Consensus clock synchronization for wireless sensor networks

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2269-2277

  Maggs, Michael Kevin ^a   O'Keefe, Steven G ^a   Thiel, David Victor ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consensus clock; sleep mode; time synchronization; timing; wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; INTERNAL SYNCHRONIZATION; MESH NETWORK; SLEEP MODE; SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOLS; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION; TIMING; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSN);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; SENSOR NODES; SYNCHRONIZATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

MECHANICAL CLOCKS;

EID: 84860500653     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2182045     Document Type: Article

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