A desired attribute in safety critical embedded real-time systems is a system time/event synchronization capability on which predictable communication can be established. Focusing on bus-based communication protocols, we present a novel, efficient, and low-cost synchronization approach for TDMA environments. This approach utilizes information about each node’s unique message lengths to achieve ...

In this paper, we propose search algorithms using multiple autonomous and cooperative mobile sensor nodes (MSN). Our goal is to minimize the total search time and the travel distance of MSNs in a given search area while enabling cooperation among the MSNs and tolerating possible failures of one or more MSNs. We first describe a Lane Based Search (LBS) strategy in which each mobile sensor node i...

Time synchronization is of primary importance for the operation of wireless sensor networks (WSN): time measurements, coordinated actions and event ordering require common time on WSN nodes. Due to intrinsic energy limitations of wireless networks there is a need for new energy-efficient time synchronization solutions, different from the ones that have been developed for wired networks. In this...

Networks whose structure of connections evolves in time constitute a big challenge in the study of synchronization, in particular when the time scales for the evolution of the graph topology are comparable with (or even longer than) those pertinent to the units' dynamics. We here focus on networks with a slow-switching structure, and show that the necessary conditions for synchronization, i.e. ...

The acute and chronic plasticity of motor unit synchronization suggests that it must represent a deliberate strategy for neuromuscular activation. The most likely functional role of motor unit synchronization is to increase the rate of force development during rapid contractions or as a mechanism to coordinate the activity of multiple muscles in synergy.

This paper is concerned with the problem of synchronization for complex dynamic networks with state and coupling time-delays. Therefore, larger class and more complicated complex dynamic networks can be considered for the synchronization problem. Based on the Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, a delay-independent criterion is obtained and formulated in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs)...

Speech communication involves integration and coordination of sensory perception and motor production, requiring precise temporal coupling. Beat synchronization, the coordination of movement with a pacing sound, can be used as an index of this sensorimotor timing. We assessed adolescents' synchronization and capacity to correct asynchronies when given online visual feedback. Variability of sync...

It is well-known that early integration (also called data fusion) is effective when the modalities are correlated, and late integration (also called decision or opinion fusion) is optimal when modalities are uncorrelated. In this paper, we propose a new multimodal fusion strategy for open-set speaker identification using a combination of early and late integration following canonical correlatio...

During the operation of a crawler crane driven by double winches, it is important to make the two winches actuate synchronously so that the hook is in a horizontal state to prevent accidents. In this paper, a novel synchronization control strategy for crawler crane driven by double winches using hook angle feedback information is proposed. The hook angle proportional to the length error of rope...