Title :
A Guideline for Time Synchronization Design in WSNs
Author :
Jun, Liu ; Chao, Yang ; Yingli, Huangfu
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Commun. & Security, CAPF, Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
A key technique of wireless sensor networks is time synchronization. This article introduces the definition of time synchronization and suggests a guideline for designing the time synchronization protocol in WSNs, through analyzing the characteristics of the existing typical synchronization protocols and making a comprehensive comparison of the performance of various algorithms.
Keywords :
protocols; synchronisation; wireless sensor networks; WSN; time synchronization protocol design; wireless sensor networks; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Peer to peer computing; Protocols; Synchronization; Wireless networks; Wireless sensor networks; WSNs; guideline; time synchronization;
Conference_Titel :
Internet Computing & Information Services (ICICIS), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1561-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICICIS.2011.140
