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Clock synchronization is a key function in embedded wireless systems and networks. This issue is equally important and more challenging in IoT systems nowadays, which often include heterogeneous wireless devices that follow different…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-10-03 Zihao Yu , Chengkun Jiang , Yuan He , Xiaolong Zheng , Xiuzhen Guo

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

In this paper, we analyze the two-node joint clock synchronization and ranging problem. We focus on the case of nodes that employ time-to-digital converters to determine the range between them precisely. This specific design choice leads to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-03 Pol del Aguila Pla , Lissy Pellaco , Satyam Dwivedi , Peter Händel , Joakim Jaldén

Precise clock synchronization is an important requirement for distributed and networked industrial use cases. As more and more use cases contain mobile devices, clock synchronization has to be performed over wireless communication links. As…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-14 M. Gundall , H. D. Schotten

Achieving consistent time across devices in distributed systems often involves exchanging timestamped messages over a network. Precise time synchronization is crucial for applications such as cellular networks, industrial automation, and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Yash Deshpande , Quirin Vogel , Laura Becker , Kaan Aykurt , Wolfgang Kellerer

The convergence of blockchain and the Internet of Things (IoT) enables secure, decentralised, and verifiable data exchange across distributed smart environments. However, traditional blockchain frameworks suffer from inherent scalability…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Hasan Mahmud Rhidoy , Mahdi H. Miraz , Iftekhar Salam

Precise localization is one key element of the Internet of Things (IoT). Especially concepts for position estimation when Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are unavailable have moved into the focus. One crucial component for…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-06-09 Thomas Maul , Sebastian Klob , Joerg Robert

Internet of Things (IoT) devices have grown in popularity since they can directly interact with the real world. Home automation systems automate these interactions. IoT events are crucial to these systems' decision-making but are often…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-30 Uzma Maroof , Gustavo Batista , Arash Shaghaghi , Sanjay Jha

In this paper, a real-time Internet of Things (IoT) monitoring system is considered in which multiple IoT devices must transmit timely updates on the status information of a common underlying physical process to a common destination. In…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-15 Bo Zhou , Walid Saad

Wireless sensor and actuator networks are gaining momentum in the era of Industrial Internet of Things IIoT. The usage of the close-loop data from sensors in the manufacturing chain is extending the common monitoring scenario of the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-09-18 Luca Tessaro , Cristiano Raffaldi , Maurizio Rossi , Davide Brunelli

Realizing the industrial Internet of Things, more andmore mobile use cases will emerge in the industrial landscape,requiring both novel concepts and smooth integration into legacydeployments.Since accurate time synchronization is…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-08 Michael Gundall , Christopher Huber , Sergiy Melnyk , Hans D. Schotten

A new generation of robot systems which are modular, flexible and safe for human-robot interaction are needed. Existing cobots seem to meet only the later and require a modular approach to improve their reconfigurability and…

Timing detection is the first step and very important in wireless communication systems. Timing detection performance is usually affected by the frequency offset. Therefore, it is a challenge to design the synchronization signal in massive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-10-02 Jun Zou

Time synchronization is a critical task in robotic computing such as autonomous driving. In the past few years, as we developed advanced robotic applications, our synchronization system has evolved as well. In this paper, we first introduce…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-31 Shaoshan Liu , Bo Yu , Yahui Liu , Kunai Zhang , Yisong Qiao , Thomas Yuang Li , Jie Tang , Yuhao Zhu

Clock synchronization is critical for maintaining low error rates in quantum key distribution. Here, we describe how a frequency mismatch between the transmitter and receiver clocks affects the quantum bit error rate in quantum key…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-27 Loïc Millet , Boris Korzh , Rob Thew , Gianluca Boso

Time synchronization in any distributed network can be achieved by using application layer protocols for time correction. Time synchronization method proposed in this article uses symbol timing recovery at the physical layer to correct…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-02-01 S. M. Usman Hashmi , Muntazir Hussain , Fahad Bin Muslim , Kashif Inayat , Seong Oun Hwang

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

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

This paper establishes a fundamental theory of secure clock synchronization. Accurate clock synchronization is the backbone of systems managing power distribution, financial transactions, telecommunication operations, database services,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-05-15 Lakshay Narula , Todd Humphreys

Time synchronization is important for a variety of applications in wireless sensor networks including scheduling communication resources, coordinating sensor wake/sleep cycles, and aligning signals for distributed transmission/reception.…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2012-12-07 D. Richard Brown , Andrew G. Klein , Rui Wang