Multi-hop based highly precise time synchronization protocol for ZigBee networks

Ping Song*, Xiaodong Shan, Kejie Li, Guangping Qi

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Wireless sensor networks (WSN) have emerged as an interesting and important research area in the last few years. Time synchronization is a critical middleware service of distributed system. In particular, wireless sensor networks is a distributed system which makes extensive use of synchronized time in many contexts (e.g. for data fusion, TDMA schedules, synchronized sleep periods, etc.). In addition, synchronization precision has become a critical area of research today. Time synchronization with very high precision is needed at some special application. In this paper, we proposed a high degree of accuracy time synchronization Protocol - Physical Layer Integrated Synchronization Protocol (PLISP). Different from adding timestamp in MAC layer of traditional time synchronization protocol, we advocate a novel way to add timestamp. We add timestamp in physical layer which can utmost reduce influence of nondeterminacy factor to synchronization precision. Result shows that this method is feasible and can be used to wireless sensor networks based on multi-hop.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2009 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and EMC Technologies for Wireless Communications, MAPE 2009
Pages1197-1201
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event2009 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and EMC Technologies for Wireless Communications, MAPE 2009 - Beijing, China
Duration: 27 Oct 200929 Oct 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2009 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and EMC Technologies for Wireless Communications, MAPE 2009

Conference

Conference2009 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and EMC Technologies for Wireless Communications, MAPE 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period27/10/0929/10/09

Keywords

  • High precise
  • Multi-hop
  • Time synchronization
  • ZigBee networks

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