WizSync: Exploiting Wi-Fi infrastructure for clock synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks

Proceedings - Real-Time Systems Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 149-158

  Hao, Tian ^a   Zhou, Ruogu ^a   Xing, Guoliang ^a   Mutka, Matt ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Interference; Sensor Networks; Time synchronization

Indexed keywords

ACCESS POINTS; CLOCK SKEWS; CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; COEXISTENCE; CONSERVE ENERGY; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MICROWATTS; RADIO FREQUENCY BANDS; SYNCHRONIZATION ERROR; SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOLS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION; UNLICENSED SPECTRUM; WI FI NETWORKS; ZIG-BEE; ZIGBEE SENSORS;

CLOCKS; FREQUENCY BANDS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNCHRONIZATION; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

WI-FI;

EID: 84856558608     PISSN: 10528725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RTSS.2011.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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