A consensus-based distributed method of clock synchronization for sensor networks
In this study, an innovative distributed method for achieving external clock synchronization is presented. Based on discrete-time clock models, it can realize synchronization of clocks while enabling their time to change at the same pace simultaneously. Stronger robustness against noisy measurements...
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| author | Yong Qiao Wenlun Yang Minyue Fu |
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| description | In this study, an innovative distributed method for achieving external clock synchronization is presented. Based on discrete-time clock models, it can realize synchronization of clocks while enabling their time to change at the same pace simultaneously. Stronger robustness against noisy measurements and clock rate drifts is gained by combining both controller and estimator design methods into the protocol. Additionally, a specifically designed communication scheme is proposed to make our protocols independent on global physical time. To render our protocols more practical, the control variable for clock synchronization is ensured bounded and a stopping criterion for implementation of the protocols is established. Finally, performance of the method is illustrated by certain numerical simulations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e99199ea3aa8453c8ca38ba8d139ce372023-09-03T01:52:31ZengHindawi - SAGE PublishingInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772017-03-011310.1177/1550147717697320A consensus-based distributed method of clock synchronization for sensor networksYong Qiao0Wenlun Yang1Minyue Fu2School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, AustraliaThe State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. ChinaIn this study, an innovative distributed method for achieving external clock synchronization is presented. Based on discrete-time clock models, it can realize synchronization of clocks while enabling their time to change at the same pace simultaneously. Stronger robustness against noisy measurements and clock rate drifts is gained by combining both controller and estimator design methods into the protocol. Additionally, a specifically designed communication scheme is proposed to make our protocols independent on global physical time. To render our protocols more practical, the control variable for clock synchronization is ensured bounded and a stopping criterion for implementation of the protocols is established. Finally, performance of the method is illustrated by certain numerical simulations.https://doi.org/10.1177/1550147717697320 |
| spellingShingle | Yong Qiao Wenlun Yang Minyue Fu A consensus-based distributed method of clock synchronization for sensor networks International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks |
| title | A consensus-based distributed method of clock synchronization for sensor networks |
| title_full | A consensus-based distributed method of clock synchronization for sensor networks |
| title_fullStr | A consensus-based distributed method of clock synchronization for sensor networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | A consensus-based distributed method of clock synchronization for sensor networks |
| title_short | A consensus-based distributed method of clock synchronization for sensor networks |
| title_sort | consensus based distributed method of clock synchronization for sensor networks |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/1550147717697320 |
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