The implementation of network-wide synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks has generally been perceived by the research community to incur a considerable overhead. In this paper it is argued however that the expense for network-wide synchronization can be rather low, and that such synchronization can moreover provide opportunities for energy-efficient communication protocols. A network-wide synchronization mechanism is proposed and evaluated through both simulation and testbed experiments.
Lemmens, B, Steenhaut, K, Ruckebusch, P, Moerman, I & Nowe, A 2012, Network-Wide Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks. in Proceedings of the 19th IEEE Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux (SCVT 2012), Eindhoven, Netherlands. IEEE, pp. 1-5, 2012 19th IEEE Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux (SCVT), Eindhoven, Netherlands, 16/11/12. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SCVT.2012.6399401>
Lemmens, B., Steenhaut, K., Ruckebusch, P., Moerman, I., & Nowe, A. (2012). Network-Wide Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks. In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux (SCVT 2012), Eindhoven, Netherlands (pp. 1-5). IEEE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SCVT.2012.6399401
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title = "Network-Wide Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks",
abstract = "The implementation of network-wide synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks has generally been perceived by the research community to incur a considerable overhead. In this paper it is argued however that the expense for network-wide synchronization can be rather low, and that such synchronization can moreover provide opportunities for energy-efficient communication protocols. A network-wide synchronization mechanism is proposed and evaluated through both simulation and testbed experiments.",
keywords = "wireless sensor networks, synchronization",
author = "Bart Lemmens and Kris Steenhaut and Peter Ruckebusch and Ingrid Moerman and Ann Nowe",
year = "2012",
month = nov,
day = "16",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-4673-2113-6",
pages = "1--5",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 19th IEEE Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux (SCVT 2012), Eindhoven, Netherlands",
publisher = "IEEE",
note = "2012 19th IEEE Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux (SCVT) ; Conference date: 16-11-2012",
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