内容简介
Wirelesssensornetworksaresettoplayakeyroleinawiderangeofcivilianandmilitaryapplications,withtinysensorsconnectedthroughwirelesslinksperformingvarioussensing,computing,communication,andcontroltasksinhighlydistributedsystems.Thisbookpresentsacriticalelementinthedeploymentofwirelesssensornetworks:theprocessofsynchronization.Itsummarizesthemostimportantclocksynchronizationprotocolsproposedforwirelesssensornetworkswithspecialemphasisplacedonderivingefficientclockoffsetestimationschemesandperformancebenchmarks.Graduatestudentsofelectricalandcomputerengineeringandcomputersciencewillfindthisavaluableresource,aswillengineerswhoareinterestedindesigningefficientclocksynchronizationalgorithmsandimprovingtheperformanceofexistingsynchronizationprotocols.