Patent ID: 8848584
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: H04J,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A time synchronization method in a wireless sensor network, the method comprising: receiving a first synchronization request command packet from a parent node that manages time synchronization for a predetermined synchronization region; receiving, from the parent node, a second synchronization request command packet that has a transmission timestamp value of the first synchronization request command packet; and performing time synchronization for a child node based on a reception time of the first synchronization request command packet, a reception time of the second synchronization request command packet, and the transmission timestamp value of the first synchronization request command packet, wherein the performing of the time synchronization comprises obtaining a difference value between the reception time of the first synchronization request command packet and the reception time of the second synchronization request command packet and adding the difference value to the transmission timestamp value of the first synchronization request command packet to thereby match time information of the child node with time information of the parent node.