Research Article
Offset and Skew Estimation for Clock Synchronization in Molecular Communication Systems
@ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.3-12-2015.2262509, author={Lin Lin and Chengfeng Yang and Maode Ma}, title={Offset and Skew Estimation for Clock Synchronization in Molecular Communication Systems}, journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Future Internet}, volume={3}, number={9}, publisher={ACM}, journal_a={UE}, year={2016}, month={5}, keywords={clock synchronization, maximum likelihood estimation, molecular communication, nanonetworks}, doi={10.4108/eai.3-12-2015.2262509} }- Lin Lin
Chengfeng Yang
Maode Ma
Year: 2016
Offset and Skew Estimation for Clock Synchronization in Molecular Communication Systems
UE
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.3-12-2015.2262509
Abstract
Nanonetwork is a promising research field. It is composed of a number of nanoscale devices and is envisioned to apply to many potential applications. Clock synchronization is essential to establish a distributed cooperation among the nano-devices. This paper investigates the clock synchronization issue for the molecular communication system in the presence of Gaussian distributed propagation delay. A two-way message exchange mechanism is proposed. The closed-form expressions of maximum likelihood estimators for the clock offset and the clock skew are derived. Simulation results further demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed estimators. This work lays a foundation for the complex cooperation of nanomachines in the nanonetworks.
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