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.


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    Title :

    Network-wide synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks


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    Publication date :

    2012-11-01


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    485636 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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