This paper introduces OLIMPO, an useful
simulation tool for researchers who are developing wireless
sensor communication protocols. OLIMPO is a discreteevent
simulator design to be easily recon gured by the user,
providing a way to design, develop and test communication
protocols.
In particular, we have designed a self-organizing wireless
sensor network for low data rate. Our premise is that, due
to their inherent spread location over large areas, wireless
sensor networks are well-suited for SCADA applications,
which require relatively simple control and monitoring.
To show the facilities of our simulator, we have studied
our network protocol with OLIMPO, developing several
simulations. The purpose of these simulations is to demonstrate,
quantitatively, the capability of our network to
support this kind of applications
