Thorough IoT testbed characterization: From proof-of-concept to repeatable experimentations

Computer Networks

Volumn 119, Issue , 2017, Pages 86-101

  Papadopoulos, Georgios Z ^a,b   Gallais, Antoine ^b   Schreiner, Guillaume ^b   Jou, Emery ^c   Noel, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CAMPUS DE BEAULIEU   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Experimentation testbeds; IoT; Network simulators; Performance evaluation; Repeatability; Reproducibility; WSNs

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; HARDWARE; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; TESTBEDS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

NETWORK SIMULATORS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; REPEATABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITIES; WSNS;

INTERNET OF THINGS;

EID: 85017138678     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2017.03.012     Document Type: Article

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