Connectivity Analysis for Sensor Networks
The CoMan component is used to simulate the connectivity analysis of wireless sensor networks, where sensors pass information from one to another.
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- Distribution
- The sensors are distributed in their environment. For example, the sensors are deployed in a deterministic way in an industrial area or in a deterministic or stochastic way in a mountainous area.
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- Propagation
- The path losses between pairs of sensors are determined.
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- Connectivity
- The best routes from every sensor via other sensors to the central information gateway.

Figure 1. Example: map of optimum information flow for sensors in a petrochemical plant.