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Issues towards efficient time synchronization in wireless sensor networks

Wireless sensor network (WSN) is considered as the enabling technology to increase coordination between the physical and virtual worlds. A typical WSN is composed of a large number of computing devices known as nodes which are responsible for sensing and reporting some phenomenon to a sink or base-s...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Abdul Hanan, Khan, Abdul Waheed, Bangash, Javed Iqbal
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Published: Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science 2014
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QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59815/
http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/telkomnika.v12i10.5759
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spelling my.utm.598152022-04-05T07:16:06Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59815/ Issues towards efficient time synchronization in wireless sensor networks Abdullah, Abdul Hanan Khan, Abdul Waheed Bangash, Javed Iqbal QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Wireless sensor network (WSN) is considered as the enabling technology to increase coordination between the physical and virtual worlds. A typical WSN is composed of a large number of computing devices known as nodes which are responsible for sensing and reporting some phenomenon to a sink or base-station where some useful conclusions are drawn from the reported data. Most of the times, the sensed data is of limited usage if not accompanied with timestamp and position information. In addition, several other basic operations in WSNs are based on efficient time synchronization such as duplicate detection, data aggregation/fusion, energy management, transmission scheduling, and cryptography etc; therefore time synchronization plays a pivotal role in operational activities of the network. In this paper, we discuss all the related issues and challenges that revolve around time synchronization in WSNs. Our purpose in writing this paper is to provide an in-depth understanding of the clock synchronization problem in WSNs so that the application designers can fine tune their applications in accordance with the underlined constraints and complexities involved. Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science 2014-10 Article PeerReviewed Abdullah, Abdul Hanan and Khan, Abdul Waheed and Bangash, Javed Iqbal (2014) Issues towards efficient time synchronization in wireless sensor networks. Telkomnika Indonesian Journal Of Electrical Engineering, 12 (10). pp. 7509-7522. ISSN 2302-4046 http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/telkomnika.v12i10.5759 DOI:10.11591/telkomnika.v12i10.5759
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topic QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
spellingShingle QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Abdullah, Abdul Hanan
Khan, Abdul Waheed
Bangash, Javed Iqbal
Issues towards efficient time synchronization in wireless sensor networks
description Wireless sensor network (WSN) is considered as the enabling technology to increase coordination between the physical and virtual worlds. A typical WSN is composed of a large number of computing devices known as nodes which are responsible for sensing and reporting some phenomenon to a sink or base-station where some useful conclusions are drawn from the reported data. Most of the times, the sensed data is of limited usage if not accompanied with timestamp and position information. In addition, several other basic operations in WSNs are based on efficient time synchronization such as duplicate detection, data aggregation/fusion, energy management, transmission scheduling, and cryptography etc; therefore time synchronization plays a pivotal role in operational activities of the network. In this paper, we discuss all the related issues and challenges that revolve around time synchronization in WSNs. Our purpose in writing this paper is to provide an in-depth understanding of the clock synchronization problem in WSNs so that the application designers can fine tune their applications in accordance with the underlined constraints and complexities involved.
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author Abdullah, Abdul Hanan
Khan, Abdul Waheed
Bangash, Javed Iqbal
author_facet Abdullah, Abdul Hanan
Khan, Abdul Waheed
Bangash, Javed Iqbal
author_sort Abdullah, Abdul Hanan
title Issues towards efficient time synchronization in wireless sensor networks
title_short Issues towards efficient time synchronization in wireless sensor networks
title_full Issues towards efficient time synchronization in wireless sensor networks
title_fullStr Issues towards efficient time synchronization in wireless sensor networks
title_full_unstemmed Issues towards efficient time synchronization in wireless sensor networks
title_sort issues towards efficient time synchronization in wireless sensor networks
publisher Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59815/
http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/telkomnika.v12i10.5759
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