Power consumption analysis of prominent time synchronization protocols for wireless sensor networks

Journal of Information Processing Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 300-313

  Bae, Shi Kyu ^a  

^a Dongyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Analysis; Energy efficiency; Performance; Power consumption; Time synchronization; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SYNCHRONIZATION;

ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSTRAINT; PERFORMANCE; POWER CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOLS; WSN APPLICATIONS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84944443380     PISSN: 1976913X     EISSN: 2092805X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3745/JIPS.03.0006     Document Type: Article

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