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Mobile Emulab: A Robotic Wireless and Sensor Network Testbed

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Mobile Emulab: A Robotic Wireless and Sensor Network Testbed
Abstract— Simulation has been the dominant research methodology in wireless and sensor networking. When mobility is added, real-world experimentation is especially rare. However, it is becoming clear that simulation models do not sufficiently capture radio and sensor irregularity in a complex, real-world environment, especially indoors. Unfortunately, the high labor and equipment costs of truly mobile experimental infrastructure present high barriers to such experimentation. We describe our experience in creating a testbed to lower those barriers. We have extended the Emulab network testbed software to provide the first remotely-accessible mobile wireless and sensor testbed. Robots carry motes and single board computers through a fixed indoor field of sensor-equipped motes, all running the user’s selected software. In real-time, interactively or driven by a script, remote users can position the robots, control all the computers and network interfaces, run arbitrary programs, an...
David Johnson, Tim Stack, Russ Fish, Daniel Montra
Added 11 Jun 2010
Updated 11 Jun 2010
Type Conference
Year 2006
Where INFOCOM
Authors David Johnson, Tim Stack, Russ Fish, Daniel Montrallo Flickinger, Leigh Stoller, Robert Ricci, Jay Lepreau
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