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Flow reshaping is used in time-sensitive networks (as in the context of IEEE TSN and IETF Detnet) in order to reduce burstiness inside the network and to support the computation of guaranteed latency bounds. This is performed using per-flow…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-05-20 Ludovic Thomas , Jean-Yves Le Boudec

We propose a distributed algorithm for time synchronization in mobile wireless sensor networks. Each node can employ the algorithm to estimate the global time based on its local clock time. The problem of time synchronization is formulated…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-12-30 Chenda Liao , Prabir Barooah

Radio channels at mmWave and sub-THz frequencies for 5G and 6G communications offer large channel bandwidths (hundreds of MHz to several GHz) to achieve multi-Gbps data rates. Accurate modeling of the radio channel for these wide bandwidths…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-06 Dipankar Shakya , Hitesh Poddar , Theodore S. Rappaport

IEEE 1588, built on the classical two-way message exchange scheme, is a popular clock synchronization protocol for packet-switched networks. Due to the presence of random queuing delays in a packet-switched network, the joint recovery of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-26 Anantha K. Karthik , Rick S. Blum

Achieving precise time synchronization in wireless systems is essential for both industrial applications and 5G, where sub-microsecond accuracy is required. However, since the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market is negligible…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-19 Michael Gundall , Hans D. Schotten

This paper examines synchronization of computer clocks connected via a data network and proposes a skewless algorithm to synchronize them. Unlike existing solutions, which either estimate and compensate the frequency difference (skew) among…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-07-29 Enrique Mallada , Xiaoqiao Meng , Michel Hack , Li Zhang , Ao Tang

With the development of mobile communication and industrial internet technologies, the demand for robust absolute time synchronization based on network for diverse scenarios is significantly growing. TAP is a novel network timing method…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-08 Chenyu Zhang , Xiangming Wen , Wei Zheng , Longdan Yu , Zhaoming Lu , Zhengying Wang

The IEEE 1588 protocol has received recent interest as a means of delivering sub-microsecond level clock phase synchronization over packet-switched mobile backhaul networks. Due to the randomness of the end-to-end delays in packet networks,…

Applications · Statistics 2015-03-03 Anand Guruswamy , Rick S. Blum , Shalinee Kishore , Mark Bordogna

Clock synchronization is a widely discussed topic in the engineering literature. Ensuring that individual clocks are closely aligned is important in network systems, since the correct timing of various events in a network is usually…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-04-25 Timothy Anglea , Yongqiang Wang

To mitigate spoofing attacks targeting global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) receivers, one promising method is to rely on alternative time sources, such as network-based synchronization, in order to detect clock offset discrepancies…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-02-23 M. Spanghero , P. Papadimitratos

We introduce a graph-theoretic approach to synchronizing clocks in an {\em ad hoc} network of $N$~timepieces. Clocks naturally drift away from being synchronized because of many physical factors. The manual way of clock synchronization…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-02-29 Jaderick P. Pabico

In this article, we present a new control theoretic distributed time synchronization algorithm, named PISync, in order to synchronize sensor nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). PISync algorithm is based on a Proportional-Integral (PI)…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-10-31 Kasım Sinan Yıldırım , Ruggero Carli , Luca Schenato

The precision of synchronization algorithms based on the theory of pulse-coupled oscillators is evaluated on FPGA-based radios for the first time. Measurements show that such algorithms can reach precision in the low microsecond range when…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-06-07 Günther Brandner , Johannes Klinglmayr , Udo Schilcher , Dominik Egarter , Christian Bettstetter

Precise time synchronisation underpins critical infrastructure from telecommunications and financial markets to power grids and scientific metrology. Several families of quantum protocols have been proposed and demonstrated for clock…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 Michal Krelina , Utku Tefek , Zeki C. Seskir , Kadir Durak

The IEEE 802.1 time-sensitive networking (TSN) standards aim at improving the real-time capabilities of standard Ethernet. TSN is widely recognized as the long-term replacement of proprietary technologies for industrial control systems.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-04-29 Haochuan Shi , Adnan Aijaz , Nan Jiang

In wireless sensor networks (WSNs), implementing a high-precision time synchronization scheme on resource-constrained sensor nodes is a major challenge. Our investigation of the practical implementation on a real testbed of the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-05-14 Xintao Huan , Kyeong Soo Kim

High-precision clock synchronization is essential for a wide range of network-distributed applications. In the quantum space, these applications include communication, sensing, and positioning. However, current synchronization techniques…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 Ravi Singh Adhikari , Aman Gupta , Anju Rani , Xiaoyu Ai , Robert Malaney

Time-sensitive wireless networks are an important enabling building block for many emerging industrial Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Quick prototyping and evaluation of time-sensitive wireless technologies are desirable for R&D…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Jiaxin Liang , He Chen , Soung Chang Liew

Time synchronization is essential for industrial IoT and Industry 4.0/5.0 applications, but achieving high synchronization accuracy in Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)-5G networks is challenging due to jitter and asymmetric delays. 3GPP TS…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Julia Caleya-Sanchez , Pablo Muñoz , Jorge Sánchez-Garrido , Emilio Florentín , Felix Delgado-Ferro , Pablo Rodriguez-Martin , Pablo Ameigeiras

In this paper the performance of INET's emulation mode is evaluated. In particular, the focus of the study is on the precision of the delay emulation. It is shown, that this precision is low in INET 2.6 (respectively a later version…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-09-11 Artur Austregesilo Scussel , Georg Panholzer , Christof Brandauer , Ferdinand von Tüllenburg