MU-Sync: A time synchronization protocol for underwater mobile networks

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 35-42

  Chirdchoo, Nitthita ^a   Soh, Wee Seng ^a   Chua, Kee Chaing ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Clock synchronization; High latency networks; Sensor networks; Underwater acoustic sensor networks

Indexed keywords

CLOCK SKEWS; CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; CLUSTER HEADS; CLUSTER-BASED; DEGREE OF MOBILITIES; HIGH LATENCY NETWORKS; LEAST SQUARE ERRORS; LOCAL TIME; MESSAGE EXCHANGES; MOBILE NETWORKS; PROPAGATION DELAYS; RE SYNCHRONIZATIONS; SYNCHRONIZATION ALGORITHMS; TIME SYNCHRONIZATIONS; TIME-STAMPING; TIME-VARYING; TIME-VARYING DELAYS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS SENSORS;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; ACOUSTICS; CLOCKS; CURVE FITTING; ELECTRIC CLOCKS; MECHANICAL CLOCKS; MICROSENSORS; MOBILE COMPUTING; OCEAN CURRENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TIME VARYING NETWORKS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 60349088651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1410107.1410115     Document Type: Conference Paper

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