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

by Qasim M. Chaudhari and Erchin Serpedin

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521764424
• ISBN13: 9780521764421
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.8"