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Distributed Time Management in Wireless Sensor Networks

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Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Dependability and Complex Systems DepCoS-RELCOMEX. June 30 – July 4, 2014, Brunów, Poland

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 286))

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Keeping time synchronization between nodes in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is an important task allowing reduction of power consumption and better bandwidth usage due to collision avoidance. In this article we discuss requirements and practical limitations of time synchronization and present evaluation of sample algorithm, that can maintain the common clock between nodes of the WSN network that persists even in case of repeated node restarts, as long as network connectivity is maintained. We also provide measurements and temperature-dependent model of clock drift in popular WSN TelosB nodes.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Computer Engineering, Control and Robotics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland

    Tomasz Surmacz, Bartosz Wojciechowski & Maciej Nikodem

  2. Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of Polish Academy of Sciences, Gliwice, Poland

    Mariusz Słabicki

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  1. Institute of Computer Engineering Control and Robotics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Wojciech Zamojski

  2. Institute of Computer Engineering Control and Robotics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Jacek Mazurkiewicz

  3. Institute of Computer Engineering Control and Robotics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Jarosław Sugier

  4. Institute of Computer Engineering Control and Robotics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Tomasz Walkowiak

  5. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Janusz Kacprzyk

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Surmacz, T., Wojciechowski, B., Nikodem, M., Słabicki, M. (2014). Distributed Time Management in Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Zamojski, W., Mazurkiewicz, J., Sugier, J., Walkowiak, T., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Dependability and Complex Systems DepCoS-RELCOMEX. June 30 – July 4, 2014, Brunów, Poland. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 286. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07013-1_43

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