Network Time Synchronization and Code-based Scheduling for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

................................................................................................................... III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS............................................................................................. V TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................................VI LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................... VIII LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................IX LIST OF ACRONYMS............................................................................................... XIII CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 1 1.1 Wireless Ad Hoc Networks................................................................................ 1 1.2 Network Time Synchronization ......................................................................... 7 1.3 Medium Access Control .................................................................................. 10 1.4 Research Objectives ........................................................................................ 16 1.5 Research Contributions................................................................................... 18 CHAPTER 2: NETWORK TIME SYNCHRONIZATION ............................................. 21 2.1 Mathematical Model of Network Time Synchronization................................. 21 2.1.1 Mathematical Model of a Clock ...................................................................... 22 2.1.2 Mathematical Model of a Discrete Network Time Synchronization Algorithm ......................................................................................................................... 28 2.2 Network Time Synchronization Protocols....................................................... 33 2.3 The IEEE 802.11 Timing Synchronization Function ...................................... 48 2.4 Summary.......................................................................................................... 63 CHAPTER 3: CLOCK SAMPLING MUTUAL NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION .. 65 3.1 The CSMNS Algorithm: Description and Analysis ......................................... 65 3.2 CSMNS-Rotating Master Node ....................................................................... 75 3.3 Numerical Performance Evaluation of CSMNS-RMN.................................... 77

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