Castalia Network Animator (CNA): A Visualization Tool for Castalia Wireless Sensor Network Simulator

Abstract

Castalia is among the specialized simulators that researchers in the area of low power personal networks utilize for various purposes. However, the lack of visualization tool for any simulator causes the decrease of thorough studies carried out. Aiming at further facilitating Castalia simulator, the current study introduces a network visualizer, CNA, which is designed and implemented for animating simulation scenarios produced by Castalia. The proposed animator is designed so that it performs all the operations necessary for animating a simulated network. It includes several features from supporting various trace files to software capabilities which are outlined in details. The case studies prove the precision and proper functioning of the proposed animator.