Authors:
Bruno Kleinert
;
Franziska Schäfer
;
Jupiter Bakakeu
;
Simone Weiß
and
Dietmar Fey
Affiliation:
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Keyword(s):
Hardware-software Co-simulation, QEMU, Virtual Distributed Ethernet, SystemC, Self-organization, Home Automation, Smart Home.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Computer Simulation Techniques
;
Domain-Specific Tools
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Simulation Tools and Platforms
Abstract:
In this paper, we present our solution to simulate home automation networks on a functional level in our research
project on self-organizing home automation network nodes. We simulate the nodes with our hardwaresoftware
co-simulator, based on the virtual machine QEMU and the SystemC hardware simulator. The Virtual
Distributed Ethernet suite is used to simulate several hardware-software co-simulators in a network. Furthermore,
tools we developed to prepare network node disk images, configure the simulation environment, and
generate Linux device drivers from hardware interface specifications are presented.