无线传感器网络中低开销的时钟同步算法分析.pdfVIP

Abstract Abstract As a technology that playing an important role in the development of economic, social, and information technology, wireless sensor networks has great potential for development. Clock synchronization is an important supportive technology for wireless sensor networks, it is crucial for wireless sensor networks in performing a number of fundamental operations. Generally speaking, the clock synchronization in wireless sensor network can be achieved by periodic exchanging packets between the sensor nodes, the packets contain the local timestamps. When transmitted from one sensor node to others, the packets may encounter variety of uncertainties delays, which make the main sources of error for clock synchronization. Since the energy of sensor nodes is limited, and the excessive transmission of the packet message will cause a huge energy consumption of the node, which will lead to the reduction of the node life, and finally lead to the reduction the network life. This paper focused on the synchronization accuracy and energy consumption for clock synchronization in wireless sensor networks. Firstly, the classical clock synchronization mechanisms were investigated, including the synchronization accuracy, power consumption and the conditions the clock synchronization mechanisms works on. Then several well known lightweight clock synchronization algorithms based on broadcast domain synchronization were given. Finally, a new energy-efficient multi-hop broadcast synchronization algorithm for wireless sensor