Synchronization protocols and implementation issues in wireless sensor networks: A review

IEEE Systems Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 617-627

  Djenouri, Djamel ^a   Bagaa, Miloud ^a  

^a CERIST RESEARCH CENTER   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Computer networks; Sensor systems; Wireless communication; Wireless networks; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; SENSOR NODES; SURVEYS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TESTBEDS;

ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SENSOR MOTES; SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOLS; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84907889465     PISSN: 19328184     EISSN: 19379234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2014.2360460     Document Type: Article

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