An implementation of IEEE 1588 over IEEE 802.11b for synchronization of wireless local area network nodes

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1632-1639

  Cooklev, Todor ^a   Eidson, John C ^b   Pakdaman, Afshaneh ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Communication standards; Communication system interfaces; Protocols; Synchronization; Timing; Wireless local area network (WLAN)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; STANDARDS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TIMING DEVICES;

COMMUNICATION STANDARDS; COMMUNICATION-SYSTEM INTERFACES;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 34648826983     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.903640     Document Type: Article

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