial/nsindex.html )
•Marc Greis’s Tutorial (http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/tutorial/index.html )
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