Modeling time synchronization uncertainty sources in wireless sensor networks

AMUEM 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Methods for Uncertainty Estimation in Measurement

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 98-103

  Macii, D ^a   Ageev, A ^a   Petri, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication latency; Measurement uncertainty; Time synchronization; Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; HYBRID SENSORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; SYNCHRONIZATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

COMMUNICATION LATENCY; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; NODE ARCHITECTURES; SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOLS; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS (WSNS);

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 48049115314     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AMUEM.2007.4362579     Document Type: Conference Paper

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