An Inter-Networking Mechanism with Stepwise Synchronization for Wireless Sensor Networks.docVIP

Sensors2011,11,8241-8260;doi:10.3390/s110908241 OPENACCESS sensors ISSN1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article AnInter-NetworkingMechanismwithStepwiseSynchronization forWirelessSensorNetworks HiroshiYamamoto ,NaokiWakamiyaandMasayukiMurata ? GraduateSchoolofInformationScienceandTechnology,OsakaUniversity,1-5Yamadaoka,Suita, Osaka565-0871,Japan;E-Mails:wakamiya@ist.osaka-u.ac.jp(N.W.); murata@ist.osaka-u.ac.jp(M.M.) ? Authortowhomcorrespondenceshouldbeaddressed;E-Mail:hirosi-y@ist.osaka-u.ac.jp; Tel.:+81-6-6879-4542;Fax:+81-6-6879-4544. Received:12July2011;inrevisedform:1August2011/Accepted:22Augu