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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…

We present the multi-hop extensions of the recently proposed energy-efficient time synchronization scheme for wireless sensor networks, which is based on the asynchronous source clock frequency recovery and reversed two-way message…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-02-03 Yangyu Wang , Kyeong Soo Kim

A new approach to distributed syntonization (frequency alignment) for the coordination of nodes in open loop coherent distributed antenna arrays to enable distributed beamforming is presented. This approach makes use of the concept of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-25 Hassna Ouassal , Ming Yan , Jeffrey A. Nanzer

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

The paper addresses state estimation for clock synchronization in the presence of factors affecting the quality of synchronization. Examples are temperature variations and delay asymmetry. These working conditions make synchronization a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-12-08 Maurizio Mongelli , Stefano Scanzio

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

Robust and portable optical clocks promise to bring sub-picosecond timing instability to smaller form factors, offering possible performance improvements and new scenarios for positioning and navigation, radar technologies, and experiments…

The two-way quantum clock synchronization has been shown not only providing femtosecond-level synchronization capability but also security against symmetric delay attacks, thus becoming a prospective method to compare and synchronize…

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 wireless ad hoc networks, distributed nodes can collaboratively form an antenna array for long-distance communications to achieve high energy efficiency. In recent work, Ochiai, et al., have shown that such collaborative beamforming can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-13 Athina P. Petropulu , Lun Dong , H. Vincent Poor

The dispersion cancellation feature of pulses which are entangled in frequency is employed to synchronize clocks of distant parties. The proposed protocol is insensitive to the pulse distortion caused by transit through a dispersive medium.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 V. Giovannetti , S. Lloyd , L. Maccone , F. N. C. Wong

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

A precise fiber-based time and frequency dissemination scheme for multiple users with a tree-like branching topology is proposed. Through this scheme, ultra-stable signals can be easily accessed online anywhere along the fiber without…

Optics · Physics 2016-03-23 Wei Chen , Qin Liu , Nan Cheng , Dan Xu , Fei Yang , Youzhen Gui , Haiwen Cai

The precise synchronization of distant clocks is a fundamental requirement for a wide range of applications. Here, we experimentally demonstrate a novel approach of quantum clock synchronization utilizing entangled and correlated photon…

We present an algorithm to detect the time and frequency difference of independent clocks based on observation of time-correlated photon pairs. This enables remote coincidence identification in entanglement-based quantum key distribution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-05-17 Caleb Ho , Antia Lamas-Linares , Christian Kurtsiefer

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

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

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…

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-high data rates with low-power consumption wireless communications and low-complexity receivers is one of the key requirements for the next 6-th Generation (6G) of communication networks. Sub-Terahertz (SubTHz) frequency bands can…