Title :
Synchronization in wireless sensor networks using Bluetooth
Author :
Casas, Roberto ; Gracia, Héctor J. ; Marco, Álvaro ; Falcó, Jorge L.
Author_Institution :
Castelldefels Sch. of Technol., Tech. Univ. of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) can take advantage of versatility, completeness, and low prices of standard wireless protocols; Bluetooth as we show later is a candidate suitable for WSNs. The fusion of data collected over a WSN is just an evident application of time synchronization. Bringing together these two issues, we find that synchronization using standard protocols poses an important drawback. In this paper, we present a simple method that allows clock synchronization in Bluetooth WSNs, down to few microseconds.
Keywords :
Bluetooth; protocols; sensor fusion; synchronisation; timing; wireless sensor networks; Bluetooth WSN; clock synchronization; data fusion; time synchronization; wireless protocols; wireless sensor networks; Bluetooth; Clocks; Computer networks; Delay effects; Intelligent networks; Performance analysis; Scheduling algorithm; Synchronization; Wireless application protocol; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems, 2005. Third International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
3-902463-03-1
DOI :
10.1109/WISES.2005.1438715