2017/02/03 by Mesut Güneş, Günes, Mesut
Computer Science · #Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Mobile Ad Hoc Networks #Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) #Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks #Wireless Networks and Protocols
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1702.01052
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Large-scale wireless testbeds have been setup in the last years with the goal\nto study wireless multi-hop networks in more realistic environments. Since the\nsetup and operation of such a testbed is expensive in terms of money, time, and\nlabor, the crucial question rises whether this effort is justified with the\nscientific results the testbed generates.\n In this paper, we give an answer to this question based on our experience\nwith the DES-Testbed, a large-scale wireless sensor network and wireless mesh\nnetwork testbed. The DES-Testbed has been operated for almost 5 years. Our\nanalysis comprises more than 1000 experiments that have been run on the testbed\nin the years 2010 and 2011. We discuss the scientific value in respect to the\neffort of experimentation.\n