A weighted average-based external clock synchronisation protocol for wireless sensor networks

Swain, Amulya Ratna and Hansdah, RC (2012) A weighted average-based external clock synchronisation protocol for wireless sensor networks. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SENSOR NETWORKS, 12 (2, SI). pp. 89-105.

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Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have many application scenarios where external clock synchronisation may be required because a WSN may consist of components which are not connected to each other. In this paper, we first propose a novel weighted average-based internal clock synchronisation (WICS) protocol, which synchronises all the clocks of a WSN with the clock of a reference node periodically. Based on this protocol, we then propose our weighted average-based external clock synchronisation (WECS) protocol. We have analysed the proposed protocols for maximum synchronisation error and shown that it is always upper bounded. Extensive simulation studies of the proposed protocols have been carried out using Castalia simulator. Simulation results validate our above theoretical claim and also show that the proposed protocols perform better in comparison to other protocols in terms of synchronisation accuracy. A prototype implementation of the WICS protocol using a few TelosB motes also validates the above conclusions.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SENSOR NETWORKS
Publisher:	INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD,
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD, SWITZERLAND
Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Computer Science & Automation
Date Deposited:	10 Dec 2012 12:37
Last Modified:	10 Dec 2012 12:37
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/45513

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