SimBA: A Simulation Environment for Bluetooth Applications

Management of complex ad-hoc infrastructures with certain needs on connection quality is still known to be a difficult task. In general, simulation is a good first step before implementing scenarios using hardware based platforms. Resulting from simulation, experiences on vulnerability to network disturbances or other unforeseen side effects can help adopting application scenarios before complex implementations are made for the final platform. As a matter of fact, current simulation environments for Bluetooth ad-hoc networks mostly concentrate on very special questions or currently provide simulation models that are primarily designed to examine network structures in conjunction with synthetic usage profiles. Simulation of specific application behavior in ad-hoc networks can be treated as an unsolved problem. This work gives a concept for a modular simulation environment capable of handling complex application scenarios. Furthermore, it provides a brief overview on the work-inprogress of the corresponding implementation.