Internetwork Time Synchronization of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Several time synchronous ad hoc networks may operate in the same geographical area. Although network synchronization within an individual has been widely discussed, internetwork relying on sources carry not addressed. Therefore, this paper proposes procedure that allows to use one as a source and share its time, like global navigation satellite system other networks. The runs gateway nodes could be member several networks, it collaborates with algorithms at level. Consequently, generic, robust hybrid protocol analyses performance using sensible metric called mutual consensus. It is shown common achieved limited variance master-slave, distributed or mode. Provided numerical examples illustrate behavior of algorithm confirm theoretical findings.