Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks: Parameter Estimation, Performance Benchmarks, and Protocols

Erchin Serpedin; Qasim M. Chaudhari

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511627194

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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1 - INTRODUCTION
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2 - SIGNAL MODELS FOR TIME SYNCHRONIZATION
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3 - TIME SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOLS
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4 - FUNDAMENTAL APPROACHES TO TIME SYNCHRONIZATION
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5 - MINIMUM VARIANCE UNBIASED ESTIMATION (MVUE) OF CLOCK OFFSET
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6 - CLOCK OFFSET AND SKEW ESTIMATION
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7 - COMPUTATIONALLY SIMPLIFIED SCHEMES FOR ESTIMATION OF CLOCK OFFSET AND SKEW
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8 - PAIRWISE BROADCAST SYNCHRONIZATION (PBS)
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9 - ENERGY-EFFICIENT ESTIMATION OF CLOCK OFFSET FOR INACTIVE NODES
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10 - SOME IMPROVED AND GENERALIZED ESTIMATION SCHEMES FOR CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION OF INACTIVE NODES
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11 - ADAPTIVE MULTI-HOP TIME SYNCHRONIZATION (AMTS)
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12 - CLOCK DRIFT ESTIMATION FOR ACHIEVING LONG-TERM SYNCHRONIZATION
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13 - JOINT SYNCHRONIZATION OF CLOCK OFFSET AND SKEW IN A RECEIVER–RECEIVER PROTOCOL
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14 - ROBUST ESTIMATION OF CLOCK OFFSET
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15 - CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
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Acronyms
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-x

Preface
pp xi-xii

1 - INTRODUCTION
pp 1-9

2 - SIGNAL MODELS FOR TIME SYNCHRONIZATION
pp 10-14

3 - TIME SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOLS
pp 15-31

4 - FUNDAMENTAL APPROACHES TO TIME SYNCHRONIZATION
pp 32-41

5 - MINIMUM VARIANCE UNBIASED ESTIMATION (MVUE) OF CLOCK OFFSET
pp 42-61

6 - CLOCK OFFSET AND SKEW ESTIMATION
pp 62-89

7 - COMPUTATIONALLY SIMPLIFIED SCHEMES FOR ESTIMATION OF CLOCK OFFSET AND SKEW
pp 90-103

8 - PAIRWISE BROADCAST SYNCHRONIZATION (PBS)
pp 104-117

9 - ENERGY-EFFICIENT ESTIMATION OF CLOCK OFFSET FOR INACTIVE NODES
pp 118-139

10 - SOME IMPROVED AND GENERALIZED ESTIMATION SCHEMES FOR CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION OF INACTIVE NODES
pp 140-156

11 - ADAPTIVE MULTI-HOP TIME SYNCHRONIZATION (AMTS)
pp 157-168

12 - CLOCK DRIFT ESTIMATION FOR ACHIEVING LONG-TERM SYNCHRONIZATION
pp 169-176

13 - JOINT SYNCHRONIZATION OF CLOCK OFFSET AND SKEW IN A RECEIVER–RECEIVER PROTOCOL
pp 177-184

14 - ROBUST ESTIMATION OF CLOCK OFFSET
pp 185-210

15 - CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
pp 211-213

Acronyms
pp 214-217

References
pp 218-226

Index
pp 227-232

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