An efficient synchronisation protocol for wireless sensor network

International Journal of Sensor Networks

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 17-24

  Huang, Liusheng ^a   Xu, Hongli ^a   Wan, Yingyu ^a   Wu, Junmin ^a   Li, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Drift; Offset; Time synchronisation; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

DATA FUSION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NODES; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

DRIFT; LINEAR LEAST SQUARES; OFFSET; REFERENCE NODES; SENSORS NETWORK; SINK NODES; SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOLS; TDMA SCHEDULING; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOLS;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 67650752960     PISSN: 17481279     EISSN: 17481287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSNET.2007.012978     Document Type: Conference Paper

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