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Enhancing ASSERT: making an accurate testbed friendly

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WiNTECH '11: Proceedings of the 6th ACM international workshop on Wireless network testbeds, experimental evaluation and characterization

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This article discusses lessons learned from use of our publicly available wireless networking testbed, assert[1]. In [1] we discussed the design and implementation phase of a testbed based on a set of propositions. By opening the testbed to users not familiar with underlying architecture of assert, we put these propositions to the test. While fidelity of the testbed is a major challenge for developers, users assume the fidelity as a given and look for ease of use comparable with a simulator. We list the main demands by users of our testbed and the way we addressed these demands during an enhancement phase.

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DOI:10.1145/2030718

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Martins JBarraca JGomes DAguiar RNavda VYoussef M(2012)Experimentation made easy with the AMazING panelProceedings of the seventh ACM international workshop on Wireless network testbeds, experimental evaluation and characterization10.1145/2348688.2348693(11-18)Online publication date: 22-Aug-2012
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