Low-Complex Synchronization Algorithms for Embedded Wireless Sensor Networks

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1032-1042

  Berger, Achim ^a   Pichler, Markus ^a   Klinglmayr, Johannes ^a   Pötsch, Albert ^a   Springer, Andreas ^b  

^a LINZ CENTER OF MECHATRONICS GMBH   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Consensus synchronization; distributed synchronization; medium access control (MAC) protocol; wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; ALGORITHMS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK LAYERS; SENSOR NODES; STANDARDS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; TWO TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMPLEX SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED SYNCHRONIZATION; DISTRIBUTED SYNCHRONIZATION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; SYNCHRONIZATION ALGORITHM; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 85027950548     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2014.2366272     Document Type: Article

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