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In the near future, small intelligent devices will be deployed in homes, plantations, oceans, rivers, streets, and highways to monitor the environment. These devices require time synchronization, so voice and video data from different sensor nodes can be fused and displayed in a meaningful way at the sink. The Time-Diffusion Synchronization Protocol (TDP) is proposed as a network-wide time synchronization protocol. It allows the sensor network to reach an equilibrium time and maintains a small time deviation tolerance from the equilibrium time. In addition, simulations are performed to validate the effectiveness of TDP in synchronizing the time throughout the network and balancing the energy consumed by the sensor nodes.
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Su, W., Akyildiz, I.F. (2005). Time-diffusion Concepts and Protocol for Sensor Networks. In: Ganesh, R., Kota, S.L., Pahlavan, K., AgustÃ, R. (eds) Emerging Location Aware Broadband Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23072-6_18
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