A simple algorithm for clock synchronization in wireless sensor networks

2007 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WOWMOM

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Chaudhari, Qasim M ^a   Serpedin, Erchin ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; HYBRID SENSORS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MECHANICAL CLOCKS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

CLOCK OFFSETS; CLOCK SKEWS; CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATIONS; EXPONENTIAL DELAYS; LONG TERMS; LOW POWERS; MESSAGE EXCHANGES; MINIMAL POWERS; ML ESTIMATIONS; SIMPLE ALGORITHMS; SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT ALGORITHMS; SKEW CORRECTIONS; TIME SYNCHRONIZATIONS; TWO WAYS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 47749133770     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WOWMOM.2007.4351794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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