Decentralized tick synchronization for multi-hop medium slotting in wireless ad hoc networks using black bursts

2008 5th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, SECON

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 422-431

  Gotzhein, Reinhard ^a   Kuhn, Thomas ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black burst; MAC layer; Multi hop medium slotting; Time synchronization; Wireless ad hoc network

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; SENSORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BLACK BURST; MAC LAYER; MULTI-HOP MEDIUM SLOTTING; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION; WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORK;

AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 51749101959     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SAHCN.2008.58     Document Type: Conference Paper

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