Master-Slave Mutual Time Synchronization in a Wireless Body Area Network

Giuseppe Coviello; Gianfranco Avitabile; Claudio Talarico; Janet M. Wang-Roveda; Antonello Florio

doi:10.1109/MWSCAS54063.2022.9859540

Master-Slave Mutual Time Synchronization in a Wireless Body Area Network

Giuseppe Coviello, Gianfranco Avitabile, Claudio Talarico, Janet M. Wang-Roveda, Antonello Florio

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

Time synchronization plays a crucial role in every distributed system and is particularly critical in Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs), composed of several motes connected with different sensors. For health status monitoring applications using a star-topology to reduce the number of employed units, often the master node also integrates some sensors. In this paper we discuss in detail the issues associated with the inclusion of the master in the synchronization procedure, proposing a strategy that guarantees the complete master/slave synchronization. The proposed technique can be employed concurrently with every protocol which does not embed network time synchronization features.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	MWSCAS 2022 - 65th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665402798
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSCAS54063.2022.9859540
State	Published - 2022
Event	65th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS 2022 - Fukuoka, Japan Duration: Aug 7 2022 → Aug 10 2022

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Name	Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Volume	2022-August
ISSN (Print)	1548-3746

Conference

Conference	65th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS 2022
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Fukuoka
Period	8/7/22 → 8/10/22

Keywords

Body Area Networks
Fractional Timer
Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)
Time Synchronization

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Coviello, G., Avitabile, G., Talarico, C., Wang-Roveda, J. M., & Florio, A. (2022). Master-Slave Mutual Time Synchronization in a Wireless Body Area Network. In MWSCAS 2022 - 65th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings (Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems; Vol. 2022-August). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSCAS54063.2022.9859540

Master-Slave Mutual Time Synchronization in a Wireless Body Area Network. / Coviello, Giuseppe; Avitabile, Gianfranco; Talarico, Claudio et al.
MWSCAS 2022 - 65th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. (Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems; Vol. 2022-August).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Coviello, G, Avitabile, G, Talarico, C, Wang-Roveda, JM & Florio, A 2022, Master-Slave Mutual Time Synchronization in a Wireless Body Area Network. in MWSCAS 2022 - 65th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings. Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, vol. 2022-August, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 65th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS 2022, Fukuoka, Japan, 8/7/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSCAS54063.2022.9859540

Coviello G, Avitabile G, Talarico C, Wang-Roveda JM, Florio A. Master-Slave Mutual Time Synchronization in a Wireless Body Area Network. In MWSCAS 2022 - 65th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2022. (Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems). doi: 10.1109/MWSCAS54063.2022.9859540

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