English
Related papers

Related papers: Decentralized Picosecond Synchronization for Distr…

200 papers

We present a method for precisely time-synchronizing the capture of image sequences from a collection of smartphone cameras connected over WiFi. Our method is entirely software-based, has only modest hardware requirements, and achieves an…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-08-16 Sameer Ansari , Neal Wadhwa , Rahul Garg , Jiawen Chen

A simple feedback control algorithm is presented for distributed beamforming in a wireless network. A network of wireless sensors that seek to cooperatively transmit a common message signal to a Base Station (BS) is considered. In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-16 R. Mudumbai , J. Hespanha , U. Madhow , G. Barriac

A customary solution to reduce the energy consumption of wireless communication devices is to periodically put the radio into low-power sleep mode. A relevant problem is to schedule the wake-up of nodes in such a way as to ensure proper…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2011-06-09 Francesco De Pellegrini , Karina Gomez , Daniele Miorandi , Imrich Chlamtac

Clock synchronization is ubiquitous in wireless systems for communication, sensing and control. In this paper we design a scalable system in which an indefinite number of passively receiving wireless units can synchronize to a single master…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-10-04 Dave Zachariah , Satyam Dwivedi , Peter Händel , Petre Stoica

It is well known that biology-inspired self-maintaining algorithms in wireless sensor nodes achieve near optimum time division multiple access (TDMA) characteristics in a decentralized manner and with very low complexity. We extend such…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-05-18 Dujdow Buranapanichkit , Yiannis Andreopoulos

In this paper, a Packet-Coupled Oscillators (PkCOs) synchronisation protocol is proposed for time-sensitive Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) based on Pulse-Coupled Oscillators (PCO) in mathematical biology. The effects of delays on…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-21 Yan Zong , Xuewu Dai , Pep Canyelles-Pericas , Krishna Busawon , Richard Binns , Zhiwei Gao

Classical distributed estimation scenarios typically assume timely and reliable exchanges of information over the sensor network. This paper, in contrast, considers single time-scale distributed estimation via a sensor network subject to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-08 Mohammadreza Doostmohammadian , Usman A. Khan , Mohammad Pirani , Themistoklis Charalambous

This paper presents the first hardware implementation of bittide, a decentralized clock synchronization mechanism for achieving logical synchrony in distributed systems. We detail the design and implementation of an 8-node bittide network…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-03-10 Martijn Bastiaan , Christiaan Baaij , Martin Izzard , Felix Klein , Sanjay Lall , Tammo Spalink

Clock synchronization is a necessary component in modern distributed systems, especially Wirless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Despite the great effort and the numerous improvements, the existing synchronization schemes do not yet address the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-08-20 Federico Terraneo , Alberto Leva , Silvano Seva , Martina Maggio , Alessandro Vittorio Papadopoulos

In the light of regularized dynamic time warping kernels, this paper re-considers the concept of time elastic centroid for a setof time series. We derive a new algorithm based on a probabilistic interpretation of kernel alignment matrices.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-07-12 Pierre-François Marteau

A distributed integrated sensing and communication (D-ISAC) system offers significant cooperative gains for both sensing and communication performance. These gains, however, can only be fully realized when the distributed nodes are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-13 Kawon Han , Kaitao Meng , Christos Masouros

We present a new approach to secure wireless communications using coherent distributed transmission of signals that are spatially decomposed between a two-element distributed antenna array. High-accuracy distributed coordination of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-17 Anton Schlegel , Jason M/ Merlo , Samuel Wagner , John B. Lancaster , Jeffrey A. Nanzer

This paper focuses on distributed signal estimation in topology-unconstrained wireless acoustic sensor networks (WASNs) where sensor nodes only transmit fused versions of their local sensor signals. For this task, the topology-independent…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-11 Paul Didier , Toon van Waterschoot , Simon Doclo , Jörg Bitzer , Marc Moonen

We present a novel system architecture for a distributed wireless, self-calibrating ultrasound microphone network for synchronized in-air acoustic sensing. Once deployed the embedded nodes determine their position in the environment using…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-25 Dennis Laurijssen , Rens Baeyens , Walter Daems , Jan Steckel

We implement and experimentally demonstrate a 60 GHz distributed system leveraging an optical time synchronization system that provides precise time and frequency alignment between independent elements of the distributed mesh. Utilizing…

Time synchronization is a crucial requirement in quantum key distribution (QKD)8 protocols, ensuring accurate key generation via the correct assignment of bits of raw key and9 enabling eavesdropping detection via the precise recording of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Lukas Tiefenthaler , Hannah Thiel , Davide Rusca , Antia Lamas Linares

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

A unique three-band patch antenna for high accuracy ranging between nodes in open-loop coherent distributed antenna arrays is presented. Open-loop coherent distributed operations require accurate relative position knowledge between nodes to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-09 John Doroshewitz , Christopher Oakley , Vincens Gjokaj , Jeffrey Nanzer

We consider the problem of decentralized hypothesis testing under communication constraints in a topology where several peripheral nodes are arranged in tandem. Each node receives an observation and transmits a message to its successor, and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-19 Alla Tarighati , Joakim Jalden

Two-way fiber-optic time transfer is a promising precise time synchronization technique with sub-nanosecond accuracy. However, asymmetric delay attack is a serious threat which cannot be prevent by any encryption method. In this paper, a…