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  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,598 Views
12 Pages

1 May 2019

In this paper, the effect of time synchronization error on protection algorithms are studied for the usage of the LAN-based collaborative protection. In order to derive the effect of time synchronization, this paper proposes a substation model which...

  • Article
  • Open Access
533 Views
20 Pages

Eliminate Dynamic Error of A-PNAS High-Precision Time Synchronization Using Multi-Sensor Combination

  • Zhenling Wang,
  • Haihong Tao,
  • Fang Hao,
  • Yilong Liu and
  • Zhengyong Wang

1 October 2025

High-precision time synchronization among nodes of the airborne-based pseudolite navigation augmentation positioning system (A-PNAS) is a crucial indicator for ensuring the accuracy of positioning services. Due to the flight characteristics and exter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,302 Views
15 Pages

29 August 2017

Synchronous electric clocks utilize power grid frequency as their timing reference. Power grid frequency deviation away from its nominal value results in synchronous electric clocks running fast or running slow (also known as the time error). In this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,392 Views
16 Pages

Error Analysis of Non-Time-Synchronized Lightning Positioning Method

  • Yanhui Wang,
  • Lijie Yao,
  • Yingchang Min,
  • Yali Liu and
  • Guo Zhao

17 September 2024

Since the non-time-synchronized lightning positioning method does not rely on the time synchronization of the stations in the positioning system, it eliminates the errors arising from the pursuit of time synchronization and potentially achieves highe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
878 Views
15 Pages

Mathematical Models of Critical Soft Error in Synchronous and Self-Timed Pipeline

  • Igor Sokolov,
  • Yuri Stepchenkov,
  • Yuri Diachenko and
  • Dmitry Khilko

21 February 2025

This paper analyzes the impact of a single soft error on the performance of a synchronous and self-timed pipeline. A nuclear particle running through the integrated circuit body is considered the most probable soft error source. The existing estimate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
794 Views
16 Pages

High-precision time synchronization is regarded as the foundation for ensuring the stable operation of microgrids and for the coordinated sensing, communication, and computing among network devices. In multi-hop wireless sensor networks, it is observ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,900 Views
21 Pages

Low CP Overhead Waveform Design for Multi-Path Channels with Timing Synchronization Error

  • Jing Chen,
  • Baobing Wang,
  • Jianzhong Guo,
  • Xin Shan and
  • Dejin Kong

2 August 2022

In classical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems, inserting the cyclic prefix (CP) is necessary before each symbol to overcome the multi-path effect, which, however, occupies numerous time-frequency radio resources, resulting in...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,041 Views
19 Pages

23 April 2024

This paper investigates the influence of time synchronization on sensor fusion and target tracking. As a benchmark, we design a target tracking system based on track-to-track fusion architecture. Heterogeneous sensors detect targets and transmit meas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,655 Views
15 Pages

21 February 2020

This paper proposes an IEC 61850-based centralized busbar differential protection scheme, in which data desynchronization between intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) leads to differential current errors. As the differential current errors could res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
889 Views
17 Pages

8 September 2025

This work proposes a 5G-based synchronized measurement method for urban distribution networks. First, downlink frequency synchronization is achieved by cross-correlating the Primary and Secondary Synchronization Signals (PSSs/SSSs) within gNB-broadca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,556 Views
21 Pages

15 August 2023

This paper presents a synchronous proportional derivative (PD) control method using a time delay estimator (SPD-TDE) for a four-degree-of-freedom (DOF) parallel robot in practice. The proposed control is a method that is developed from a synchronous...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,021 Views
27 Pages

A Dynamic Attitude Measurement System Based on LINS

  • Hanzhou Li,
  • Quan Pan,
  • Xiaoxu Wang,
  • Juanni Zhang,
  • Jiang Li and
  • Xiangjun Jiang

29 August 2014

A dynamic attitude measurement system (DAMS) is developed based on a laser inertial navigation system (LINS). Three factors of the dynamic attitude measurement error using LINS are analyzed: dynamic error, time synchronization and phase lag. An optim...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
974 Views
12 Pages

Compressive Wideband Spectrum Sensing Aided Intelligence Transmitter Design

  • Lizhi Qin,
  • Yuming Chen,
  • Leli Zhong and
  • Hongzhi Zhao

10 April 2025

In order to realize robust communication in complicated interference electromagnetic environments, an intelligent transmitter design is proposed in this paper, where an auxiliary wideband receiver senses the electromagnetic distribution information i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,766 Views
25 Pages

11 July 2024

Joint localization and synchronization (JLAS) is a technology that simultaneously determines the spatial locations of user nodes and synchronizes the clocks between user nodes (UNs) and anchor nodes (ANs). This technology is crucial for various appli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,692 Views
24 Pages

Adaptive QSMO-Based Sensorless Drive for IPM Motor with NN-Based Transient Position Error Compensation

  • Linfeng Sun,
  • Jiawei Guo,
  • Xiongwen Jiang,
  • Takahiro Kawaguchi,
  • Seiji Hashimoto and
  • Wei Jiang

In commercial electrical equipment, the popular sensorless drive scheme for the interior permanent magnet synchronous motor, based on the quasi-sliding mode observer (QSMO) and phase-locked loop (PLL), still faces challenges such as position errors a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,880 Views
9 Pages

22 August 2022

The performance of a time difference of arrival (TDOA) localization system is severely affected by time synchronization errors, and making use of reference signals is a common solution for the problem. The traditional method has two steps, first to m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
956 Views
23 Pages

29 May 2025

This work focuses on fixed-time synchronized trajectory tracking control for unmanned airships subject to time-varying error constraints and unknown disturbances. First, to guarantee strict adherence to prescribed performance bounds, an error transfo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,750 Views
20 Pages

Smart Grid State Estimation with PMUs Time Synchronization Errors

  • Marco Todescato,
  • Ruggero Carli,
  • Luca Schenato and
  • Grazia Barchi

2 October 2020

State Estimation (SE) is one of the essential tasks to monitor and control the smart power grid. This paper presents a method to estimate the state variables combining the measurement of power demand at each bus with the data collected from a limited...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,409 Views
22 Pages

17 September 2022

The heterogeneity of the multiple processing elements (PEs) is a feature of real-time embedded systems. General-purpose processors and several embedded processors, as well as dedicated high-speed interfaces, are among these elements. Communication be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,588 Views
19 Pages

Zadoff–Chu Sequence Pilot for Time and Frequency Synchronization in UWA OFDM System

  • Seunghwan Seol,
  • Yongcheol Kim,
  • Minho Kim and
  • Jaehak Chung

16 September 2024

In underwater communications for 6G, Doppler effects cause the coherent time to become similar to or shorter than the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol length. Conventional time and frequency synchronization methods require add...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,619 Views
30 Pages

14 November 2019

This paper presents a method for reconstructing the wake wind field of a wind turbine based on planar light detection and ranging (LiDAR) scans crossing the wake transversally in the vertical and horizontal directions. Volumetric measurements enable...

  • Article
  • Open Access
781 Views
18 Pages

In distributed energy monitoring systems, precise time synchronization is paramount for efficient data acquisition and energy management. With the high penetration of new energy sources, the distributed energy monitoring system will evolve into a com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,827 Views
13 Pages

Relativistic Effects on Satellite–Ground Two–Way Precise Time Synchronization

  • Yanming Guo,
  • Yan Bai,
  • Shuaihe Gao,
  • Zhibing Pan,
  • Zibin Han,
  • Decai Zou,
  • Xiaochun Lu and
  • Shougang Zhang

15 October 2021

An ultrahigh precise clock (space optical clock) will be installed onboard a low-orbit spacecraft (a usual expression for a low-orbit satellite operating on an orbit at an altitude of less than 1000 km) in the future, which will be expected to obtain...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,960 Views
17 Pages

15 January 2021

Time synchronization is an important issue in ad-hoc networks for reliable information exchange. The algorithms for time synchronization in ad-hoc networks are largely categorized into two types. One is based on a selection of a reference node, and t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,123 Views
14 Pages

11 January 2023

In underwater acoustic applications, time synchronization errors accumulate severely with time, owing to the unpredictable propagation delay change induced by mobility and low sound propagation speed. In previously reported schemes, error accumulatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,524 Views
15 Pages

A New Space-to-Ground Microwave-Based Two-Way Time Synchronization Method for Next-Generation Space Atomic Clocks

  • Yanming Guo,
  • Shuaihe Gao,
  • Yan Bai,
  • Zhibing Pan,
  • Yinhua Liu,
  • Xiaochun Lu and
  • Shougang Zhang

22 January 2022

The accuracy of time synchronization can be significantly increased by enhancing the performance of atomic clocks. Future-generation time-frequency loads will be equipped with the latest ultrahigh-precision atomic clocks (with a day stability better...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,857 Views
15 Pages

27 May 2019

In this paper, the energy method is employed to analytically investigate the influence of time delay in signal transmission on synchronization between two coupled FitzHugh-Nagumo (FHN) neurons. Unlike pre-existing methods that deal with synchronizati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,503 Views
17 Pages

Optimization of Time Synchronization and Algorithms with TDOA Based Indoor Positioning Technique for Internet of Things

  • Kun Zhao,
  • Tiantian Zhao,
  • Zhengqi Zheng,
  • Chao Yu,
  • Difeng Ma,
  • Khaled Rabie and
  • Rupak Kharel

14 November 2020

To provide high-precision positioning for Internet of Things (IoT) scenarios, we optimize the indoor positioning technique based on Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) equipment. This paper analyzes sources of positioning error and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,752 Views
18 Pages

A Parallel Solution of Timing Synchronization in High-Speed Remote Sensing Data Transmission

  • Fei Teng,
  • Wenge Yang,
  • Jining Yan,
  • Hongbin Ma,
  • Yiwen Jiao and
  • Zefu Gao

30 June 2023

Considering the problem that the timing synchronization calculation in high-speed remote sensing signal reception is complex and it is difficult for it to be parallel, this paper deduces and designs a parallel timing error estimation and correction s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
831 Views
16 Pages

DES-Based Synchronization Algorithm Optimization for EtherCAT Master–Slave System

  • Binjun Wang,
  • Haochun Wang,
  • Xingyu Chen,
  • Kun Zhou,
  • Meng Ge and
  • Yinglian Jin

11 November 2025

EtherCAT, known for its exceptional real-time performance and synchronization capabilities, is widely used in industrial multi-axis control systems. In these systems, the synchronization status of slave axes plays a critical role in determining the p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,169 Views
22 Pages

21 April 2024

Frequency synchronization error, as one of the inevitable technical challenges in distributed synthetic aperture radar (SAR), has different impacts on different SAR systems. Multi-monostatic SAR is a typical distributed configuration where frequency...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,837 Views
13 Pages

A Time Synchronization Protocol for Barrage Relay Networks

  • Woong Son,
  • Jungwook Choi,
  • Soobum Park,
  • Howon Lee and
  • Bang Chul Jung

22 February 2023

Time-division multiple access (TDMA)-based medium access control (MAC) protocol has been widely used for avoiding access conflicts in wireless multi-hop ad hoc networks, where the time synchronization among wireless nodes is essential. In this paper,...

  • Letter
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,913 Views
13 Pages

6 September 2020

Time synchronization is a key technique in large-scale wireless sensor network applications. In order to tackle the problems of multi-hop synchronization error accumulation, clock frequency skew swinging, and network topology changes, a time synchron...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,760 Views
15 Pages

25 April 2020

In this paper, two finite-time active fault-tolerant controllers for a robot manipulator, which combine a synchronous terminal sliding mode control with an extended state observer, are proposed. First, an extended state observer is adopted to estimat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,901 Views
17 Pages

UAV-Assisted Low-Consumption Time Synchronization Utilizing Cross-Technology Communication

  • Ziyi Tan,
  • Xu Yang,
  • Mingzhi Pang,
  • Shouwan Gao,
  • Ming Li and
  • Pengpeng Chen

9 September 2020

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been used in many fields due to its wide applicability. In this kind of network, each node is independent of each other and has its own local clock and communicates wirelessly. Time synchronization plays a vital r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,433 Views
18 Pages

The rapid advancement of millimeter-wave communication technology has presented new challenges for time synchronization, driven by the need for high-speed and low-latency data transmission. Ethernet synchronization technologies, such as Precise Time...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,837 Views
19 Pages

Performance Analysis of Time Synchronization Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Linh-An Phan,
  • Taejoon Kim,
  • Taehong Kim,
  • JaeSeang Lee and
  • Jae-Hyun Ham

9 July 2019

The time synchronization protocol is indispensable in various applications of wireless sensor networks, such as scheduling, monitoring, and tracking. Numerous protocols and algorithms have been proposed in recent decades, and many of them provide mic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
866 Views
16 Pages

4 August 2025

Aiming to address the problems of asynchronous acquisition time of multiple sensors in the crop phenotype acquisition system and high cost of the acquisition equipment, this paper developed a low-cost crop phenotype synchronous acquisition system bas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,107 Views
21 Pages

An Autonomous Satellite Time Synchronization System Using Remotely Disciplined VC-OCXOs

  • Xiaobo Gu,
  • Qing Chang,
  • Eamonn P. Glennon,
  • Baoda Xu,
  • Andrew G. Dempster,
  • Dun Wang and
  • Jiapeng Wu

23 July 2015

An autonomous remote clock control system is proposed to provide time synchronization and frequency syntonization for satellite to satellite or ground to satellite time transfer, with the system comprising on-board voltage controlled oven controlled...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
1,628 Views
19 Pages

To address the issues of easy overturning and poor safety of crawler work machines operating on steep slopes in hilly and mountainous areas, this study develops a structural design scheme based on a “three-layer frame” structure. An omnid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,109 Views
23 Pages

High-Precision Time Difference of Arrival Estimation Method Based on Phase Measurement

  • Jihao Xin,
  • Xuyang Ge,
  • Yuan Zhang,
  • Xingdong Liang,
  • Hang Li,
  • Linghao Wu,
  • Jiashuo Wei and
  • Xiangxi Bu

29 March 2024

In unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based time difference of arrival (TDOA) positioning technique, baselines are limited due to communication constraints. In this case, the accuracy is highly sensitive to the TDOA measurements’ error. This article...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,382 Views
16 Pages

24 January 2018

Regarding the shortcomings of the cross-coupling control structure during the start-up of a multi-motor with load—namely, a large synchronization error and a long start-up time—this paper proposes a fuzzy self-adjusting cross-coupling control structu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
422 Views
21 Pages

24 September 2025

Leader–follower neural networks deployed over wireless platforms are subject to parameter uncertainties and stochastic channel fading. The combined impact of these effects on quasi-synchronization control remains largely unexplored. The paper a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,294 Views
17 Pages

29 May 2022

Control of closed-kinematic chain manipulators (CKCM) with uncertain dynamics is a tremendous challenge due to the synchronization among actual joints and end-effectors, limited workspace, and nonexistent closed-form solutions of forward kinematics....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,160 Views
16 Pages

In datacenter networks, it is necessary to determine whether the path is congested according to the one-way delay of packets. The accurate measurement of one-way delay depends on the high-precision time synchronization of the source device and destin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,092 Views
14 Pages

Fixed-Time Output-Constrained Synchronization of Unknown Chaotic Financial Systems Using Neural Learning

  • Qijia Yao,
  • Hadi Jahanshahi,
  • Larissa M. Batrancea,
  • Naif D. Alotaibi and
  • Mircea-Iosif Rus

8 October 2022

This article addresses the challenging problem of fixed-time output-constrained synchronization for master–slave chaotic financial systems with unknown parameters and perturbations. A fixed-time neural adaptive control approach is originally pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,287 Views
11 Pages

12 March 2023

Due to the rapid growth in the global volume of data, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) data storage has emerged. Error correction in DNA data storage is a key part of this storage technology. In this paper, an improved marker code scheme is proposed to co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
643 Views
18 Pages

This paper investigates the synchronization control problem for delayed fractional-order neural networks (DFONNs) with mismatched parameters. A novel synchronization behavior termed quasi-Mittag-Leffler projective synchronization (QMLPS) is studied....

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,962 Views
19 Pages

12 October 2023

The growth of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) and healthcare data analytics allows wearable Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) and ambient sensors to collect the large quantities of physiological signals necessary for better patient diagnostic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,184 Views
21 Pages

Predefined Time Synchronization of Multi-Agent Systems: A Passivity Based Analysis

  • Vinay Pandey,
  • Eram Taslima,
  • Bhawana Singh,
  • Shyam Kamal and
  • Thach Ngoc Dinh

10 April 2023

This paper deals with the predefined-time synchronization for a class of nonlinear multi-agent systems. The notion of passivity is exploited to design the controller for predefined-time synchronization of a nonlinear multi-agent system, where the tim...

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