Time-diffusion synchronization protocol for wireless sensor networks

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 384-397

  Su, Weilian ^a,b   Akyildiz, Ian F ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Naval Postgraduate School   (United States)

Author keywords

Sensor networks; Time synchronization; Timing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SYNCHRONIZATION; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TIME DIFFUSION SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOL (TDP); WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 18844368290     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2004.842228     Document Type: Article

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