Clock synchronization in symmetric stochastic networks

摘要

We consider a stochastic model of clock synchronization in a wireless network of N sensors interacting with one dedicated accurate time server. For large N we find an estimate of the final time sychronization error for global and relative synchronization. The main results concern the behavior of the network on different timescales tN → ∞, N →∞. We discuss the existence of phase transitions and find the exact timescales for which an effective clock synchronization of the system takes place.