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<p>Clock synchronization in the Mac layer plays a vital role in wireless sensor network communication that maintains time-based channel sharing and offers a uniform timeframe among different network nodes. Most wireless sensor networks are distributed where no common clock exists among them. Therefore, joint actions are realized by exchanging messages, with time stamps using local sensor clocks. These clocks can easily drift seconds and cause functional problems to the applications that depend on time synchronization. Time synchronization is a major and challenging factor in wireless sensor networks that needs to be studied and explored. In this paper, we propose integrated time synchronization protocols that serve wireless sensor network applications under normal, secured, and unreliable environments. The proposed protocols are discussed and evaluated based on their accuracy, cost, hierarchy, reliability, and security. Simulation results show that the proposed time synchronization protocols outperform the state-of-the-art techniques in achieving a minimum synchronization time.</p>
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Clock synchronization in the Mac layer plays a vital role in wireless sensor network communication that maintains time-based channel sharing and offers a uniform timeframe among different network nodes. Most wireless sensor networks are distributed where no common clock exists among them. Therefore, joint actions are realized by exchanging messages, with time stamps using local sensor clocks. These clocks can easily drift seconds and cause functional problems to the applications that depend on time synchronization. Time synchronization is a major and challenging factor in wireless sensor networks that needs to be studied and explored. In this paper, we propose integrated time synchronization protocols that serve wireless sensor network applications under normal, secured, and unreliable environments. The proposed protocols are discussed and evaluated based on their accuracy, cost, hierarchy, reliability, and security. Simulation results show that the proposed time synchronization protocols outperform the state-of-the-art techniques in achieving a minimum synchronization time.

Competent Time Synchronization Mac Protocols to Attain High Performance of Wireless Sensor Networks for Secure Communication

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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Clock synchronization in the Mac layer plays a vital role in wireless sensor network communication that maintains time-based channel sharing and offers a...

Competent Time Synchronization Mac Protocols to Attain High Performance of Wireless Sensor Networks for Secure Communication

Published Online: Mar 25, 2023

Page range: 75 - 93

Received: Dec 12, 2022

Accepted: Feb 21, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2023-0004

Keywords
Wireless sensor network, Time synchronization, Reliable synchronization, Secured synchronization, On-demand synchronization

© 2023 Ismail Hababeh et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Competent Time Synchronization Mac Protocols to Attain High Performance of Wireless Sensor Networks for Secure Communication

Published Online: Mar 25, 2023

Page range: 75 - 93

Received: Dec 12, 2022

Accepted: Feb 21, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2023-0004

KeywordsWireless sensor network, Time synchronization, Reliable synchronization, Secured synchronization, On-demand synchronization

© 2023 Ismail Hababeh et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Wireless sensor network, Time synchronization, Reliable synchronization, Secured synchronization, On-demand synchronization