An Improved Time Synchronization Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks

Authors

  • Jihong Sun Department of Computer Science, Luohe Vocational College of Food
  • Huanzheng Shao

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v13i05.7049

Keywords:

Wireless sensor, time synchronization algorithm, TPSN algorithm

Abstract


Wireless sensor network (WSN) has been paid more and more attention to by the international academic and industrial fields. What’s more, it has become a hot research topic with great attention and expectations. There are a lot of technical problems involved in wireless sensor networks, among which, time synchronization technology is one of the supporting technologies in wireless sensor networks. And it is rather essential for the application of wireless sensor network. Two classical time synchronization algorithms are introduced and their advantages and disadvantages are compared. Based on the existing algorithms, an improved time synchronization algorithm is put forward. The improved algorithm was simulated by NS2. The results showed that the proposed algorithm had better time synchronization accuracy and lower network cost than RBS and TPSN algorithm. In summary, the improved time synchronization algorithm has a rather good performance.

Author Biographies

Jihong Sun, Department of Computer Science, Luohe Vocational College of Food

associate professor

Huanzheng Shao

associate professor

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Published

2017-05-14

How to Cite

Sun, J., & Shao, H. (2017). An Improved Time Synchronization Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 13(05), pp. 67–79. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v13i05.7049

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