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1、B.LiThispageintentionallyleftblankSynchronizationinWirelessSensorNetworks:ParameterEstimation,PerformanceBenchmarksandProtocolsWirelesssensornetworksaresettoplayakeyroleinawiderangeofcivilianandmili-taryapplications,withtinysensorsconnectedthroughwirelesslinksperformingvarioussensing,
2、computing,communication,andcontroltasksinhighlydistributedsystems.Thisbookpresentsacriticalelementinthedeploymentofwirelesssensornetworks:thepro-cessofsynchronization.Itsummarizesthemostimportantclocksynchronizationprotocolsproposedforwirelesssensornetworks,withspecialemphasisplacedon
3、derivingefficientclockoffsetestimationschemesandperformancebenchmarks.Graduatestudentsofelec-tricalandcomputerengineeringandcomputersciencewillfindthisavaluableresource,aswillengineerswhoareinterestedindesigningefficientclocksynchronizationalgorithmsandimprovingtheperformanceofexistingsy
4、nchronizationprotocols.ERCHINSERPEDINiscurrentlyanAssociateProfessorintheWirelessCommunicationsLaboratoryatTexasA&MUniversity,wherehejoinedafterreceivinghisPh.D.inElectricalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofVirginia,Charlottesville,in1999.Hisresearchinterestslieintheareasofstatisticalsign
5、alprocessingandwirelesscommunications.Dr.SerpedinhasservedasAssociateEditorfornumerousjournalsincludingIEEETransactionsonWirelessCommunications,IEEETransactionsonSignalProcessing,IEEETransactionsonCommunications,IEEESignalProcessingLetters,andIEEECommunicationsLetters.QASIMM.CHAUDHARI
6、wasawardedhisPh.D.inElectricalEngineeringfromTexasA&MUniversityin2008andiscurrentlyanAssistantProfessoratIqraUniversity,Islamabad,Pakistan.Beforeenteringacademia,heworkedwiththeSoCToolsGroupofCommunica-tionsEnablingTechnologies,Islamabad,andlaterwiththeHSDPAperformancetestteamofQualco
7、mmInc.,SanDiego.Hisresearchinterestsincludedigitalcommunications,estimationanddetectiontheoryingeneralandchannelestimationandsynchronizationinwirelesssensornetworksinparticular.SynchronizationinWirelessSensorNetworks:ParameterEstimation,PerformanceBenchmarksandProtocolsErchinSERPEDINT
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