Increasing sync rate of pulse-coupled oscillators via phase response function design: Theory and application to wireless networks

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1455-1462

  Wang, Yongqiang ^a   Nunez, Felipe ^b   Doyle, Francis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Phase response function; pulse coupled oscillators (PCOs); synchronization rate; wireless networks

Indexed keywords

CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; COUPLING STRENGTHS; PHASE RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; PULSE-COUPLED OSCILLATORS; SYNCHRONIZATION RATE; SYNCHRONIZATION TIME; TRANSMISSION POWER;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; MECHANICAL CLOCKS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); WIRELESS NETWORKS;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 84879927926     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2012.2205254     Document Type: Article

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