Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks

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Network Synchronization in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks

Carlos H. Rentel

R&D Engineer. Creare Inc. Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.A.

CONTENTS

9.1    Introduction

9.2    Clocks

9.3    Network Synchronization Protocols for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks

9.3.1    Timing-Sync Protocol for Sensor Networks (TPSN)

9.3.2    Reference Broadcast Synchronization (RBS)

9.3.3    Random Time Source Protocol

9.3.4    Kalman-Based Industrial Wireless Sensor Network Synchronization

9.3.5    Mutual Network Synchronization

9.4    Parameter Estimation in Network Synchronization for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks

9.5    Conclusions

References

9.1    Introduction

The objective of a Network Synchronization approach ...