Abstract
Desynchronization is a recently introduced primitive for sensor networks: it implies that nodes perfectly interleave periodic events to occur in a round-robin schedule. This primitive can be used to evenly distribute sampling burden in a group of nodes, schedule sleep cycles, or organize a collision-free TDMA schedule for transmitting wireless messages. Here we present a summary of Desync, a biologically-inspired self-maintaining algorithm for desynchronization in a single-hop network. We also describe Desync-TDMA, a self-adjusting TDMA protocol that addresses two weaknesses of traditional TDMA: it does not require a global clock and it automatically adjusts to the number of participating nodes, so that bandwidth is always fully utilized.
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Degesys, J., Rose, I., Patel, A., Nagpal, R. (2008). Self-organizing Desynchronization and TDMA on Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Liò, P., Yoneki, E., Crowcroft, J., Verma, D.C. (eds) Bio-Inspired Computing and Communication. BIOWIRE 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5151. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92191-2_18
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