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WWRF12 Meeting, 4-5 November 2004,
Toronto, Canada
Objective and design
goals
The design of a Network Synchronization algorithm for
minimum-infrastructure
wireless networks with the following characteristics:
qAccurate enough to allow for time-slotted MAC protocol
construction (i.e., msec accuracy)
qScalable
qSimple to implement
(Three of the important features a NS algorithm tailored for Wireless Ad Hoc
networks should possess are:)
qNon-hierarchical
and autonomous
qConvergent
qDistributed
