Time synchronization in ad hoc networks

Proceedings of the 2001 ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing: MobiHoc 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 173-182

  Römer, Kay ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ad hoc networks; Clock synchronization; Sensor fusion; Smart things; Spontaneous networking; Time synchronization; Ubiquitous computing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MOBILE COMPUTING; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SYNCHRONIZATION;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 0035789230     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/501436.501440     Document Type: Conference Paper

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