Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks’ Performance Evaluation Tool (UASN-PET) for UnetStack

Abstract

An underwater sensor network simulator is an analytical tool used to analyze the network performance of a WSN (Wireless Sensor Network). There are various underwater network simulators such as NS2-MIRACLE, SUNSET, Aqua-Net/Mate, DESERT, and UnetStack. However UnetStack is more compatible to real modems from the deployment point of view in comparison with other. UnetStack creates a log-0.txt file and a trace.json file after compiling a groovy file. These trace files are analyzed to get data for per- performance study of a new protocol. To make the process of getting data for performance studies easier, the Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks Performance Evaluation Tool (UASN-PET) for UnetStack is proposed. This tool helps in extracting and presenting a performance study of a network topology through an interactive GUI. UASN-PET for UnetStack is written in Python so that researchers can spend more time and attention on developing new protocols rather than analyzing trace files. This paper also discusses UnetStack’s trace file format © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.