Title
Novel Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Clock Skew in One-Way Broadcast Time Synchronization
Abstract
Clock skew compensation is essential for accurate time synchronization in wireless networks. However, contemporary clock skew estimation is based on inaccurate transmission time measurement, which makes credible estimation challenging. Based on one-way broadcast synchronization, this article presents a novel maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) with an innovative implementation to minimize the clock skew estimation error caused by delay. A multiple one-way broadcast model is developed for observation and set collection, while the distribution of actual delay is discussed. A clock skew MLE based on Gaussian delay is then proposed and its Cramer–Rao lower bound provided. The developed MLE is independent of the clock offset estimation, and requires only two synchronization periods to generate an accurate estimation. Extensive experimental results indicate that the performance of the proposed MLE is better than the methods popularly used in existing time synchronization protocols.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1109/TIE.2019.2955427
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Clocks,Synchronization,Delays,Maximum likelihood estimation,Protocols,Wireless sensor networks
Journal
67
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
11
0278-0046
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Fanrong Shi1132.00
Huailiang Li200.34
Simon X. Yang31029124.34
Xianguo Tuo4195.91
Maosong Lin500.34