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Ultra-dense networks (UDNs) represent a transformative access architecture for upcoming sixth generation (6G) systems, poised to meet the surging demand for high data rates. Achieving precise synchronization across diverse base stations…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Debjani Goswami , Indrakshi Dey , Nicola Marchetti , Suvra Sekhar Das

Accurate time synchronization is essential for Internet of Things (IoT) systems, where multiple distributed nodes must share a common time base for coordinated sensing and data fusion. However, conventional synchronization approaches suffer…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Ziyao Zhou , Tiancheng Cao , Chen Shen , Jiaqi Zhang , Yuting Liu , Hen-Wei Huang

This work demonstrates the potential of deep reinforcement learning techniques for transmit power control in wireless networks. Existing techniques typically find near-optimal power allocations by solving a challenging optimization problem.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-15 Yasar Sinan Nasir , Dongning Guo

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

We address the joint problem of learning and scheduling in multi-hop wireless network without a prior knowledge on link rates. Previous scheduling algorithms need the link rate information, and learning algorithms often require a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-12-11 Daehyun Park , Sunjung Kang , Changhee Joo

One of the main pervasive problems Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) encounter is to maintain flawless communication sharing and cooperative processing between sensors via radio links to ensure a reliable treatment of information. Many…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-06-08 Salim el Khediri , Nejah Nasri , Mounir Samet , Anne Wei , Abdennaceur Kachouri

This paper proposes a novel time synchronization protocol inspired by the adaptive Newton search algorithm. The clock model of nodes are modeled as an adaptive filter and a pairwise steady state and convergence analyses are presented. A…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-16 Ramadan Abdul-Rashid , Azzedine Zerguine

In wireless multi-hop networks, delay is an important metric for many applications. However, the max-weight scheduling algorithms in the literature typically focus on instantaneous optimality, in which the schedule is selected by solving a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-18 Zhongyuan Zhao , Gunjan Verma , Ananthram Swami , Santiago Segarra

In distributed optimization and machine learning, multiple nodes coordinate to solve large problems. To do this, the nodes need to compress important algorithm information to bits so that it can be communicated over a digital channel. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-02 Sindri Magnússon , Hossein Shokri-Ghadikolaei , Na Li

Network coding is a highly efficient data dissemination mechanism for wireless networks. Since network coded information can only be recovered after delivering a sufficient number of coded packets, the resulting decoding delay can become…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Rui A. Costa , Daniele Munaretto , Joerg Widmer , Joao Barros

Synchronization is essential for the stability and coordinated operation of complex networked systems. Pinning control, which selectively controls a subset of nodes, provides a scalable solution to enhance network synchronizability.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-11 Ziang Mao , Tianlong Fan , Linyuan Lü

In this paper a new distributed asynchronous algorithm is proposed for time synchronization in networks with random communication delays, measurement noise and communication dropouts. Three different types of the drift correction algorithm…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-02-05 Milos S. Stankovic , Srdjan S. Stankovic , Karl Henrik Johansson

Clock synchronization has become a key design objective in wireless networks for its essential importance in many applications. However, as the wireless link is prone to random network delays due to unreliable channel conditions, it is in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-06 Osama Elnahas , Zhi Quan

A distributed data collection algorithm to accurately store and forward information obtained by wireless sensor networks is proposed. The proposed algorithm does not depend on the sensor network topology, routing tables, or geographic…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2010-11-15 Salah A. Aly , Ahmed Ali-Eldin , H. Vincent Poor

In many Cyber-Physical Systems, we encounter the problem of remote state estimation of geographically distributed and remote physical processes. This paper studies the scheduling of sensor transmissions to estimate the states of multiple…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2020-05-28 Alex S. Leong , Arunselvan Ramaswamy , Daniel E. Quevedo , Holger Karl , Ling Shi

Distributed scheduling algorithms for throughput or utility maximization in dense wireless multi-hop networks can have overwhelmingly high overhead, causing increased congestion, energy consumption, radio footprint, and security…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-29 Zhongyuan Zhao , Ananthram Swami , Santiago Segarra

Accurate wireless timing synchronization has been an extremely important topic in wireless sensor networks, required in applications ranging from distributed beam forming to precision localization and navigation. However, it is very…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-09-29 Marcelo Segura , S. Niranjayan , Hossein Hashemi , Andreas F. Molisch

While routing in wireless networks has been studied extensively, existing protocols are typically designed for a specific set of network conditions and so cannot accommodate any drastic changes in those conditions. For instance, protocols…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-01-01 Victoria Manfredi , Alicia Wolfe , Bing Wang , Xiaolan Zhang

This paper addresses the synchronization rate of weakly connected pulse-coupled oscillators (PCOs). We prove that besides coupling strength, the phase response function is also a determinant of synchronization rate. Inspired by the result,…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2012-09-06 Yongqiang Wang , Felipe Nunez , Francis J. Doyle

Distributed learning has become an integral tool for scaling up machine learning and addressing the growing need for data privacy. Although more robust to the network topology, decentralized learning schemes have not gained the same level…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-16 Junya Chen , Sijia Wang , Lawrence Carin , Chenyang Tao