Simsync: A time synchronization simulator for sensor networks

Zidonghua Xuebao/Acta Automatica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1008-1014

  Xu, Chao Nong ^a,b,c   Zhao, Lei ^a,c   Xu, Yong Jun ^a,c   Li, Xiao Wei ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Sensor networks; Simulator; Time synchronization

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS; MIDDLEWARE; SIMULATORS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

BROADCAST SYNCHRONIZATION ALGORITHM (RBS); PACKET DELAY; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOFTWARE SIMULATION; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION;

SENSORS;

EID: 33846075291     PISSN: 02544156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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