RT-Link: A global time-synchronized link protocol for sensor networks

Ad Hoc Networks

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1201-1220

  Rowe, Anthony ^a   Mangharam, Rahul ^a   Rajkumar, Raj ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Real time; TDMA; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; COAL MINES; CONSERVATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MINING; RADIO RECEIVERS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SYNCHRONIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TOPOLOGY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COAL MINE SAFETY; CSMA PROTOCOLS; END-TO-END DELAY; END-TO-END LATENCY; ENERGY-EFFICIENT; GLOBAL TIME; IN-BAND; INDUSTRIAL CONTROLS; INFRASTRUCTURE NODES; INVENTORY TRACKING; LINK LAYER; LOGICAL TOPOLOGIES; LOW POWERS; MOBILE NODES; MULTIPLE HOPS; NODE LIFETIME; ON-DEMAND; RATE CONTROL; REAL TIME; SENSOR PLATFORMS; SOFTWARE-BASED TECHNIQUES; TDMA; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 49949084598     PISSN: 15708705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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