Node for a network comprising a plurality of interconnected nodes, each node comprising: a controllable oscillator generating a time-continuous synchronization signal for synchronizing the plurality of interconnected nodes of the network; a controller (31, 32) for comparing and synchronizing a phase of the time-continuous synchronization signal generated by the controllable oscillator, which is transmitted to other nodes of the network, with the phase of an external time-continuous synchronization signal received from other nodes of the network by adjusting a frequency of the time-continuous synchronization signal generated by the controllable oscillator, characterized in that the external time-continuous synchronization signal received from another node of the network is delayed with respect to the external time-continuous synchronization signal transmitted by the other node by a total time delay comprising a transmission time delay resulting from a transmission time between the transmission of the external time-continuous synchronization signal by the other node and the following receipt of the external time-continuous synchronization signal by the node and any tunable additional time delay in addition to the transmission time delay; wherein the controller (31, 32) iteratively adjusts the frequency of the time-continuous synchronization signal generated by the controllable oscillator such that a network-wide synchronization of oscillators is achieved for all nodes of the network in a continuous self-organized process in interaction with the other node of the network, wherein at least one of the following parameters: the total time delay τ T, the feedback delay τ f, a free running frequency ω of the controllable oscillator, a coupling strength K, an impulse response p ( u) of a filter within the controller (31, 32), is tuned to yield a desired perturbation response rate λ, i.e. perturbation response rate λ with Re( λ)<0, and/or collective frequency Ω; and wherein the desired perturbation response rate λ solves e λ τ T λ α p ^ λ + e − λ τ f = ζ, wherein ζ denotes an eigenvalue of a normalized coupling matrix D̃ =( d̃ kl) with d̃ kl = d kl / n k, d kl ∈{0,1}, where d kl =1 indicates a connection between node k and node l, n k denotes a number of received external time-continuous synchronization signals; α = Kh' (-Ω[ τ T - τ f]), wherein h ' denotes a first derivative of a coupling function h; p ^ λ = ∫ 0 ∞ du p u e − λu denotes a Laplace transform of an impulse response p(u) of the filter within the controller; and wherein the collective frequency Ω solves: Ω = ω + Kh − Ω τ T − τ f. a controllable oscillator generating a time-continuous synchronization signal for synchronizing the plurality of interconnected nodes of the network; a controller (31, 32) for comparing and synchronizing a phase of the time-continuous synchronization signal generated by the controllable oscillator, which is transmitted to other nodes of the network, with the phase of an external time-continuous synchronization signal received from other nodes of the network by adjusting a frequency of the time-continuous synchronization signal generated by the controllable oscillator, characterized in that the external time-continuous synchronization signal received from another node of the network is delayed with respect to the external time-continuous synchronization signal transmitted by the other node by a total time delay comprising a transmission time delay resulting from a transmission time between the transmission of the external time-continuous synchronization signal by the other node and the following receipt of the external time-continuous synchronization signal by the node and any tunable additional time delay in addition to the transmission time delay; wherein the controller (31, 32) iteratively adjusts the frequency of the time-continuous synchronization signal generated by the controllable oscillator such that a network-wide synchronization of oscillators is achieved for all nodes of the network in a continuous self-organized process in interaction with the other node of the network, wherein at least one of the following parameters: the total time delay τ T, the feedback delay τ f, a free running frequency ω of the controllable oscillator, a coupling strength K, an impulse response p ( u) of a filter within the controller (31, 32), is tuned to yield a desired perturbation response rate λ, i.e. perturbation response rate λ with Re( λ)<0, and/or collective frequency Ω; and wherein the desired perturbation response rate λ solves e λ τ T λ α p ^ λ + e − λ τ f = ζ, wherein ζ denotes an eigenvalue of a normalized coupling matrix D̃ =( d̃ kl) with d̃ kl = d kl / n k, d kl ∈{0,1}, where d kl =1 indicates a connection between node k and node l, n k denotes a number of received external time-continuous synchronization signals; α = Kh' (-Ω[ τ T - τ f]), wherein h ' denotes a first derivative of a coupling function h; p ^ λ = ∫ 0 ∞ du p u e − λu denotes a Laplace transform of an impulse response p(u) of the filter within the controller; and wherein the collective frequency Ω solves: Ω = ω + Kh − Ω τ T − τ f.