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Federated learning (FL) has emerged as a key technique for distributed machine learning (ML). Most literature on FL has focused on ML model training for (i) a single task/model, with (ii) a synchronous scheme for updating model parameters,…

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Routing is a widespread approach to transfer information from a source node to a destination node in many deployed wireless ad-hoc networks. Today's implemented routing algorithms seek to efficiently find the path/route with the largest…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-16 Yahya H. Ezzeldin , Martina Cardone , Christina Fragouli , Daniela Tuninetti

The current algorithms are based on linear model, for example, Precision Time Protocol (PTP) which requires frequent synchronization in order to handle the effects of clock frequency drift. This paper introduces a nonlinear approach to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-03-05 Frank Wang , Danjue Li

Due to the limited generation and finite inertia, microgrid suffers from the large frequency and voltage deviation which can lead to system collapse. Thus, reliable load shedding to keep frequency stable is required. Wireless network,…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-07-24 Qimin Xu , Bo Yang , Cailian Chen , Feilong Lin , Xinping Guan

Wireless sensor networks are normally characterized by resource challenged nodes. Since communication costs the most in terms of energy in these networks, minimizing this overhead is important. We consider minimum length node scheduling in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-01-24 K. Shashi Prabh

Phase synchronization between distributed antenna arrays requires measurements that break the standard time-division duplex (TDD) operation. We present a feasibility study on implementing such synchronization and analyze its impact on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-05 Khac-Hoang Ngo , Erik G. Larsson

This paper introduces the Discrete Dithered Desynchronization (D3sync) algorithm which is a decentralized Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) technique in which a set of network nodes computes iteratively a conflict-free schedule so that…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-10-09 Saman Ashkiani , Anna Scaglione

We consider a stochastic model of clock synchronization in a wireless network consisting of N sensors interacting with one dedicated accurate time server. For large N we find an estimate of the final time sychronization error for global and…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-03-04 Anatoly Manita

Over the last decade, the growing amount of UL and DL mobile data traffic has been characterized by substantial asymmetry and time variations. Dynamic time-division duplex (TDD) has the capability to accommodate to the traffic asymmetry by…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-04-14 Hongguang Sun , Matthias Wildemeersch , Min Sheng , Tony Q. S. Quek

Many network applications rely on the synchronization of coupled oscillators. For example, such synchronization can provide networked devices with a common temporal reference necessary for coordinating actions or decoding transmitted…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-27 Enrique Mallada , Randy A. Freeman , Ao Tang

Full-duplex (FD) wireless is an attractive communication paradigm with high potential for improving network capacity and reducing delay in wireless networks. Despite significant progress on the physical layer development, the challenges…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-11-28 Tingjun Chen , Jelena Diakonikolas , Javad Ghaderi , Gil Zussman

Establishing and maintaining a common time reference across spatially separated devices is a prerequisite for networked quantum experiments and secure communications. Classical two-way timing protocols such as Network Time Protocol (NTP) or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-02 Noah Crum , Md Mehdi Hassan , George Siopsis

With the rapid advancements in coherent Passive Optical Network (PON) technologies featuring 100G and higher data rates, this paper addresses the urgent requirement for sophisticated simulation and MAC layer development within the domain of…

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The strength of carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) can be combined with that of time-division multiple access (TDMA) to enhance the channel access performance in wireless networks such as the IEEE…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Bharat Shrestha , Ekram Hossain , Kae Won Choi

Sharing a common clock signal among the nodes is crucial for communication in synchronized networks. This work presents a heartbeat-based synchronization scheme for body-worn nodes. The principles of this coordination technique combined…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-05-13 Robin Benarrouch , Ali Moin , Flavien Solt , Antoine Frappé , Andreia Cathelin , Andreas Kaiser , Jan Rabaey

In distributed systems with processes that do not share a global clock, \emph{partial synchrony} is achieved by clock synchronization that guarantees bounded clock skew among all applications. Existing solutions for distributed runtime…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-08-12 Borzoo Bonakdarpour , Anik Momtaz , Dejan Ničković , N. Ege Saraç

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…

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Device-to-device (D2D) technology enables direct communication between adjacent devices within cellular networks. Due to its high data rate, low latency, and performance improvement in spectrum and energy efficiency, it has been widely…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Yang Yu , Xiaoqing Tang

Initial access in millimeter-wave (mmW) wireless is critical toward successful realization of the fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks and beyond. Limited bandwidth in existing standards and use of phase-shifters in analog/hybrid…

The multipath radio channel is considered to have a non-bandlimited channel impulse response. Therefore, it is challenging to achieve high resolution time-delay (TD) estimation of multipath components (MPCs) from bandlimited observations of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-11 Tarik Kazaz , Gerard J. M. Janssen , Alle-Jan van der Veen