On clock offset and skew estimation with exponentially distributed delays

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1872-1877

  Sun, Wanlu ^a   Brannstrom, Fredrik ^a   Strom, Erik G ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

clock skew; clock synchronization; exponential random delays; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CLOCKS; MECHANICAL CLOCKS;

CLOCK SKEWS; CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; DISTRIBUTED DELAYS; RANDOM DELAY; STANDARD DEVIATION; SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD; SYNCHRONIZATION SCHEME; TRANSMISSION DELAYS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84891354316     PISSN: 15503607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2013.6654794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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