Could UWSim be used for designing pure networking stuff e.g. routing and mac protocols, localization techniques etc? I want to implement a localization technique for mobile underwater sensor networks. For this I expect my simulator to provide me with channel model, mobility model and a mac protocol for underwater sensor networks. Does UWSim provide all these? Is it a good idea to use UWSim for my work?
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P.Xie et al. developed a new UWSN simulation package called Aqua-Sim. This simulation tool follows the object-oriented design style of NS2, supports three
dimensional modeling and it can simulate acoustic signal attenuation, propagation delays and packet collisions. AquaSim integrates very easily the existing codes of NS2 and has an adequate number of MAC and routing protocols specially
designed for UWSN. Finally, because of the lack of a NS2 NAM animator to visualize 3D UWSNs, uses an additional tool, the Aqua-3D animator. on the other side UWSim is also a simulator that has been used for underwater sensor network modeling. This simulator designed and implemented for testing scenarios specific to UWSN environments, such as low bandwidth, low frequency, high
transmission power, and limited memory.The software development follows C# object-oriented programming and it is based on a novel routing protocol proposed by the
developers. Currently, UWSim has support for a limited number of functionalities, it is custom-designed for a specific algorithm and it calls for further extensions to support a wide range of UWSN simulation scenarios.
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