Wireless sensor networks are set to play a key role in a wide range of civilian and military applications, with tiny sensors connected through wireless links performing various sensing, computing, communication, and control tasks in highly distributed systems. This book presents a critical element in the deployment of wireless sensor networks: the process of synchronization. It summarizes the most important clock synchronization protocols proposed for wireless sensor networks with special emphasis placed on deriving efficient clock offset estimation schemes and performance benchmarks. Graduate students of electrical and computer engineering and computer science will find this a valuable resource, as will engineers who are interested in designing efficient clock synchronization algorithms and improving the performance of existing synchronization protocols.
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Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Signal models for time synchronization; 3. Time synchronization protocols; 4. Fundamental approaches to time synchronization; 5. MVUE of clock offset; 6. Clock offset and skew estimation; 7. Schemes for estimation of clock offset and skew; 8. Pairwise broadcast synchronization; 9. Energy efficient estimation; 10. Clock synchronization of inactive nodes; 11. Adaptive multi-hop time synchronization; 12. Clock drift estimation; 13. Synchronization in a receiver-receiver protocol; 14. Robust estimation of clock offset; 15. Conclusions and future directions; References; Acronyms; Index.
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Presents the key clock synchronization protocols, emphasizing design and optimization techniques for building efficient estimation schemes and performance benchmarks.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780521764421
Publisert
2009-07-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
630 gr
Høyde
253 mm
Bredde
180 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
244