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A synchronous engine for wireless sensor networks

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The development and deployment of robust and highly populated Wireless Sensor Networks require addressing a wide variety of challenges. Among them, the synchronization and energy management of the nodes composing the network have been identified as two of the main challenges to be addressed. In this paper, we follow a cross-layer approach by defining a synchronous engine built across the radio and MAC and network layers. The design of our proposal has been based on the results of our previous research efforts dealing with various experimental platforms and experimental trials.

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  1. Albacete Research Institute of Informatics, University of Castilla La Mancha, Albacete, Spain

    Fernando Royo, Teresa Olivares & Luis Orozco-Barbosa

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Royo, F., Olivares, T. & Orozco-Barbosa, L. A synchronous engine for wireless sensor networks. Telecommun Syst 40, 151–159 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11235-008-9136-7

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