As we know that event driven simulators available for WSNs and MANETs usually do not consider the processing time as well as the energy spent on computation. Sometimes, it becomes necessary, while comparing two algorithms/protocols in terms energy consumption (transmission + computation) or complexity of the algorithm.
In my opinion, event-based network simulator can simulate incorporate processing. However, a real problem is that it is fully user's role. (includes modeling, analysis and verification). Usually, existing simulators cannot provide to full models for all of real-world phenomena. Therefore, to satisfy various users demand, most of them are provide a set of developer's APIs for customizable simulation to users. e.g. the simulation engine (discrete-event processing), simulation stacks (network layers of each simulation node) and so on.
I think if you find some generalizable models to incorporate processing on computation time, may be you can contribute humanity.
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