Whitefield

Simulation Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks

Yet another framework!

But we already have
- NS3/Omnet++
- Cooja
- Hardware Testbeds (FIT/IOT-Lab) (https://www.iot-lab.info/)

Why Whitefield?

Testing with realistic RF is important
- Cooja cannot give you realistic RF
- Cooja cannot scale to hundreds of nodes
NS3/Omnet++ gives realistic RF
- But cannot directly interface with real world stacks
Protocol Design/performance/efficiency
- Dependency on link layer tech
- Asymmetric/Transient links

Whitefield - a quick overview

Plugs in real-world protocols stacks with realistic RF
Real-world protocol stacks (Contiki/RIOT)
- you can plugin your favourite OS/stack easily
With realistic RF simulation (NS3)
Scale (thousands of nodes without breaking a sweat)!
Works for 802.15.4 today but can be extended for
- BLE, 802.11-OCB, 802.11s

Whitefield - High Level Design

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Our Experience

Lets talk practical IoT
We implemented and tested,
- IETF RFCs, and drafts
- IEEE papers
Unrealistic data with Cooja
Few use NS3, Castalia-Omnet++
- Requires more effort
- Does not report data on real world protocol stacks

experience(contd)

Performance@scale
- example, routing/adhoc issues @ scale
Design@scale
- example, neighbor mgmt issues
Most of the plugfests, prototypes are limited to few nodes
Rarely you see pratical prototypes with 100s/1000s of nodes

Example execution

configuration
start whitefield
monitor network
monitor network with canvas
OAM - wfshell
OAM - monitor routing table agnostic of the OS stack used
pcap, logging

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