Towards an adaptive synchronization policy for wireless sensor networks

2008 IEEE International Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization for Measurement, Control and Communication, ISPCS 2008, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 115-120

  Ageev, Anton ^a   Macii, David ^a   Flammini, Alessandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calibration; Synchronization; Time measurement; Wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; HYBRID SENSORS; MECHANICAL CLOCKS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ADAPTIVE SYNCHRONIZATIONS; POWER EFFICIENCIES; SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOLS; TIME SYNCHRONIZATIONS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 57849104458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISPCS.2008.4659224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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