A complete modem ASIC has been designed at Nokia Research Center, Bochum, to meet
IEEE 802.11 a Physical Layer requirements. This paper gives an overview of the …

Clock synchronization is highly desirable in distributed systems, including many applications
in the Internet of Things and Humans. It improves the efficiency, modularity, and scalability of …

Industrial control systems present numerous challenges from the communication systems
perspective: clock synchronization, deterministic behavior, low latency, high reliability …

In distributed systems, clock synchronization performance is hampered by delays and jitter
accumulated not only in the network, but also in the timestamping procedures of the devices …

The emergence of low cost Ultra Wide Band (UWB) transceivers has enabled the
implementation of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) based on this communication …

Wireless sensor networks are becoming widely diffused because of the flexibility and
scalability they offer. However, distributed measurements are significant only if the readout is …

The high level of robustness and reliability required in industrial environments can be
achieved using time-slotted channel hopping (TSCH) medium access control (MAC) …

In industrial applications of wireless sensor networks (WSNs), synchronized sampling of
data on each sensor node is often required. Thus, the wireless communication protocol …

Time synchronization is a key issue in wireless sensor networks; timestamping collected
data, tasks scheduling, and efficient communications are just some applications. From all the …

Synchronization is fundamental for cell acquisition, detection of frame timing, handover, etc.,
in cellular networks. Focusing on this concept, in this article we begin by explaining the …