Title :
Analysis of a global synchronization algorithm in wireless sensor networks
Author :
Lee, Woonsik ; Lee, Hwang Soo
Author_Institution :
Mobile Commun. Lab., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon
Abstract :
Sensor-MAC (S-MAC) is a medium access control protocol designed particularly for wireless sensor networks. In this paper, we introduce a global synchronization algorithm for wireless sensor networks and investigate several aspects of the algorithm. We show the algorithm has an acceptable scalability to the network size and also discuss about the time synchronization, oscillation and interference issues of the algorithm. In the simulation, we show the performance of the algorithm and measure the packet latency.
Keywords :
access protocols; radiofrequency interference; synchronisation; wireless sensor networks; global synchronization algorithm; interference; medium access control protocol; oscillation; sensor-MAC; time synchronization; wireless sensor networks; Access protocols; Algorithm design and analysis; Delay; Energy consumption; Interference; Media Access Protocol; Scalability; Sleep; Wireless application protocol; Wireless sensor networks; Global synchronization; Media access control; S-MAC; Schedule unifying algorithm; Sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, 2008. MFI 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2143-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2144-2
DOI :
10.1109/MFI.2008.4648102
